Join the FTSP Walking Club for an exclusive supporters-only tour of the Arnold Arboretum, North America’s oldest public arboretum and a jewel of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace.
Expert guide Nicole Geada will lead our small group through the Arboretum, sharing its history, landscape, and notable collections along the way.
This private experience is reserved exclusively for Friends of Titus Sparrow Park supporters and is limited to just 20 participants.
Here are the details and what to expect:
Costs: Free, registration is required (below). Note: We'll take the T together, bring train fare.
Start Time & Location: Meet at 10:00 AM at the Tennis Court at Titus Sparrow Park
Total distance: Approximately 3 miles
End time: Return to the South End around 12:00 PM
Meet Your Guides: Nicole Geada & Irwin Levy
Irwin Levy is a committed Board Member of the Friends of Titus Sparrow Park, serving as our neighborhood liaison and leading history and walking tours that bring the South End’s stories to life. A resident of the St. Botolph section of Back Bay and East Hampton, LI, Irwin is passionate about local history and community engagement. In Boston, he organizes walking events for the Neighborhood Association of Back Bay, the Garden Club of Back Bay, and Temple Israel of Boston, and he recently joined the Board of Beacon Hill Seminars, a Boston-based adult education organization.
In East Hampton, Irwin serves as President of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, sits on the Town of East Hampton’s Nature Preserve Committee, and shares his love of history as Producer and Co-Host of Our Hamptons Podcast (ourhamptonspodcast.com).
