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Growing places in Mattapan, Boston
PlotPal currently connects 15 public growing places to this Mattapan, Boston discovery page. The current directory mix includes 5 community gardens, 4 urban farms, 3 food forests, 3 teaching gardens. Current listings include places stewarded by 150 River Street Village / Planning Office for Urban Affairs / Caribbean Integration Community Development, Urban Farming Institute, Boston Food Forest Coalition / local stewardship team, The Trustees of Reservations. Verified participation signals across these listings include visit, volunteer, events programs, education, individual plots, communal growing; availability and access still depend on the individual place. The directory includes 150 River Street Community Garden, Astoria Quarter Acre Farm, Boston Nature Center Food Forest, City Natives, Clark/Cooper Community Garden, Edgewater Food Forest, and additional listed places. Use the individual place pages for verified garden-specific location, stewardship, access, participation, and source context. PlotPal keeps the geography connected so a garden can be discovered as a real place rather than as an isolated directory record.