Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens is now an official nonprofit organization committed to working with the town to restore, preserve and maintain this historically important site, relying on the Olmsted Brothers design and the recommendations detailed in Arlington Civic Block Master Plan (1998), and its “Maintenance Guide.”
Given to the Town of Arlington by the Robbins Family and dedicated in 1913, the Town Gardens is the setting for “Menotomy Indian Hunter,” a statue by American sculptor Cyrus Dallin, an Arlington resident for 44 years. In 1939 the garden was redesigned by the Olmsted Brothers, the firm founded by the sons of Frederic Law Olmsted, who believed that the right landscape design was relaxing and restorative.
“The priorities of our group are clear,” said Miriam Levine, president and founding member. She is also the town’s poet laureate for 2015-16.
In a news release, she wrote that are assessment of trees and shrubs by a certified arborist; replacement of dead or diseased trees and shrubs; restoration and repair of pathways, stonework, and metalwork; restoration and repair of water features and the “Menotomy Indian Hunter.”
Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine said in the release: “I am so pleased to see the passion, commitment and care that the Friends of the Robbins Town Garden have already shown for our treasured resource. I look forward to collaborating with them as we strive to meet our mutual goals.”
The Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens welcomes all who share its vision and joins other notable Arlington organizations, such as the Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park and the Friends of Spy Pond Park.
For more information, call us at 781-646-2618 or see its Facebook page >>
This announcement was published Friday, Sept. 4, 2015.
