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Invasive Weed Removal from former Building Foundations

November 29, 2021November 23, 2021 by NBF
In October 2021, DCR began the process of removing invasive weeds (knotweed) from the orphanage and Hive site. The removal included cutting the knotweed stalks at the base. This is just the first step in a many-year process.
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Focus on Brook Farm VII – through March 2022
NBF and Mass Audubon Sponsored Special Guided Nature Tour

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88 Westover Street
West Roxbury MA 02132
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This SUNDAY! Performance and community discussion This SUNDAY! Performance and community discussion at the Cambridge Public Library. There will be a "living history" presentation by the women who lived at Brook Farm, followed by a fascinating discussion about women's suffrage and #MeToo, abolition and #blacklivesmatter. Check out details on our Facebook event listing. Find the link in our profile.
In this ‘living history’ presentation, you wil In this ‘living history’ presentation, you will meet Margaret Fuller, Sophia Ripley, and other remarkable women who joined and visited this short-lived but influential community.  How did they understand and live the “social contract” at Brook Farm and afterward? Then, join a discussion of the social contract in the 21st century. What are the threads that connect women’s suffrage to #MeToo? Abolitionism to Black Lives Matter? What are our rights and responsibilities as members of a diverse community? Details are found in our Facebook event, linked in our profile.
Georgiana Bruce Kirby started writing during the f Georgiana Bruce Kirby started writing during the four years she lived at Brook Farm. Later, she became an educator, and was active in prison reform and the anti-slavery movement. Learn more about Georgiana and the other women of Brook Farm at https://wp.me/P6pKg1-lc.
Start of the nature walk. Start of the nature walk.
In 1839, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody opened her West In 1839, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody opened her West Street bookstore, which became a sort of club for the intellectual community of Boston. On her own printing press, she published translations from German by Margaret Fuller and three of Hawthorne’s earliest books. She was probably the first woman book publisher in America. Learn more about Elizabeth and the other Women of Brook Farm at https://wp.me/P6pKg1-l0.
Marianne Dwight Orvis moved to Brook Farm in 1844, Marianne Dwight Orvis moved to Brook Farm in 1844, and in 1847 played a key role in the establishment of the Women's Associative Union In Boston. Learn more about Marianne and the other Women of Brook Farm at https://wp.me/P6pKg1-ll.
Join us for a special guided walk led by Nick Dori Join us for a special guided walk led by Nick Dorian, a first-year PhD student at Tufts, focused on some of the creatures who call Brook Farm home. Bring your camera or phone, your journal or sketchpad, or just yourself and a friend for an interesting and educational morning. More info on our website - see link in bio. Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:30-11:30 am Brook Farm Historic Site, 670 Baker Street, West Roxbury
Submit your photos, artistic representations, pros Submit your photos, artistic representations, prose, poetry, or musical works, inspired by Brook Farm. Details on our website (see link in profile). Deadline is 2/12!
New Brook Farm invites the community to submit pho New Brook Farm invites the community to submit photos, artistic representations, prose, poetry, and musical works inspired by this historic place to the third annual FOCUS ON BROOK FARM event. Get the full details at the link in our profile. Photo: Courtesy of Preston Keller, 2015, Brook Farm.
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