The Esplanade Association: Esplanade Collection

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The “Esplanade Collection” – Open-Air Works of Art

Over the last century, a careful mix of natural and manmade features has helped the Esplanade grow into a place of beauty and tranquility in the heart of Boston. As a contributor to the “Esplanade Collection” program, you can help restore and preserve this historic park’s unmatched collection of trees, historic structures, statuary, and striking vistas.

Your contribution may be designated as a gift in someone’s honor. A selection from the “Esplanade Collection” can be a spectacular and unique gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and other special events and commemorations.

The Esplanade Association’s (TEA) “Esplanade Collection” provides three unique sponsorship and gift-giving options.

Adopt a Tree Adopting a tree helps TEA care for the Esplanade’s nearly 2,000 wide array of tree species. When you adopt a tree, you support our pruning and maintenance initiative, which keeps the park’s trees healthy and strong. As a tree sponsor, you can request a certificate, photograph, and map showing the location of your tree. Each month we sponsor a special tree, although you may sponsor any tree any time you wish.


Sponsor a Bench Sponsoring one of the park’s 266 historic Shurcliff benches provides a concrete way to underwrite a broader regimen of general improvements and maintenance at the park. TEA will install a customized bronze plaque at the site of your bench, recognizing you or anyone you wish to honor.


Plant a Flower Planting flowers will add grace notes to the park’s mature beauty and carry special significance for Bostonians, announcing the arrival of spring after our interminable winter. And because flowers have for century’s symbolized remembrance and pleasure in the company of others, sponsoring the planting of Esplanade flowers makes a particularly thoughtful gift for the special people in your life.

Regardless of which program in the park’s collection you choose to support, your gift will go a long way toward ensuring that the Esplanade continues to provide a beautiful and welcoming setting for every visitor. Your contribution strengthens our efforts on behalf of the Esplanade, which recently received historic-landmark designation from the City of Boston. Park patronage will help to improve the quality of life for the millions of people who visit the park each year.

To participate and support the Esplanade Collection, please fill out the appropriate form:

For more information, please contact Megan Sampson at 617-227-0365 or msampson@esplanadeassociation.org.

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