New Video! Hall’s Pond Sanctuary Re-Opening Celebration Ribbon Cutting – July 15, 2026
On Wednesday, July 15, 2006, the Brookline Department of Public Works, in partnership with the Friends of Hall’s Pond, hosted a re-opening celebration for the sanctuary. This family-friendly gathering offered a short speaking program, opportunities to learn about the sanctuary’s wildlife and restoration efforts, and light refreshments. Guests explored the boardwalk, woodland trails, and pond overlook, with natural resource staff and local volunteers available to share information about ongoing stewardship efforts. (video credit Fran Perler)
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Hall’s Pond Tree I-Spy
Can you find each of the following trees in the Hall’s Pond Sanctuary?
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Hall’s Pond Sanctuary Re-Opening Celebration
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 4 PM – 6 PM
15 AMORY ST. BROOKLINE MA 02446
Ribbon Cutting – Nature Exploration – Family Activities – Light Refreshments
Quick Links
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2007 Annual Meeting Highlights
Our good friend and advocate, Barbara Mackey, retired from our board in Spring, 2006 after years of loyal service. The Friends honored Barbara at our Annual Meeting on June 11, 2007.
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2001 Annual Meeting Highlights
Joan W. Goodwin was honored at the Friends’ annual meeting in March 2001.
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“A Plan for Hall’s Pond Sanctuary” (PDF)
Prepared for Brookline Conservation Commission Town of Brookline, Massachusetts
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Friends of Hall’s Pond
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Thank you for joining us for the 40th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting
Please join us for a very special 40th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting
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Sunday, June 12, 2016 3 – 5 pm
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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.
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Fall/Winter 2014 Newsletter
2014 was busy all year long, and with the May 4th Community Day, the May 18 dedication of the Eris Doorneweerd Entry to the Sanctuary, and the June 16 Annual Meeting (featuring historian Susan Helms Daley’s presentation “Who Was Harriet Hemenway”) the Friends have been active not only in the sanctuary but also out in the community on behalf of the sanctuary.
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May 2011 Photo Contest Winners poster
The Photography Contest was a component of the Celebration of the 35th Anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Hall’s Pond.
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Fall/Winter 2008 Newsletter
Hues and Rustles Winter’s nearly upon us, so it’s time to roll up the boardwalk until spring. Or is it? Winter’s bark is worse than its bite, and far softer than the baleful baying of the weather reporters of the everbleak outlook. So, get out and enjoy the winter, whatever the weather. Lord knows our feathered friends always make the best of it with good cheer. Birds and small mammals forage avidly in the snow, and Hall’s Pond usually enjoys lively wildlife from November through March.
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Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter
Entering our 37th year as the volunteer stewards of Hall’s Pond Nature Sanctuary, we dedicate this issue of the Newsletter to the very special people who preserved and protected this unique urban resource.
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Fall/Winter 2013 Newsletter
Stewardship, Volunteerism, and the Gift of Time Ever Since the dedication of Hall’s Pond Sanctuary on June 15, 1975 the citizens of Brookline (Boston, and beyond) have given their Gift of Time to establish and to sustain a conservation ethic and enhanced stewardship through volunteerism at the sanctuary.
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