The People’s Garden Tour is a guide to beautiful gardens that can be seen for free across New England.
We love gardens, but most garden tours are fancy affairs with fancy ticket prices. The People’s Garden Tour is a crowd-sourced, online directory of beautiful gardens that one can see from the public sidewalk or street, so one can go view them whenever you dang want. For free.
Locations are listed alphabetically by town. We will be adding more. Marvel at these oases that our neighbors have created to share with the whole community. Of course, be respectful. Stay on public property. No trespassing. And note that photo captions indicate when they were taken. Plants grow, people move on, so what you see in the photos may not match what you can see there today.
Please send us your submissions: weloveyoursubmissions @ gmail with the subject: “People’s Garden Tour.” Email photos with the date the images were taken, the address of the garden, and your name (a name we can use to publicly credit you). Even if you don’t have photos, we’re also interested in tips of new places to check out. Again gardens must be viewable from the public street or sidewalk. Freely accessible public gardens are also welcome. But remember: No Trespassing.
Update April 30, 2016:
New additions to The People’s Garden Tour include:
• Boston: 4 Greenough Ave., Jamaica Plain. April 23, 2016.
• Malden: 517 Fellsway East. July 9, 2015. Contributed by Maggie Furtak.
• Rockport: Dock Square. A cottage garden was hidden behind the Judi Rotenberg Studio as of June 16, 2014. It faced the harbor and offered views of Rockport’s landmark red fishing shack Motif No. 1.
• Somerville: Quincy Street Open Space between Summer Street and Somerville Avenue, which was bursting with tulips, phlox and daffodils on Sunday, April 24, 2016.
BOSTON
Boston: Childe Hassam Park, Columbus Avenue at Dartmouth Street. Oct. 27, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Community Garden at Warren Avenue and Clarendon Street. Oct. 27, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Jamaica Plain: 5 Brewer St. June 21, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Jamaica Plain: 5 Brewer St. June 21, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Jamaica Plain: 580 Centre St. June 21, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Jamaica Plain: 51 Green St. June 21, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Jamaica Plain: 4 Greenough Ave. April 23, 2016. (Greg Cook)Boston: Post Office Square, Franklin Street at Congress Street, May 19, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Public Garden, between Charles and Arlington Streets and Beacon and Boylston Streets, Oct. 7, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Rose Kennedy Greenway at Dewey Square, Summer Street and Atlantic Avenue. July 24, 2015. (Greg Cook)Boston: Rose Kennedy Greenway at Hanover Street. Oct. 13, 2015. (Greg Cook)
GLOUCESTER
Gloucester: Wonson Street. Aug. 13, 2015. (Greg Cook)
MALDEN
Malden: 517 Fellsway East. July 9, 2015. (Contributed by Maggie Furtak)Malden: 6 Holloway St. July 5, 2015. (Greg Cook)Malden: 21 Pierce St. Aug. 10, 2015. (Greg Cook)Malden: 45 Pierce St. Aug. 10, 2015. (Greg Cook)
MELROSE
Melrose: 72 Beacon St. June 14, 2015. (Greg Cook)Melrose: 39 Swains Pond Road. July 6, 2015. (Greg Cook)
NEWBURYPORT
Newburyport: 79 Prospect St. July 30, 2015. (Greg Cook)
ROCKPORT
Rockport: Dock Square. A cottage garden was hidden behind the Judi Rotenberg Studio as of June 16, 2014. (Greg Cook)Rockport: Dock Square. A cottage garden was hidden behind the Judi Rotenberg Studio as of June 16, 2014. (Greg Cook)
SOMERVILLE
Somerville: 95 Hudson St. Sept. 28, 2015. (Greg Cook)Somerville: 39 Thurston St. Sept. 28, 2015. (Greg Cook)Somerville: Quincy Street Open Space between Summer Street and Somerville Avenue. April 24, 2016. (Greg Cook)Somerville: Quincy Street Open Space between Summer Street and Somerville Avenue. April 24, 2016. (Greg Cook)Somerville: Quincy Street Open Space between Summer Street and Somerville Avenue. April 24, 2016. (Greg Cook)
