Visit & Enjoy Hall’s Pond Sanctuary Year Round
A 5-acre sanctuary adjacent to Amory Playground, including a natural pond, wetlands, upland area, formal garden, short trail with wetland overlooks, handicapped accessible trail, gazebo and benches.
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Upcoming Friends of Hall’s Pond Activities and Events
Spring Volunteer Maintenance Schedule - Maintenance will begin on Wednesday, April 16 and will continue every other week on Wednesdays from 9-11 AM. More Info →
Bird Walks - April 28, and May 5 and 12, Hall’s Pond, 7 a.m. More Info →
Spring Community Day May 4, 2025 - Hall’s Pond, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. More Info →
Annual Meeting June 12 - Brookline Main Library, Hunneman Hall, 6 p.m.
50th Anniversary Celebration June 22, 2025 - Hall’s Pond, 10 a.m.
Starting Monday, March 10: Amelia Szymkowicz Pictures from Hall’s Pond Photo Gallery Brookline Bank
A breathtaking photo journey exploring the wildlife that inhabits Brookline’s jewel box Conservation Sanctuary, Hall’s Pond. Starting Monday, March 10, at Coolidge Corner, 1324 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446. Sponsored by Arts Brookline and Brookline Bank.
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2024 December Newsletter
HALL’S POND continues to amaze, amuse and entertain us with its cycle of seasonal changes. If 2023 was marked by abundant summer rains, 2024 was drier and ended in a mild drought. The Sanctuary remained nonetheless exuberantly green. Our flora and fauna cycled through the seasons, and we had regular visits from blue herons and cormorants.
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Starting Monday, March 10: Amelia Szymkowicz Pictures from Hall’s Pond Photo Gallery Brookline Bank
A breathtaking photo journey exploring the wildlife that inhabits Brookline’s jewel box Conservation Sanctuary, Hall’s Pond. Starting Monday, March 10, at Coolidge Corner, 1324 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446. Sponsored by Arts Brookline and Brookline Bank.
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Monday, February 3, 6-8 pm: The View from Hall’s Pond: Fifty Years of Conservation Efforts in Brookline
Date: Monday, February 3, 6-8 pm
Diana Stelin Gallery
1386 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446Speakers will discuss the emergence and development of conservation efforts in Brookline with a focus on the transformation of Hall’s Pond into one of the first, and certainly the most frequented, nature sanctuaries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Join Friends of Hall’s Pond for our Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 20, 7-8:30 PM
Friends of Hall’s Pond Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 20, 7-8:30 PM at the Coolidge Corner Library Meeting Room. Featured Speaker Ken Liss: Public Squares and Parks Reserved:
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A History of Brookline’s Open Space, Parks, and Playgrounds. -
Join Friends of Hall’s Pond for our Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 14, 6-8 PM
Friends of Hall’s Pond Annual Meeting on June 14, 6-8 PM at the Brookline Senior Center, 93 Winchester Street. Guest Speaker Susan Helms Daley: “Harriet Hemenway and Brookline’s Pivotal Role in the Bird Protection Movement”
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Join Friends of Hall’s Pond for our Annual Meeting on Zoom on June 29, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Tom Brady, Town Conservation Administrator, will give us an update on the state of the Sanctuary and our Guest Speaker, Arlene Mattison, President of Brookline Greenspace Alliance, will fill us in on the larger issues of Brookline green space and how BGSA is addressing them.
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History of Cottage Farm and Hall’s Pond” by Ferris Hall
Slides presented at Friends of Hall’s Pond Annual Meeting, June 2019
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2023 December Newsletter
OVER THE YEARS, the seasons at Hall’s Pond are similar, yet each year has its own signature. If 2022 was dry, 2023 was marked by abundant summer rains. The Sanctuary was exuberantly green. Our avian visitors cycled through the seasons, and we were blessed with families of Wood Ducks and Mallards. The Wood Duck family was the first one in a very long time and successfully added three new members to their community.
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2024 December Newsletter
HALL’S POND continues to amaze, amuse and entertain us with its cycle of seasonal changes. If 2023 was marked by abundant summer rains, 2024 was drier and ended in a mild drought. The Sanctuary remained nonetheless exuberantly green. Our flora and fauna cycled through the seasons, and we had regular visits from blue herons and cormorants.
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2022 December Newsletter
OVER the years, the seasons at Hall’s Pond are similar, yet each year has its own signature. If 2021 was wet, 2022 was marked by a drought that deepened over the summer and only let go with the autumn rains. Even so, the Sanctuary held up fairly well, confirming the wisdom of planting with an eye towards drought resistance.
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2021 December Newsletter
When COVID struck, Hall’s Pond was one of the few places people felt safe getting outside and a steady stream of visitors visited the Sanctuary at a much increased tempo, deriving delight from nature.
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