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Parks & Recreation

The Parks & Recreation Department provides residents and visitors with clean, green, safe, and accessible open space in more than 2,200 acres of park land throughout the city.

  • Frog Pond

    Frog Pond Re-Opens for the Season!

    The skating rink at Boston Common's Frog Pond features concessions, skate rentals, rest rooms and a warming area and is open daily throughout the winter. Season passes and skating lessons are also available.

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    City Announces Tree Grants for Non-Profits

    Mayor Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department have announced that applications are now being accepted for beautification grants supporting tree plantings by non-profit organizations within the city.

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  • Capital Projects

    Parks Capital Projects Search

    Parks Capital Project Search Use City of Boston MAPS to view data on the Parks Department's capital projects.

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Announcements

  • Muddy River NOI

    The City of Boston, Town of Brookline, Massachusetts DCR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- New England District (Corps) are proposing to construct a flood control and environmental restoration project in the Muddy River. Phase I of the Project will daylight approximately 700 feet of the Muddy River and restore a portion of the Back Bay Fens known as the Upper Fens Pond.

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  • See a listing of upcoming events at Boston's Parks.

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