Elizabeth Vizza

President, Friends of the Public Garden (@FOPG) | landscape designer | tree hugger | bike rider | word lover

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

So thankful for Maliaka and I to be able to join with visionary leaders Angela Soo Hoo, Friends new Board member Heang Rubin, and many other Chinatown community members to celebrate the success of Chinatown HOPE. ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Wonderful evening with the Rose Brigade celebrating another successful season of caring for the Garden’s roses. Thank you rose volunteers! @FOPG

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Honored to stand with Board members Margaret Pokorny and Catherine Bordon to accept the Paul Prindle Community Leadership Award presented to the Friends by the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay. Henry Lee was very much there in spirit. ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Enjoying a dynamic conversation about art, monuments, memory at the Embrace sponsored by the City’s Office of Arts & Culture. ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Enjoying sharing and learning at Greater and Greener with Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods! ⁦@BostonParksDept⁩ ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Inspiring week here at Greater and Greener Seattle. Connecting with amazing park and community leaders including our own Rev. Willie Bodrick and runner/activist Allison Mariela Desir. ⁦@FOPG⁩ @WillBeamer⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

A wonderful morning spent with our community and @MayorWu at the Mayor’s Coffee Hour on the Mall. Grateful for dialogue with so many City staff and elected officials, including our amazing Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods. @BostonParksDept #bosparks @LeslieAdam4

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

@EmbraceBOS @askimari @BostonMagazine You more than deserve this honor, my friend.

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Wonderful Annual Meeting this week with our elected officials in attendance. ⁦⁦@wutrain⁩ ⁦@RonDurk⁩ and ⁦@LydiaMEdwards⁩. Three rock star leaders in our community. Thank you for all you do for our parks! ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

So wonderful to break bread with my amazing#Shaw54th colleagues last night! NPS’s brilliant Liza Stearns and our terrific communications, community engagement, and event planning consultants Kelley Chunn and Lynn DuVal Luse. #FOPG #threeparks #Friends

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

We mourn the loss of a great humanist and broadcast legend, Sarah-Ann Shaw. It was an honor to work with her as a passionate member of the Committee to Restore the Shaw 54th Memorial. Rest in peace and love, Sarah-Ann Shaw. #legend #loss https://t.co/jQLDisXzec

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

I had the joy of attending the opening reception for “Framing Freedom:The Harriet Hayden Albums” exhibit ⁦@bostonathenaeum⁩ yesterday with Friends’ Senior Communications & Outreach Officer Maliaka Shepard. Inspired by Hayden’s impact on abolition and women’s rights!

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Wonderful to catch up with Sobek at Artists for Humanity! Beautiful work, beautiful spirit of an artist. ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Had a great time catching up with our wonderful Friends and this year’s Honorary Green & White co-chairs Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods and his wife Boston Police Officer Lauren Woods at the annual Children’s Winter Festival! A memorable event for all! #threeparks #WinterFestival

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Great meeting with ⁦@MayorWu⁩ and other environmental and climate activists to share our vision for the next Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space. ⁦@CityOfBoston⁩ #bosparks

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Wonderful to be here listening to Mayor Wu’s accomplishments and ambitious plans. #Boston SOTC ⁦@MayorWu⁩ ⁦@CityOfBoston⁩ ⁦@BostonParksDept⁩ ⁦@FOPG⁩ #threeparks

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Wonderful evening on the Mall celebrating the holiday tree lighting with friends including NABB chair Martyn Roetter and our great at-large councilor Ruthzee Louijeune. ⁦⁦@Ruthzee⁩ ⁦@FOPG⁩

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Thankful for all the community members who love our parks, including the full house I spoke to last week at 151 Tremont Street.

[Elizabeth Vizza @lizvizza]

Inspired to hear Boston’s Chief White Hammond and Director of Urban Forestry Todd Mistor speak to the Boston Committee of the GCA about increasing the tree canopy and environmental justice for our city.