🌱 Patch AM: See which Back Bay neighbors just won the Mayor’s top garden honors

What's up Back Bay! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• See which Back Bay neighbors just won the Mayor's top garden honors

Also on today's calendar: WANDERVILLE a roving music festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 63.
• Thursday: Humid with variable clouds, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Boston's Best Gardens: Winners Announced for the 30th Annual Mayor's Garden Contest (caughtindot.com) — Back Bay gardeners earned top honors in the Mayor's Garden Contest, with Peter Cahn and Donald Hess winning first place for porch and container gardens and Peter Gelhaar taking second in shade gardens. The citywide competition, now in its 30th year, highlights how residents' creative plantings are brightening Boston's neighborhoods and even turning some locals into Hall of Fame–level gardeners.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Back Bay

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• WANDERVILLE a roving music festival →
  Winter Hill Brewing Company, 328 Broadway, Somerville, MA, 02145,
  12:00 pm
• Change Your Mind, Change Your World: with International Buddhist Teacher Kadam Morten →
  Renaissance Boston Seaport District, 606 Congress St, Boston
  3:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online →
  Online Webinar,
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• Fenway Family Walk
  Fenway Community Center 1282 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
  10:30 am
• All-Ages Story Time
  Parker Hill Branch Library 1497 Tremont Street, Roxbury, MA 02120
  10:30 am
• Information Session for Adult English Learners
  West End Branch Library 151 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
  11:00 am
• Movie Matinee
  Coolidge Corner Library Meeting Room - Coolidge Corner, Coolidge Corner
  1:15 pm
• Construction Club: LEGO and More!
  West End Branch Library 151 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
  4:00 pm
• Figure Skating x Fashion: Styling 2027 →
  View Boston, 800 Boylston St, Boston
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Bells on The Christian Science Plaza →
  250 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
  5:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Back Bay Residents Invited To Free Talk on Aging →
  Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston
  2:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• My Dearest Friend: The Love, Lives & Legacy of Abigail & John Adams →
  Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St, Boston
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

South End

• 11 Massachusetts Breakfast Favorites That Keep Drawing Locals Back (takingthekids.com)

North End

• Twenty circuits of stairs ran in the Bunker Hill Monument for the eleventh time (colinfleminglit.com)

Cambridge

• Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Cambridge (patch.com)
• Man Killed In Cambridge Officer-Involved Shooting Identified (patch.com)

Ok Back Bay! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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