Spring at the Public Garden

Swan Boats

Under the Public Garden suspension bridge.

Swan Boat

Summer type weather

A very warm day last week in the Public Garden.

Swan Boats

Swan Boats returned to the Public Garden this weekend.

Winter Walk

In the Public Garden

In the Public Garden looking toward the Arlington Street Church.

Public Garden: Winter

Ether Monument / Good Samaritan

This 40-foot-tall monument in the Public Garden near the corner of Beacon Street and Arlington Street commemorates not a person, but a medical breakthrough: the use of ether as an anesthetic. The first public demonstration of ether anesthesia was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 by Boston dentist William T.G. Morton and Doctor John Collins Warren. Morton administered the ether, and Warren then removed a tumor from an unconscious patient. Ether had enormous benefits, allowing doctors to work more closely and carefully, and giving patients a respite not only from pain, but also from the anxiety associated with surgery. Atop the monument, two figures sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward enact a Biblical story about the relief of suffering. The Good Samaritan is shown caring for an injured stranger he met on the road.

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Description from Boston Arts Commission

Walking up Beacon St.

Japanese Lantern

Public Garden Gates

Make Way for Ducklings

The Make Way for Ducklings statues in the Public Garden. There is currently an exhibit of the Art of Robert McCloskey at the Museum of Fine Arts until June 18, 2017. The exhibit is a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the beloved children’s book set in Boston, Make Way for Ducklings (1941).

Reading in the Public Garden

A warm Autumn afternoon in the Boston Public Garden.

George Washington

Statue of George Washington in the Public Garden viewed from Arlington Street.

Spring Rain in the Public Garden

Spring in the Public Garden

Public Garden Fountain

Lost in the snow

From a different angle.


Another view of the ducklings without snow here.

Autumn Leaves

Sunny, cold, and colorful in the Public Garden.