Free Fun Fridays at Arnold Arboretum

The Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Fridays program will offer free admission to the Arnold Arboretum on Friday, Aug. 2. This year, a record-breaking 60 venues are participating in Free Fun Fridays, with six cultural venues open free-of-charge each Friday this summer. Free Fun Fridays is a 10-week program, which runs from June 28 through Aug. 30. This is the fifth year of the program.

Note: Because of expected crowds, large groups are discouraged from attending on this day. Please contact the Arnold Arboretum directly at 617-384-5253 with questions. 

Special activities: From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the lawn outside the Hunnewell Building, look for arborist demos, a horticulture truck display, landscape painting, kids art and science activities with the Arboretum staff and the Art+Bio Collaborative, guided and self-guided tours, story time in English and Spanish, and more!                              

For more information, visit highlandstreet.org/freefunfridays.html.