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Welcome to Trail of Flowers

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About Us (started 2018)

Goal is making Assabet River Rail Trail (www.arrtinc.org) more interesting

"Trail of Flowers" volunteers in Massachusetts have committed to planting thousands of flowering bulbs, annuals and perennials along the Assabet River Rail Trail as part of a project to make the trail more interesting. Contact is: David Mark at damark51@gmail.com

2018: daffodils planted in Maynard, MA

2019: daffodils in Maynard and Acton

2020: flowering shrubs and trees in addition to bulbs; Marble Farm park project approved by Town of Maynard

2021: added Marlborough planting

2022: Marble Farm park construction 

2023: Marble Farm park dedicated

2024: Flowering quince in Acton

2024 Events AND PROJECTS

  • 2023 Annual report posted at maynardlifeoutdoors.com Nov 2023
  • Donations from Boston Scientific ($300), Russell's Garden Center ($75), Maynard Community Gardeners, Marlborough Colonial Garden Club ($225) and Maynard High School Class of 2003 ($500 In memory of Daniel Mark)
  • High Street, Maynard: planting by Maynard Scout Troup #130 as Ronan Rafter Eagle Scout project. Supported by a $250 grant from the Maynard Cultural Council, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.     
  • Photo: Acton-Boxboro High School Senior Community Service Day plantings of flowering quince at Acton historic site on  April 26, 2024

2024: Planting efforts by student volunteers from Maynard and Acton, MAssachusetts

2023 Events and projects

  • 2022 Annual report posted at maynardlifeoutdoors.com 
  • TOF display staffed at Maynard Library event for community organizations  March 18, 2023
  • Dedication of Marble Farm Historic Site  May 2, 2023
  • Donations from Assabet Valley Vocational/Technical High School, Butler Lumber, Thyme in the Garden
  • Acton-Boxboro High School Senior Community Service Day plantings at Sylvia Street site  April 28, 2023 

Bench installed by Dept Public Works 

       at the Marble Farm historic site

2023: INSTALLATION OF SIX POLLINator 'ART POSTS' DONATED BY ARTSPACE HONEYBEE MEADOW COMMITTEE

2023: What Acton plantings will look like at maturity and the Marble farm historic site Dedication (5/2/23)

2022 EVENTS AND Projects

  • Marble Farm Historic Site becomes an official park of Maynard, MA; construction started October 2022
  • DONATIONS OF $100 or more received from: Maynard Community Gardeners (as donated plants), Middlesex Conservation District (as donated plants), Suzanne and Corey Weiss ($100)
  • Planted 1200 dafffodils and 100 tulips in Maynard
  • Planted six Beauty Bushes in Marlborough
  • Planted 100 daffodils, two Purple Smoke Trees and two Winterberry Bushes in Acton
  • ONLY IN MAYNARD coffee mug sales continue at several stores in downtown Maynard; profits to TOF





      Daffodils and grape hyacinth blooming at Marlborough trail head

2022: plantings and blooms include wild-growing phlox and winterberry, also addition of signage

2021 EVENTS AND PROJECTS

  • The proposal for creation of a part at the Marble family historic site was approved and construction will take place during fall of 2022 (see 2020 diagram)
  • Four Royal Purple Smoke Trees (photo of full-grown tree) were planted at the Sylvia Street site, Acton
  • Nine Beauty Bushes; north of Summer St,  Maynard
  • Nine Kousa Dogwoods; near High St., Maynard
  • Bulb planting took  place at existing and new sites in Acton, Maynard and Marlborough
  • DONATIONS OF $100 or more received from Pam and Josh Mark, Suzanne & Corey Weiss, Susan & Kenneth Appel, Ilze & Herbie Greene.
  • TO VOLUNTEER: Send your name, phone number and email address to damark51@gmail.com  


Example of mature Royal Purple Smoke Tree

2021 Blooms (Maynard and Marlborough)

2020 PROJECTS

$1,908 for flowering bulbs and shrubs

Daffodil bulbs planting at five locations

Also day lilies, irises and hostas

And 21 flowering or berry-bearing shrubs and small trees

Proposal submitted to Maynard Community Preservation Committee to make the Marble Farm site a town park

2020: DONATIONS

2020 Donors page (for donations >$100)

Dupont Imaging Co. ($2500)

*Maynard Cultural Council ($500)

*Acton Cultural Council ($300)

Maynard Community Gardeners ($300)

Assabet River Rail Trail, Inc. ($250)

 Lauren Tetreault & Team for Real Estate ($200)


*  This program is supported in part by grants from the Maynard and Acton Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. 


 TO DONATE: Make checks out to Assabet River Rail Trail Inc. This is a non-profit organization of volunteers who have been and continue to be involved in the creation, promotion and management of the Trail. ARRT has a website, Facebook page, and Wikipedia entry. MAIL THE CHECKS TO ME: David A. Mark, 10 Maple Street, Maynard, MA 01754. I will forward the checks to ARRT, which has established a TOF account. Include an email address and you will receive an email acknowledging your donation. Email addresses will not be shared with any other organization. Donate $100 or more and your donation will be acknowledged on the Trail Of Flowers website. 


TO VOLUNTEER: Send your name, phone number and email address to damark51@gmail.com  


ONLY IN MAYNARD mugs, price $10, all profits to TOF

2019: DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS

2019 Donors page (for donations >$100)

*Maynard Cultural Council ($500)                 Pam Margules Mark & Joshua Mark

Maynard Community Gardeners ($300)      Suzanne Weiss & Cory Weiss  

Assabet River Rail Trail, Inc. ($250)                Cindy Beck Goldstein & Roger Goldstein

Pamela Newton and John Houchin             Lois K. Tetreault           

Ellen C. Duggan Trust          Pamela A. Agner          Laura Moore    


*  This program is supported in part by a grant from the Maynard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. 


TO DONATE: Make checks out to Assabet River Rail Trail Inc. This is a non-profit organization of volunteers who have been and continue to be involved in the creation, promotion and management of the Trail. ARRT has a website, Facebook page, and Wikipedia entry. MAIL THE CHECKS TO ME: David A. Mark, 10 Maple Street, Maynard, MA 01754. I will forward the checks to ARRT, which has established a TOF account. Include an email address and you will receive an email acknowledging your donation. Email addresses will not be shared with any other organization. Donate $100 or more and your donation will be acknowledged on the Trail Of Flowers website. 


Trail Of Flowers volunteers for the 2018 planting of daffodils at the Marble Farm site.

Trail Of Flowers volunteers for the 2018 planting of daffodils at the Marble Farm site.

creating the daffodil sculpture, which joins the daffodil blooms every spring

May 1, 2019: daffodil Blooms Near PEAK (brick entranceway to Marble Park removed in 2022)

May 4, 2019 the flower-viewing event

Volunteer bulb planters - fall 2019

Photos from PAST YEARs' tulip plantings at Summer, Maple and Brooks STREETS

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