Fresh air and room to roam.
There are 5 nature and gardens in and around Boston. Each card below shows what it costs, when it opens and which ages it suits.
5 nature and gardens in the Boston area5 nature and gardens in the Boston area.
Sorted by distance from Boston, nearest first. Straight-line miles, so every drive is longer.
5 places
Where a card says no price or no hours listed, the venue does not publish it. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with a guess. Prices come from each venue's own website, and we publish one only when the figure appears on the page we took it from. Tell us if we are missing one you know.
We list 5 nature and gardens within 44 miles of Boston, MA. Every one is a published listing with an address we checked.
2 of the 5 here do, and each price was checked word for word against the venue's own page before we published it. The rest do not publish one, so their card says no price listed rather than carrying a guess.
We list every one we have within 44 miles of the center of Boston. Each is a published place with an address we geocoded and checked, and the business can claim its listing to keep the hours and prices current.
It varies more than you would expect, from free to full price, and it changes the cost of a visit by a lot when there are two of you. The price on each card is what it costs to get a child in. 2 of the 5 on this page publish a price at all, so call ahead about the adult rate before you rely on it.
Rarely, though parking fills early at weekends and a few gardens cap visitor numbers. Where a venue publishes a booking page, the listing links straight to it.
Water, sun cream, insect repellent and shoes that can get muddy. Whatever else you need is in the notes beside the listings above.
Boston has 17 categories of kid-friendly places on Mini Navigators, from playgrounds and museums to splash pads and zoos. The Boston hub lists all of them.
Listings last checked October 5, 2026.