Avery Field

The Richard Fry plaque has been installed at Avery Field, completing the installation of a community project Green Needham began last year.  Green Needham had been seeking an installer for the plaque.  Wayne Whisler, in Needham’s Facilities Management department, stepped

Thanks to the community’s enthusiastic response and your generous contributions, the Avery Field project is moving forward.  Volunteers from Needham’s garden clubs worked with the Town’s Parks & Forestry staff to design a layout for the area around the stone. 

A mysterious rock with a missing plaque. A Town benefactor whose father had been an enslaved man. And a tree planting project at Avery Field that has become a celebration of sustainability and diversity in our community. Last year, Green