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
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Spring/Summer 2007 Newsletter
THE TOWN of Brookline has budgeted $300,000 to be spent by the Park and Recreation Commission for improvements to Amory Park. Larson Associates, a landscape architect firm and the Town’s design consultant has had multiple informative public design review meetings over the past few months, including site visits.
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“She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!” Illustrated Book (PDF)
Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway, two very well bred Boston ladies, decide that something must be done. Fashionable ladies are parading around town with dead birds on their hats! So Minna and Harriet gather together the most prominent women and men in town and form a club to protect the birds. Thus is born the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
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Fall 2004 Newsletter
Hall’s Pond Sanctuary and the adjacent neighborhood, Cottage Farm, are part of the National Register of Historic Places (1978) and the first local (Brookline) historic district (1979). The Sanctuary, located behind 1120 Beacon Street, is administered by the Conservation Commission with financial and maintenance support by the Friends of Hall’s Pond. The Friends group has been a model for more than a dozen subsequent “ friends” organizations in the Town which support a variety of neighborhood sanctuaries, parks, gardens, woods, and playgrounds. An extensive restoration of the Sanctuary was completed in 2002, at which time Hall’s Pond (3.5 acres) was combined with the adjacent Amory Woods parcel (1.6 acres).
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About the Friends
The Friends partners with the Conservation Commission as stewards of the sanctuary. Their initiatives include Community Work Days, tending the Formal Garden and raising funds for the Horticultural Fund.
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Bird Walks at Hall’s Pond
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! Please check back for upcoming dates!
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Sanctuary Work Plan
In 2009, The Commission, the Town Parks & Open Space Division, and the Friends of Hall’s Pond volunteer group developed this work plan to guide ongoing collaboration, to preserve and protect the sanctuary, and to express a management approach based on respect for wildlife areas as natural habitat.
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Spring 2004 Newsletter
This is the first of a series of historic vignettes relating to Hall’s Pond Sanctuary and the neighborhood surrounding it, Cottage Farm.
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Things to See
The sanctuary is used for habitat for plants and animals, environmental education and passive exploration.
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Photographs
Photographs: Pond Birds, Amory Woods; Garden Sanctuary
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