Boston's Gardens and Green Spaces

Map: Green Spaces of Greater Boston

Introduction

1. The Emerald Necklace

Boston Common

Boston Public Garden

Commonwealth Avenue Mall

Back Bay Fens

Riverway

Olmsted Park

Jamaica Pond

Arnold Arboretum

Franklin Park

The Necklace's Designer: Frederick Law Olmsted

Letterboxing, Geocaching, and EarthCaching

Puddingstone

2. The Harborwalk: Boston's Sapphire Necklace

Piers Park

Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park

Castle Island

Pope John Paul II Park

Neponset Park

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

3. Fresh Water Green

Fresh Pond Reservation

Charles River Esplanade (Charles River Reservation)

Walden Pond Slate Reservation

Charles River Watershed Association

4. Big Dig Parks: Making the New City Green

Paul Revere Park

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

The North End Parks

The Wharf District Parks

The Dewey Square Parks

Chinatown Parle

Millennium Park

Brook Farm Historic Site

5. Pocket Parks

Paul Revere Mall (Prado)

Garden of Peace

Post Office Square (Norman B. Leventhal Park)

Tenshin-En Garden

David and Dorothy Ramler Park

Hall's Pond Sanctuary

Boston Public Library Courtyard

Honan-Allston Branch Library

Valente Library Reading Garden

Franklin Street Park

6. Urban Wilds

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

Allendale Woods

Bussey Brook Meadow

Massachusetts Audubon Boston Nature Center

The Massachusetts Audubon Society

Boston Natural Areas Network

7. Green Art

Danehy Park

Arts on the Point

Eastport Park

South Boston Maritime Park

Forest Hills Cemetery Contemporary Sculpture Path

Taylor Square

DeCordova Sculpture Park

Gropius House

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

8. Gardens for Healing and Reflection

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Forest Hills Cemetery

Howard Ulfelder MD Healing Garden

Prouty Terrace and Garden/Berenberg Garden

Virginia Thurston Healing Garden

9. Green Buildings from Top to Bottom

West Podium Park (Boston World Trade Center)

Boston Children's Museum

4 Cambridge Center

Ray and Maria Stata Center Biofiltration Swale/Green Roof

29 Garden Street

10. Eating Green

CitySproufs Gardens

Clark-Cooper Community Garden

Fenway Victory Gardens

Christian Herter Community Garden/Charles River Community Garden

Gardens for Charlestown

The Food Project Gardens

ReVision House Urban Farm

Newton Community Farm

Earthworks Boston

11. Botanical Gardens

Elm Bank

Alexandra Botanic Garden/H. H. Hunnewell Arboretum

Garden in the Woods

The New England Wild Flower Society

12. Green Within: Greenhouses and Courtyards

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Courtyard

Lyman Estate Greenhouses

Greenhouses / Margaret C. Ferguson

Tower Hill Botanic Garden Orangerie

13. Green Play

Boston Children's Museum Plaza

Children's Garden, Hyde Park Branch Library

Weezie's Garden for Children

14. Speedy Green: Bike Paths and Linear Parks

Dr. Paul Dudley White Charles River Bike Path

East Boston Greenway

South Bay Harbor Trail

Neponset River Greenway

Minuteman Bikeway

Bottle Road Trail

The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition

15. Grand Estates

Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill

Castle Hill

Hammond Castle Museum

Larz Anderson Park

Longfellow National Historic Site

Shirley Eustis House Garden and Orchard

The Trustees of Reservations

16. Suburban Wilderness

Boston Harbor Islands

Stony Brook Reservation

Beaver Brook North Reservation

Middlesex Fells

Blue Hills Reservation

Lynn Woods

Breakheart Reservation

Annual Events

Where to Learn More

Beyond Boston: Green Space Groups in Massachusetts

Acknowledgements

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