SOUTH END LOWER ROXBURY OPEN SPACE LAND TRUST – BOSTON, MA FUNDING & OPERATIONS
The Land Trust operates with funds raised through garden plot fees, fundraising activities including the annual South End Garden Tour, and a Winter Lecture Series. Additional funds from private and public sources, via direct grants, have contributed over $1,000,000. Funds have been used to provide water systems, decontaminate soils, to install consistent iron fencing and granite curbing, and to build gazebo community spaces in the local gardens. The land trust has an ongoing capital development project based upon grant writing and proceeds from the annual South End Garden Tour.