Francis William Bird Park

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

View of the park

The Francis William Bird Park is a 89 acres ( 36 ha) large park in Walpole, Massachusetts in the United States. It is managed by the organization The Trustees of Reservations and the day is free open to the public. However, the name of the park called a bird park as it suggests the obvious translation of Bird at first, but goes back to its builder Charles Sumner Bird, Sr..

History

The park was established in 1925 by industrialist Charles Sumner Bird, Sr. and his wife Anna as a recreational area for the workers from the surrounding factories. They gave the park the name of her son Francis William Bird (1888-1918), who died of the Spanish flu at the age of 30 years. For the design of the park they commissioned John Nolen, a contemporary of Charles Eliot and protégé of Frederick Law Olmsted was. His vision of the park design he described as a " breathing room - a combination of broad, sunlit and shaded glades interspersed with green areas and overgrown with tall trees hills; all this to the music of a babbling brook. " The Francis William Park Trust donated the park in 2003, the Trustees for further management.

Sanctuary

Until the acquisition of the land by the Trustees of the park was managed by the Francis William Park Trust and subject to no special protection. The Trustees declared him 2003 on the protection area, gradually took hold repairs and upgrades before and enacted Terms of use for visitors, which also include an extensive list of prohibitions.

In total, in the parking area 3 mi ( 4.8 km ) of hiking trails. The park is designed so that it also is perfect for relaxation and activities - especially playgrounds, tennis courts, basketball courts and a small lake can be used. In plants dominated the red maple, but there are also Weymouth pine, red oak, American white oak, yellow birch and hemlock Canadian to see.