You minded the dust, and the mud and the machines and noise. Now enjoy our better Chestnut Hill Backyard!

With a speakers corner, built-in stone benches and native plantings to cool things down, it’s a nice place to meet friends, take in an event  or just munch your lunch. With new steps and new grass, it's just nicer. Work started June 22 and was substantially completed by Aug. 13. Still to come: more seating and tables for the upper area. A mighty committee (of course) of Weavers Way staff worked with contractor Think Green to develop the project. (About those plants: See the list at www.weaversway.coop/Backyard-Plants.)