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Maher Park Community Garden

Cambridge's first community garden, established in 1974 inside Fresh Pond Reservation, with welcoming paths, benches, public open space, and 44 plots plus accessible raised beds. PlotPal lists Maher Park Community Garden as a community garden in Fresh Pond, Cambridge. The public listing address is 650 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA. The listed steward organization is City of Cambridge. Verified participation information currently includes visit, individual plots, education. The city lists 44 standard plots and 6 smaller ADA-compliant raised beds. Cambridge community-garden applications generally use a city waitlist. The City of Cambridge describes welcoming paths, benches, and open spaces for gardeners and the public to enjoy. Cambridge accepts applications into garden-specific waitlists. The City says the typical wait for an individual plot is about 2–3 years at most gardens. Current verified participation or information links include Join the Cambridge garden waitlist, Cambridge community gardens. PlotPal last verified source information from City of Cambridge Community Gardens on 2026-09-16. 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.