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City Natives

The Trustees' half-acre native plant nursery and urban gardening education site in Mattapan. City Natives combines a greenhouse, hoophouse, apiary, composting, a food forest of native and edible plants, and a community vegetable plot, with workshops, tours, volunteer opportunities, and seasonal plant sales. PlotPal lists City Natives as a teaching garden in Mattapan, Boston. The public listing address is 30 Edgewater Drive, Mattapan, MA 02126. The listed steward organization is The Trustees of Reservations. Verified participation information currently includes visit, volunteer, events programs, education. City Natives hosts educational field trips and tours, hands-on workshops, seasonal plant sales, volunteer opportunities, and 2026 Master Urban Gardener practicum sessions. Public workshops in fall 2026 include programming around pawpaws, pumpkins, and other edible/native plants. Admission is free, but The Trustees says City Natives is open only by appointment or during nursery retail/program hours. Check current hours or events before visiting outside a scheduled program. Current verified participation or information links include City Natives, Volunteer at City Natives, City Natives workshops. PlotPal last verified source information from The Trustees of Reservations on 2026-10-02. This public place page keeps verified location and participation context connected to the garden itself, so people can discover the place first and follow its current source information when they are ready to visit or get involved.