Arnold Arboretum
125 Arborway, Jamaica Hills, Boston, 02130, United States
The Arnold Arboretum is 281 acres of Frederick Law Olmsted's Emerald Necklace — a living museum of 15,000 trees, shrubs, and vines from around the world, owned by Harvard University and free to the public every day of the year under the terms of a unique 1,000-year lease signed in 1872.
Boston Common
139 Tremont St, Boston Common, Boston, 02111, United States
Boston Common is the oldest public park in America — set aside for communal use in 1634, four years after the city was founded and 142 years before anyone thought to declare independence.
Boston Public Garden
4 Charles St, Boston, MA 02116
The Boston Public Garden is the first public botanical garden in America — created in 1837 on land that was tidal marsh until the 1830s, and now a 24-acre Victorian garden that sits next to Boston Common but feels like an entirely different world.
Charles River Esplanade
Boston, United States
The Esplanade is a three-mile ribbon of parkland along the Charles River basin that serves as Boston's running track, cycling path, and outdoor living room from April through October.
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