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New England Botanic Garden. New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is a 200-acre four season botanic garden located in Boylston, Massachusetts, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of central Worcester in Worcester County, Massachusetts. [1] The Garden features 18 distinct garden spaces, preserved woodlands, and miles of walking trails.
The Worcester County Horticultural Society is a non-profit American horticultural society based in Boylston, Massachusetts, USA, whose stated mission in 2014 was to "inspire the use and appreciation of horticulture to improve lives, enrich communities and strengthen commitment to the natural world", [3] building upon its founding mission to "advanc[e] the science and encourag[e] and improv[e ...
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Massachusetts is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Massachusetts [1] [2] [3] Name Image
Greater Worcester Land Trust. Coordinates: 42°15′23.7″N 71°47′55.8″W. Founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1987, the Greater Worcester Land Trust is a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of important lands in Worcester and the surrounding towns (the two concentric rings around the City of Worcester).
Current listings. Because of the large number of listings, the list has been split into three sections. Eastern Worcester is all of the city east of the north-south route of I-190 and I-290. Northwestern Worcester is the part of the city west of those highways and north of Massachusetts Route 122. Finally, southwestern Worcester covers the area ...
August 15, 1995. (#73000328) Blackstone to Worcester, Massachusetts. 41°56′30″N 71°27′50″W / 41.9417°N 71.464°W / 41.9417; -71.464 (Blackstone Canal Historic District) Blackstone, Grafton, Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, and Sutton. Initial listing was for 3.5 mile section of canal in Northbridge and Uxbridge ...
Worcester Worcesters ( NL) (1880–1882) Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds was a 20-acre (8.1 ha) site in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. The grounds are mainly known for having hosted the Worcester Worcesters, a professional baseball team of the National League from 1880 to 1882. As a major-league ballpark, the site is usually ...
The Blackstone Canal was a manmade waterway, linking Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island, and Narragansett Bay, through the Blackstone Valley, via a series of locks and canals in the early 19th century. Construction started in 1825, and the canal opened three years later.