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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.
 
     
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Garden Contest
Boston's green thumbs have until July 18th to register for Mayor Menino's Garden Contest presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and sponsors Comcast and the Boston Herald.
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Check Out the Birds of Boston!
Our partners at the Friends of Jamaica Pond have a great webpage documenting the wide variety of birds that can be seen in our city.
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  Muddy River Bridge  
     
Muddy River NPC Filed
Phase One of the Muddy River Restoration Project is in final design and a Notice of Project Change has been filed with MEPA that explains changes in the configuration of this phase of the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed the changes to help reduce potential flood damage in the area and improve the ecosystem of the river by installing bridges at the Riverway and Brookline Avenue, eliminating the jughandle road, and reestablishing an open river from the former Sears lot to Avenue Louis Pasteur.
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Tree and Bench Donation Program
Honor someone special or celebrate a momentous occasion with a park bench or live tree in one of Boston's parks. All donations help to support parks citywide.
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City Calendar See a listing of upcoming events at Boston's Parks.
Announcements for Business
Mayor Menino and The Home Depot Team Up
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief Jim Hunt, and Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak joined The Home Depot Foundation officials at Clifford Playground
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