Late afternoon, early Autumn in the Public Gardens

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My sincere thanks to Melissa of Isela Maria Photography for introducing me to the Public Gardens, and for inspiring me with her incredible photographs to capture this strangely calm, quiet space amidst downtown Boston.

“No society requires public gardens, any more than they require art museums. But public gardens, which are museums of living plants, enrich our culture and display our achievements in science, design, education, preservation and entertainment.”

—Donald A. Rakow, the Director of Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York makes an eloquent argument for the preservation of public botanical gardens, parks, arboreta, and open spaces in the run-up to National Public Gardens Day, in which the Garden is participating.
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