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Read the Spring 2012 FGS Newsletter online:



Join us Sunday, May 20th from 9:30 a.m.
for our
May Community Participation Day!



In addition to sprucing up our park, we've got a lot on tap:

- Learn all about compost!
- Check out our irrigation system!
- Join us at noon at the Lansdowne Pub for free appetizers (while they last)!
- And at 1 p.m. Golden Rule Honey will have an educational workshop on bees at our brand new Teaching Apiary!

So join us this Sunday in The Grove outside the Teaching Garden, and bring a friend! It's a great way to get to know your neighbors, network, learn something new, and just have an all-around good time.

This event is rain or shine (within reason). Be sure to dress for weather!

Hope to see you Sunday!

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Click the image for a printable pdf of the FGS 2012 Program Guide.



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Help Us Clean Up Our Act in 2012



Effective immediately, Parks and FGS are asking gardeners to refrain from dumping building waste and other materials that will not fit inside Parks receptacles anywhere in the park.

In conjunction with Parks, we will schedule several rubbish drop-off days throughout the season where members may dispose of large non-recyclable materials and building waste in dumpsters on-site.

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Thanks to all who joined us for our
2011 Community Participation Days!

FGS members and volunteers from Simmons College pose for a picture with Richard D. Parker's Granddaughter, who dropped by our final Community Participation Day.

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Thank you to all who made this year's Fensfest a huge success!



(graphic by Dave Ortega)

FGS would like to thank our sponsors for this year's event, without whom it would not have been possible:


Marshall's Fenway Farm Stand
Lundgren Management

The Boston Red Sox - The Baseball Tavern - Basho - Canastaro - Casa Romero - Chelsea Proulx Photography - The City-Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library - Crazy Dough Pizza - Economy Hardware - Jerry Remy's Sports Bar and Grill - Thornton's - The Upper Crust - Whole Foods - Woody's - and Anonymous

Be sure to visit our sponsors and thank them for their generous support!

A HUGE THANK YOU also to Kozue Kuriyama and her Jazz Trio,
and to all our dedicated volunteers, who gave of their time and talents as members of the Fensfest Planning Committee and helping hands the day of the event!

Congratulations to this year's Garden Award Winners!

Boylston Section

Bruno Rubio (D20/E3) – Best Flower Garden
Matt Lesiczka and Christa DiMeglio (B18/C11) – Best New Garden
Jung Hae Kim (D29) – Best Shade Garden
Katelyn and Chris Canfield (C21)– Best Veggie Garden
Eileen Brewster (Accessible Garden) – Best Raised Bed Garden
Tammy Anderson (A20-21)(Tied) – Hardest-Working Gardener
Suzanne Comtois (A15-16)(Tied) – Hardest-Working Gardener

Center North

Raisa Korsunskaya (Y21) - Best Spring Garden
Anne Goodman (X12) - Best Summer Garden
Jessica Colwell (W17) - Best Fall Garden
Jack Delmond (Y24) - Best Year Round Garden
Larry Goines, Jr. (Y14) - Most Enhanced Garden
Douglas Chudzik(X28) (tied) - Best Veggie Garden
Brian Bordonaro(Z4) (tied) - Best Veggie Garden
Sarah Oakes (X34) - Best New Garden
Astrid (X26) - Best Kid's Garden

Center South

Lauren Downey (S8/S9) - Most Eclectic Garden
Melissa Pfaff & Timothy Bagley (V14/V15) - Most Welcoming Garden
Ruth Jackson (V16) - Best Established Garden
Robert Pitts (V3) - Best Red Garden
Tim Devlin (W28) - Best Vegetable Garden
Michelle Niescierenko (W23) - Most Transformed Garden

Park Section

Scott Zak(O9-10) - Best Veggie Garden
Shilpa Iyer (L19) - Best New Garden
Bonnie Thryselius (Herb Garden) – Best Volunteer-tended Garden
McKinley Prep School (L11) – Best Institutional Garden
Sarah Zettek (O15) – Hardest Working Gardener

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Members: Don't wait! Participate!

As an ALL-VOLUNTEER organization, member participation is critical to the success of FGS's mission "to encourage the interest and cooperation of all gardeners in the Victory Gardens, represent the gardeners in all dealing with third-parties, and to teach gardeners and visitors urban gardening techniques". FGS offers year-round opportunities for involvement.

Click here to check out the many ways to take part in events and programming, as well as in the governance of the organization.


Friend Us!
Not only can you now friend us on facebook, but you can join us on flickr, too! You can upload pics from the Victory Gardens, and comment on the pics others have taken. It's a great way to share your experience of the Gardens with the world, whether you're a member of FGS, a friend, or just passing through!

We've also rolled out a tumblr blog with more pics and year-round updates from the Gardens and messages from the board.

And the pièce de résistance: a highly interactive all-in-one page on Your Garden Show, a social networking site especially for gardeners!

So join us online! Lots of exciting ways to share your tips, stories and pics!


About Us


Situated in the heart of Boston’s Fenway neighborhood and a link in Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, the Fenway Victory Gardens span 7 acres tended by a community of over three hundred gardeners from every neighborhood in Boston, from a diversity of backgrounds and cultures, ages, abilities and experience.

Find out more about our history here.

While one of the only remaining World War Two victory gardens, today the gardens are home not only to vegetable gardens, but to floral gardens, a community herb garden, a wheelchair Accessible Garden, and a Teaching Garden. A meadow at the gardens' center is ideal for picnics.

Become a Friend of the Fenway Victory Gardens.

There are many ways to get involved in this extraordinary community. We offer Community Participation Days, community potlucks, Open Garden Tours, and programming free and open to the public throughout the growing year.

Check out our 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS here.

A 501 (c)(3) non-profit, The Fenway Garden Society Inc. seeks partnerships with individuals, local businesses, corporations and foundations who want to play an active role in ensuring our garden and community thrive.

Donate or contact us about partnerships here.

We welcome visitors and encourage you to become a part of our diverse, vibrant, and growing community!

Let's Grow Together!


The 2012 Executive Board:

Mike Mennonno, President
Kristen Mobilia, Senior Vice President of Administration
Ed Hommel, Vice President of the Park
Mario D'Amato, Vice President of Communication and Development
Mike Rosa, Treasurer