The interior of Michelle Hallee Wong’s home near Fisher Hill is striking. Amid the white crown molding, gold-framed artwork and wooden floors dressed in large rugs with ornate patterns, the standouts are various furniture pieces she created, like the tripod side tables in the living room and the tea-caddy-turned-jewelry-boxes in the dining room. The pièce… Continue reading How a retired Brookline physician’s intricate card table won ‘best in show’ at a regional woodworking competition
Category: Home and garden
New group aims to plant native gardens in Brookline for biodiversity, education
Visitors to the Brookline Public Library this summer might have spotted a rare monarch butterfly or hummingbird, and some new plants in the area that was once a plain plot of green grass. The “native garden” is one of several in Brookline created by Brookline Pollinator Pathway (BPP), an organization that hopes to increase biodiversity… Continue reading New group aims to plant native gardens in Brookline for biodiversity, education
In gardens across town, summer program teaches BHS students about food justice
One sunny morning last week, 12 Brookline High School students spread out across a garden outside Pierce School in Brookline Village to weed, water and harvest vegetables and herbs. The garden is one of several across town that they’ve been tending for four weeks this summer as part of a program, Growing Empowerment, designed to… Continue reading In gardens across town, summer program teaches BHS students about food justice