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Back Bay Fens, Boston, MA

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Back Bay Fens

Stroll the Kelleher Rose Garden and the last original World War II victory gardens in Olmsted's Fens, next to the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Fenway, Fenway-Kenmore, Boston, MA · Boston, MA

About Back Bay Fens

The Fens is the Frederick Law Olmsted park, established in 1879, that gave the Fenway neighborhood its name and forms a link in Boston's Emerald Necklace. Once a salt marsh, it turned to fresh water after the Charles River was dammed in 1910. Landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff later added the formal Kelleher Rose Garden. The Fenway Victory Gardens, planted in World War II, are the last of the original victory gardens still in use. You will also find war memorials, ball fields and many bird species, with the Museum of Fine Arts on the east side.

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