Public Garden (Boston)

The garden with view to the east from the entrance to the Arlington Street, in the background the skyline of Boston

The Boston Public Garden is a large, situated in the center of the city of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States city park right next to the Boston Common.

History

The park was established as the first botanical garden in the United States in 1837 by philanthropist Horace Gray, of commercially acquired the land against a lot of resistance from the city administration. In fact, he was only in 1856 the building permit.

In October 1859 Alderman Crane presented a detailed plan for the garden of the city administration, which approved it. Shortly thereafter, construction began on the property. In the same year the lake was completed in 1862 was the wrought iron perimeter fence will be completed. Today there are on the north side of the lake is a small island, but was originally a peninsula. This was popular so much in love couple, that the then city forester John Galvin decided to remove the connection to the land.

The approximately 97,000 -square-foot area was the founding time of a salt marsh, which was rebuilt by George Meacham. 1859 prompted a decision by the Massachusetts General Court that the garden should be preserved in the long term as a publicly accessible area. Today, the park is jointly managed by the mayor, the Parks Department of the city of Boston and the funding organization " Friends of the Public Garden " office.

The park was started in 1987 as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Swan Boats

The swan boats used on the lake of the Public Garden is open, flat, pleasure boats where passengers may enter the lake from April to September. The operation of the Swan Boats, has existed since 1877 and has become over the years an important and nationally known part of the urban leisure activities. The original design of the boats was inspired by the opera Lohengrin and has been modified only slightly up today. The oldest still operating boat dating back to 1918, the most recent was built in 1995. It is driven by a single rider per muscle force over a pedal drive, which works similar to a conventional pedal boats.

Others

The park is the venue for one of the most famous American Children's Books: Make Way for Ducklings tells the perilous journey of a family of ducks in the park.