Visit & Enjoy

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.

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 02446

Speakers 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.

Hall’s Pond Community Day

Horticultural activities will include planting of new grasses in Nan’s Meadow and preparation for an expanded fern garden in Amory Woods.

Community Work Days

Each spring and fall the Friends organize work parties to remove the trash, and invasive plants and restore the sanctuary with new plantings.

Hall’s Pond I-Spy

As you walk around the sanctuary, can you see us?

Bird Walk Observations

Birds year round at Hall’s Pond include many regulars. Herring Gulls overhead. Starlings, Pigeons and Mourning Doves on the ball-field. Bright-red Cardinals wheet-wheeting in the trees, House Sparrows chirping in the bushes. The local Red-tailed Hawk being pestered by crows and jays.

Maps & Directions

Nature Sanctuaries – Hall’s Pond Sanctuary & Amory Woods
Amory St. and Freeman St.
Brookline, MA 02446

Bird Walks at Hall’s Pond

Please check back in the Spring for dates. Friends of Hall’s Pond will conduct guided bird walks timed for spring migration, on an easy half-mile loop, led by Neil Gore. Whether it’s sunny, cloudy, or light rain!

Things to See

The sanctuary is used for habitat for plants and animals, environmental education and passive exploration.

Conservation Area Rules and Regulations

Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8c, as amended, the following rules and regulations governing the use of all the Town of Brookline Conservation Areas under the management of the Conservation Commission of the Town of Brookline have been adopted to insure appropriate use of the areas for the enjoyment and general welfare of the public while protecting the areas in their natural states to serve as wildlife refuges.