Fall 2026 Meeting
- Date: October 27, 2026
- Location: The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Garden at Elm Bank
The 2026 Boston Committee Fall Meeting, Lecture, and Luncheon
Featuring William (Ned) Friedman, Director of the Arnold Arboretum and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
Dr. Friedman will share with us highlights from his popular Harvard seminar course, TREE, with a particular focus on the intertwining of trees and family.
- 10:00 | Coffee, Reception
- 10:30 | Lecture
- 12:00 | Lunch
TREE: How Trees are Embedded in Family Histories
“Learning to look closely at a tree over time nurtures a deeper empathy—for the natural world and for one another—and this same practice is available to anyone who walks our landscape. Every visit here offers the chance to slow down and attend to a living being, leaf by leaf and bud by bud, and cultivate a more generous way of moving through the world. It’s the spirit that guides the care of our collections and animates our public mission: to make an extraordinary place of beauty and wonder that is free and open to everyone.”
—Ned Friedman
Effuses NY TIMES’S Margaret Roach: “In a time when we live ever more deeply embedded in the digital ecosystem, Harvard University’s seminar called ‘Tree’ should be a required course for all.”
Note: Registered guests will receive a syllabus with recommended readings. Register today and get started on your “homework.”
Please join us on October 27th to connect and learn.
Register below.
An Area Committee of The Garden Club of America
Our Mission
We provide support for the design and beautification of parks and green spaces, we encourage civic achievement in horticulture and conservation through grants and awards, we educate the public on horticultural practices and the natural environment, and we advocate for our parks and our environment.
The Blossom Fund
In 1997 we formed The Blossom Fund that provides “seed” monies to assist in launching projects of horticultural impact within Boston. Our belief is that a healthy urban population and vibrant economic hub will benefit all.