- The Back Bay Fens (often referred to as “The Fens”) is one of several parks in Boston’s Emerald Necklace, and is located in the Fenway neighborhood.
- Current restoration work in the Back Bay Fens involved the design and planting of England Asters, ferns and Hydrangeas on steep slopes to prevent erosion.
- The official address of the Back Bay Fens is 100 Park Avenue, so you can use that as a GPS destination if that is how you prefer to get from place to place by car.
- The Fens was designed to act as a flood control structure, preventing the Muddy River and Stony Brook from flooding Back Bay properties.
- In this 1883 report to the Boston Park Commissioners, Olmsted explains some of the purposes of the Back Bay Fens project...
- He first solved the structural problems with the marsh by installing built tidal gates where the Fens opened into the Charles to drain the Back Bay...
- The Back Bay Fens, or the Fenway, follows the Muddy River, an aptly named creek that is choked with tall reeds.
- The initial section of Frederick Law Olmsted's design for the Boston Park System, the Back Bay Fens was primarily a sanitary improvement.
- Photo taken at Back Bay Fens by Erin C. on 10/7/2023.