Hi everyone!!

The park has been rather quiet through COVID, and post COVID people's lives have gotten busier. But good things are coming to the park.

Parks Department has some new staff, and we now have a project manager for potential Watson park improvements!! This means we will now have an advocate as we approach design and go for funds.

The city has hired CopleyWolff architecture firm to design improvements to the park. Their starting point are the parks current condition, ideas we have been focusing on with our own designs, as well as input from the public at the June meeting and input they will solicit through the project web site. The architect will take al the input and come back with some design concepts at a September public meeting. From there the project would go for CPA funds, and construction based on funding and contractor timeline.

Stay tuned for information as the summer goes on!

See the slides presented at the June meeting.

Watson Park looking amazing after Boston's Spring Cleanup weekend (Love Your Block, 2019). Thanks to all the volunteers who came out and spent a long afternoon cleaning up and moving plants around to make Watson look its best!!!

On October 10 and 11, 2018, the Community Music Center of Boston arranged for a corporate volunteer day. Volunteers from Harborvest Holdings spent two days working in Watson Park. On Wednesday they scraped and painted the fence of Little Watson. Thursday afternoon had a forecast of rain, so instead of more painting they took rakes and gave the park its first Fall cleanup.

Thanks to the volunteers for all their hard work, and thanks to harbor vest for their employees time and for covering all material costs for the work! And of course thanks to Community Music Center. We were happy to host a musical act for Fete de Music, and are happy to continue our working relationship!

Photos from the event:

An article on Watson park from October, 2017

https://thebostonsun.com/2017/10/12/watson-parksmall-on-the-map-big-in-the-neighborhood/

The Friends have added their first plantings to the park!!!

New plantings and protective fencing

Several Red and yellow Twig Dogwood bushes have been added along the pathway. During the summer the Yellow bushes will spout green leaves and white flowers. The Red dogwoods will sprout beautiful variegated leaves. During the winter months their branches will bring a bit of color to the park.

Additionally, several hundred bulbs were planted throughout the park that will bring an early burst of color in the Springtime.

The North side of the park has been temporarily fenced off in order to let the bushes establish themselves, so they won't be disturbed by people or pets. We ask that you please respect the fencing and give our new plants a chance to get used to their new home!

Some of the planting crew

More photos from planting day can be found on our Facebook Page.