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Clark/Cooper Community Garden

One of Boston’s oldest and largest community gardens, operating at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center since 1969. Clark-Cooper’s large plot network grows fruits, vegetables, and flowers and remains part of the Nature Center’s active community and educational landscape. PlotPal lists Clark/Cooper Community Garden as a community garden in Mattapan, Boston. The public listing address is 510 American Legion Highway, Mattapan, MA. The listed steward organization is Clark-Cooper Community Garden, Inc.. Verified participation information currently includes visit, individual plots, events programs, education. GrowBoston lists 300 plots, available to residents of Roxbury, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and Dorchester, with a $70 annual fee. Mass Audubon’s current host page also provides a plot-inquiry route and continues to use the garden in public educational programming. Clark-Cooper sits within Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center along the Orchard Trail. Visitors may encounter the garden during sanctuary trail access (currently dawn to dusk), while individual growing plots remain assigned and should not be entered or harvested without permission. Current verified participation or information links include Clark-Cooper at Boston Nature Center, Contact Clark-Cooper Community Garden. PlotPal last verified source information from GrowBoston on 2026-10-04. 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.