Agricultural Hall

An Urban Agriculture Supply & Resource Center

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E-mail  Tel. 617-388-7378

News & Events

9/10 & 11

Ag Hall will be closed -- again.  If there's anything you need, try calling Mary at 857-719-3670 or me at 617-388-7378 and maybe I can help, long-distance.  Back next week.


10/2  

Honey Harvest -- Harvest liquid gold directly from a local hive.  The Boston Nature Center will host this workshop, and Boston Area Beekeepers Association and Agricultural hall are co-sponsors.  To register and pay, visit BNC's web site.  Don't miss the magic -- it's a sweet sight!


10/16 

Agricultural Exposition!  The Trustees are staging an agriculture fair this year, and Ag Hall is helping.  To paraphrase a (cough, cough) presidental candidate, it'll be Really Big.  See Fair 2016 for more info.




Agricultural Hall?

In 1818, the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture built the original Agricultural Hall on Dighton Street in Brighton.  It served as the hub of the Brighton Fair and Cattle Show, one of the earliest and largest such fairs in the country.  In 1829, "a 17-pound turnip, a 19-pound radish, and a bough on which pears hung like a cluster of grapes were among the outstanding exhibits of that year."  In 1844 the building was moved to its present location at the corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street.

Dr. William P. Marchione & 

The Bostonian Society

Brighton Allston Historical Society

Agricultural Hall

245 Amory Street

Jamaica Plain, MA  02130

617-388-7378  /  e-mail Ag Hall

Sat.&Sun., 10:00am-2:30pm & by appt.

Here are 2014 winners of the Urban Agriculture Fair:

The Bee Smoker Longevity contest was won by Chris Earnst

Egg Toss contest was won handily by... who?... Master Blasters?  Egg-a-bazooka?

 


And feel free to stop by Agricultural Hall anytime.


Okay, is it in your calendar yet?  Sunday, 9/27/15.