Beantown Serenity

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a few days at a conference in Boston.

Respite. .  .

Amidst the Prudential Center's complex comprising of 3.2 million sf of office, retail, hotels and a ginormous convention center, was this wonderful little open air park and garden. Read more about it here.

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In NYC, during a comparable weekday, a delightful place such as this would have been filled to the brim with people, but in Boston (at least while I was there), incredibly, it was almost always empty.  Go figure!

. . .Habitat

It combined both straight edges along with curvy, rounded ones. . .and had two fountains (nice Feng Shui!), one in the shape of a spiral!

But what I found really exciting were the

         beautiful plantings

                           gently sloping grass area

                                                           winding gravel pathway

                                                                                      slate pavers

. . . Permeable Paradise!

The Uncaged Birds

Co-existence*

  *In memoriam - Donald Richard Lanier, July 1936 - March 2012.

Uncertain Season

On the Fence

Plants growing on a 
fence. . .

 


. . .in addition to adding beauty. . .

. . .can also serve as a living, breathing curtain. . .

. . .filtering noise and pollution from enclosed outdoor spaces.

Careless Abundance

Ivy Towers