Improvements to Arnold Arboretum Poplar Gate Path

The Arnold Arboretum is a unique public/private partnership with Harvard University and the City of Boston. The Arnold Arboretum owns the collection - trees, plant material, and program elements to support the collection - and the City of Boston’s Parks Department owns the property and the infrastructure, including pathways and drainage. The Arboretum is a key link in Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. While the project area itself is not a designated City of Boston Landmark, the site has historic significance to Olmsted’s legacy and to open space in the City. 

The Arnold Arboretum recently completed Improvements to the Poplar Gate, an entry to the Arboretum’s Peters Hill landscape at the Flora Way and South Street intersection. BPRD is now planning a companion project along the pathway between Poplar Gate and Peters Hill Road that will improve the road surface, used primarily by pedestrians, by resurfacing the asphalt and uncovering the hidden historic cobble gutters. The project will complement the design features of the Poplar Gate project. 

• Consultant: Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture, Inc.
• Construction Budget: TBD