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Mayor Michelle Wu has announced that the City of Boston’s municipal golf courses are now open for the 2022 season.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to announce that registration is now open for Summer Sports Centers at White Stadium in Franklin Park, Almont Park in Mattapan, East Boston...

Check out some of the awesome opportunities we have for youth employment at the Parks Department this summer!

April 5, 2022, is the Ching Ming Festival (known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English), a day when people of Chinese descent visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites.

The bicentennial of the birth of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted will be marked in Boston with Olmsted Now, a collaboration to amplify the vibrancy and inclusivity of shared use...

This post in the Stories from Mount Hope blog brings us the story of a touch of Egypt in Roslindale.

March is Women’s History Month and so it is an ideal time to feature Sarah and Angelina Grimké, who really should be much better known than they are. These sisters were both pioneering abolitionists...

March 8th is the anniversary of the death of Rudolf Haffenreffer, a German-born brewer whose name still marks the area's skyline.

Our weekly photography clinic has weekly challenges to help you hone and improve your photography skills.

Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2022 Mayor's Cup Street Hockey Tournament in partnership with the Boston Bruins Foundation during the April public school...

Our weekly photography clinic has weekly challenges to help you hone and improve your photography skills.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department (BPRD) and Boston Harbor Now (BHN) held the second annual Winter Warmer community engagement event at the Moakley Park Fieldhouse in South Boston on February...

The landscape of Mount Hope Cemetery is dominated by the State Rock of Massachusetts, Roxbury Puddingstone. Learn more about this wonderful natural element.

Our weekly photography clinic has weekly challenges to help you hone and improve your photography skills.

Children, parents, and caregivers are invited to join the Boston Parks and Recreation Department for free February school vacation week activities at the Bubble at Carter Field located at 709 Columbus...

Our weekly photography clinic has weekly challenges to help you hone and improve your photography skills.

One monument on Mt Hope Avenue commemorates the victims of a tragic event in Boston history, the fire at the Arcadia Hotel in 1913.

Reminder: Boston dog licensing deadline is March 31

The City of Boston has acquired 2.8 acres to add to the footprint of the Monterey Hilltop Urban Wild in Hyde Park.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) recently launched the 2022 Boston Parks Winter Fitness Series, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of...

The second entry in the Stories from Mount Hope blog is an overview and quick history about this fascinating area of the City of Boston.

Climate resilient improvements to the park protect the entire neighborhood from sea level rise and flooding while providing water access and views for all.

Liven up your zoom meetings with our parks themed virtual backgrounds.

In the first post of our Stories of Mount Hope blog, we reveal the history of an unusual monument near Webster Avenue.

Mayor Michelle Wu, together with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, shared recent projects that the Mayor’s Mural Crew completed during its 30th year of employing Boston high schoolers to...

Join us as we count down Boston Parks and Recreation's “Top 10 Moments” of 2021.

Congratulations to Cathy Baker-Eclipse on the November 1 announcement that she has been named to head the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Design and Construction Unit as Director of the...

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Urban Wilds Program applied for a Community Preservation Act (CPA) grant in October to continue improving Sherrin Woods in Hyde Park. This proposed project...

November 22 marked the completion of Phase II renovations by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to Mary Hannon Playground at 621 Dudley Street in Roxbury.

Mayor Michelle Wu has announced final details for the City of Boston’s signature holiday celebration, the Boston Common Tree Lighting, as it returns on Thursday, December 2, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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