Medford Brooks Estate (MBELT)

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An urban oasis with 50 acres of protected open space, the Brooks Estate in Medford, Massachusetts is a beloved environmental and historical treasure.

The Medford-Brooks Estate Land Trust (M-BELT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring the historic Brooks Estate on behalf of the people and the City of Medford as a space for environmental conservation and community enjoyment. Nestled in a landscape of wooded paths along Grove Street in West Medford, The Brooks Estate offers sanctuary for visitors seeking escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. Enjoy nature’s rich pageant year-round along The Brooks Pond habitat, where fish, migrating birds, and various forest creatures make their home. Follow the walking path up to the majestic Shepherd Brooks Manor and Carriage House, each an architectural masterpiece and the focus of ongoing restoration for continued community benefit. The Medford-Brooks Estate Land Trust (M-BELT) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring the historic Brooks Estate on behalf of the people and the City of Medford as a space for environmental conservation and community enjoyment.

10/29/2026

Heartfelt thanks to the 19 volunteers who gave their time and energy to our fall cleanup at Medford’s Brooks Estate. Your care for this forest and historic manor is a beautiful reminder that preserving a place we love is something we do together. 🍂💚

Tomorrow! Join us for our Fall Cleanup. We are also doing tours of the Manor. Email us at inquiries@brooksestate.org to ...

10/23/2026

Tomorrow! Join us for our Fall Cleanup. We are also doing tours of the Manor. Email us at [email protected] to get on the list!

10/17/2026

🍂 Do the woods some good this weekend! Volunteer for the Fall Clean Up at the Brooks Estate: Sat, 10/24, 10am-12:30pm. Help tidy up the grounds. Tour the manor house. Meet people and make a difference. Sign up here: https://brooksestate.org/2026-fall-clean-up/ 🍂

10/15/2026

Kinglet beauty 💜 It’s fall migration season, and the woods are alive with birds on the move.

Flycatchers, orioles, tanagers, and warblers who breed in the Brooks Estate are heading south. Juncos, white-throated sparrows, and even the occasional kinglet are arriving from the north to spend winter alongside year-round favorites like robins, nuthatches, chickadees, and woodpeckers. All of them are following routes and instincts that existed long before John Brooks acquired the land in 1660.

10/11/2026

{Volunteer Opportunity!!} If you know kids that need volunteer hours for community service, the fall cleanup is a great way to get some hours in and make a difference ✨ Saturday, October 24th @ 10 - 12:30 pm. Register at bit.ly/BrooksEstateVolunteer ✨

10/09/2026

Our Fall Clean Up is right around the corner! Join us on Saturday, October 24 from 10am-12:30pm to tackle some important tasks, like trail maintenance, boardwalk repair, trash pickup, and light manor cleaning.

The manor will be open for tours, and we’ll provide some tools and lunch. If you have tools to bring (trash grabbers, loppers, rakes), please do so!

Register at bit.ly/BrooksEstateVolunteer.

See you on the 24th!

09/23/2026

If you would like to view the slides from our Annual Meeting, they are posted here: brooksestate.org/2026annualmeeting/

09/22/2026

We are watching the weather for Saturday and it's not looking great. If the weather does not cooperate then Brews Bites & Beats will move from our grounds to Medford Brewing Company at 30 Harvard Ave, just 1.5mi from the Estate. Stay tuned here for more updates! 🎶🎶🎶

09/18/2026

Walk the Brooks Estate today and you're under a closed canopy of maple and oak so dense it's hard to imagine it being anything else. But most of the forest is barely 70 years old. The land was field, orchard, pasture and pleasure ground for eight generations of the Brooks Family. Then came Brooks Village, where 200 families of returning WWII veterans lived in one-story homes off Grove Street until 1954. When the village was torn down, the trees started a comeback centuries in the making. Below, the Point of Rocks building, 1885, with its rolling laws and open vistas.

Address

275 Grove St (Behind Oak Grove Cemetery)
Medford, MA
02155

Website

http://www.BrooksEstate.org/

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