With just a few days left in this summer's Best of Patch Readers' Choice Jamaica Plain contests, Minton Stables holds the lead in the "Best Community Garden" category.
JP is lucky to have so many great community gardens (and community gardeners). Which one is your favorite?
What's Jamaica Plain's best community garden? We will took nominations through July 9; voting runs through Aug. 17. This is one of 25 categories in this summer's Readers' Choice contests. Have you voted in them all?
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A look at some of JP's less-known urban refuges, both on and off the beaten path
Jamaica Plain is indeed fortunate to have abundant green spaces. As a major link in the Emerald Necklace, Franklin Park, Jamaica Pond, the Arnold Arboretum, as well as the Southwest Corridor Park, it's nearly guaranteed that though Bostonians we may be, we’re never too far removed from the natural world. Less known are the many “pocket parks,” some no bigger than a building lot, that dot our verdant neighborhood. While they’re not exactly secret gardens, like me, you too may be surprised by the existence of some of these urban refuges, both on and off JP’s beaten path.
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Every week we post a gallery of images through the eyes of local photographers.
On Wednesday evening, the Leland Street Community Garden, which nestles right up the fence of Forest Hills Cemetery, played host to musician Lloyd Thayer for a free concert. Boston Natural Areas Network sponsored the concert. Here are some images of the evening, as seen by JP photographer Courtney Sacco.
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Frederick
11:32 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Minton Stable Garden offers everything: Landscaped garden plots with a solar assisted garden shed, child play area, chaperoned dog play area, field wildflower gardens, study landscape trees, a community event meeting place, and a long graveled path connecting two areas of the community. It's a rich resource for the surrounding neighborhood of the Stonybrook Neighborhood Assoc(SNA). And it's a … more ›