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Major Greenspaces

Arnold Arboretum
Boston Nature Center
Forest Hills Cemetery
Franklin Park (as a whole - ENTRY #1)
Franklin Park (as a whole - ENTRY #2)
Jamaica Pond
Southwest Corridor Park/ Southwest Corridor

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Minor Greenspaces


A
Adams Park (in Roslindale Village)
Alexander the Great Park (in Roslindale Village)
Allandale Woods (urban wild)
Almont Playground/Hunt Playground
Arboretum Road and tunnel to Arnold Arboretum

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B
Brookside Community Garden
Bussey Brook
Bussey Brook Meadow/ Blackwell Footpath/ Arboretum Access Footpath

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C
Canterbury Brook/ Old Brook
Charles Stratton Dana Greenhouses and the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection
Clark-Cooper Community Gardens
Crawford Street Playground/ Ramsay Park

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D

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E
Egleston Square Peace Garden
El Parquecito de la Hermanidad/ Covenant Playground
Eldon Street I and II Urban Wilds; Wetland and neighborhood southwest of Arnold Arboretum in Roslindale
Emerald Necklace
English High School, Community Center, and ball fields
Entrances to Franklin Park (historic, current and currently blocked)
Entrances to the Arnold Arboretum
Erie-Ellington Street Playground on Erie Street

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F
Fallon Field
Flaherty Park
Franklin Field/ Harambee Park
Franklin Park cross-country running course
Franklin Park Golf Course Clubhouse/ William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse
Franklin Park Golf Course Parking Lot
Franklin Park Golf Course/ The Country Park/ William Devine Golf Course

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G
George Robert White Youth Development Center and the Blue Hill Avenue Boys and Girls Club
Giraffe entrance to the Franklin Park Zoo
Goldsmith Brook
Greenleaf Composting (compost site north of American Legion Highway)

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H
Heart of the City
Hemlock Hill (in the Arnold Arboretum)
Horatio Harris Park

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I
Intervale Street and Intervale Park/Children's Park

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J
Jamaica Pond
Johnson Memorial Playground

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K

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L
Leventritt Garden (shrub and vine collection)
Long Crouch Woods/ the Bear Dens
Lucerne Community Garden

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M
MDC Parkway system
Murphy Playground and Agassiz School and Community Center

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P
Pagel Playground
Perimeter of Forest Hills Cemetery
Perimeter of Franklin Park
Perimeter of the Arnold Arboretum
Perimeter of the Boston Nature Center
Playstead; Franklin Park Stadium/ Robert White Schoolboy Stadium; Steading; Ante-Park
Pondside (area of Jamaica Plain)
Prendergast Preventorium (urban wild)
Puddingstone Garden

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R
Refectory Hill

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S
Scagnoli-Nihil Playing Field at English High School
Scarborough Pond and Scarborough Hill (also called Scarboro Pond)
Schoolmaster Hill
South Street between the Arnold Arboretum and the Bussey Brook Urban Wild
St. Michael's Cemetery
St. Rose Street Community Garden
Steading area of Franklin Park
Stony Brook

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T
The Wilderness (in Franklin Park)

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V
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Parkway

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W
Walking loop in Franklin Park (original Circuit Drive)
Walter Street Burying Ground
Weld/Walter tract of the Arnold Arboretum; also known as Joyce Kilmer Park
Williams Street Urban Wild / Minton Stables Community Garden

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Z
Zoo New England - Franklin Park Zoo

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