EarthWorks is a non-profit organization working to create a healthier and more sustainable environment in Greater Boston. Our Urban Orchards Program is a greening and food production program that operates with local groups to plant, maintain, and harvest fruit- and nut-bearing trees, shrubs, and vines on public land. In the Urban Wilds Program we partner with the Boston Parks Department to ecologically restore city-owned natural areas. Our Outdoor Classrooms Program provides environmental education to Boston public school children by using schoolyard orchards as learning space. The Setback Tree Project is a one-year pilot program focused in Jamaica Plain, MA working to plant trees on private property near public right of ways for communal benefits, such as shade and street beautification. Our calendar offers opportunities to experience the natural world in Boston through nature walks, volunteer learn-and-serve work sessions, and bike rides.
Sign up now for Spring Landscaping Workshops!
EarthWorks is holding a series of landscaping and tree care workshops this spring. Find more info here.
March 8: Tree Pruning
May 4: Landscaping with Native Trees and Shrubs
May 10: Edible Landscaping
This summer, EarthWorks piloted a youth job program through the Boston Youth Fund. Five teenagers learned green job skills and got to know some of our orchards and schoolyard gardens in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Mission Hill. Watch this short interview clip to hear the youth talking about their experiences.
EarthWorks Receives "Champions in Action" Award, Appears on the NECN Evening and Morning News
On July 16, New England Cable News (NECN) ran a special news story about EarthWorks. The news feature was part of the Citizen's Bank Champions In Action award that EarthWorks won in June.
See our calendar for more events.
