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Make Your Own Cyanotypes: A Drop-In Program

Stop by the Hunnewell Lawn while supplies last to create beautiful nature-based cyanotype prints. Participants will arrange flowers, leaves, and seeds and expose them in sunlight to create a deep blue print with bright, ghost-white silhouettes.

This is a drop-in program so there is no need to register, just stop by and get creative!

Accessibility: This is a stationary program on the Hunnewell lawn, which is a flat grassy area.

Audience: This program is appropriate for all ages.

Inclement weather policy: This program will be rescheduled in the event of rain or heavy clouds (which interfere with the cyanotypes’ reactivity to the sun). Rescheduling decisions will be made at least one day in advance of the program and will be posted on this event page: please check this page for updates.

Date

Jul 12 2025

Time

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Hunnewell Lawn
125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130
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Directions

Learn about accessibility at the Arboretum.

Hunnewell Lawn

By subway

Take the MBTA Orange Line to its southern end—Forest Hills. Exit through the door marked “Arnold Arboretum,” cross Washington Street, and walk up Arborway to the Arboretum’s Forest Hills Gate on your left. To reach the Arboretum’s Arborway Gate and the Hunnewell Building, continue along the sidewalk on the Arborway to the Arborway Gate (about 12 minutes), or go through the Forest Hills Gate, bear right at the pond, and continue down Meadow Road to the Hunnewell Lawn. The Hunnewell Lawn is located outside of the Hunnewell Building.

By bus

Take the #39 bus to the South Street @ Bardwell Street stop in Jamaica Plain. Walk down South Street away from Bardwell Street, take a right on Custer Street, and walk down Custer Street until it ends. Turn right and walk about 300 feet down Arborway to the Arboretum’s Arborway Gate, which will be across the street. The Hunnewell Lawn will be just inside the gate on your right, outside of the Hunnewell Building.

By car

There is public street parking on Arborway, including six designated accessible spots on either side of the gate. Parking on Arborway can sometimes fill up and you may need to walk a little ways from your parking spot to the gate. Please allow for extra time to account for this, especially during the spring and for large programs like lectures and performances.