Back of the Hill Urban Wild is composed of a steep forested slope stretching from Huntington Avenue to Parker Hill Avenue. The only approaches to the wild are from the back of the elderly facility off Huntington Avenue and the end of Colburn Street, a private road owned by NSTAR Electric. NSTAR Electric also owns an adjacent portion of the hill located north of the city-owned conservation land. For years, NSTAR has debated the construction of a transmission station at the base of their land. The southern section of the wild abutting the elderly facility hosts a field of grasses and hedges. Earthworks Projects has strategically planted the lower section of this grassy area in order to prevent erosion near the elderly facility.

The Cedar Street Urban Wild is surrounded by residential housing on two sides and by community gardens on two sides. A pathway winds through the wild linking the Allan Crite Garden on Cedar Street to the Highland Center Garden on Linwood Street. Both gardens are managed by the Boston Natural Areas Network. A gate provides direct access to the urban wild from the abutting residential development. The wild can also be accessed from either community garden. A portion of the urban wild has been cultivated with perennial flowers and fruiting trees including hazelnut and apple. The most notable of feature of the urban wild is a large puddingstone outcrop located in the western portion of the property. Invasive sycamore maple and Norway maple dominate the site creating a shade so dense that little other than garlic mustard and mugwort survive in the understory. As a result, groundcover is sparse. A few pine oaks have survived near the rock outcrop.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/ This is the best site with information on all large city parks. However, all neighborhood parks and small city parks are not listed. Great resource for information on the Emerald necklace and the parks that it encapsulates.

Dating from 1630, Eliot Burying Ground (formerly known as Old Roxbury Burying Ground and Eustis Street Burying Ground) is the oldest burying ground in Roxbury and one of the three oldest of Boston�s historic burying grounds with the first interment made in 1633. This burying ground was the site of the Roxbury Neck fortifications. At the time of the siege of Boston, American colonists built a redoubt in 1775 to defend the road to Dorchester and the entrance to the town of Roxbury. It extended from Eustis Street across Washington Street, and was called the Burying Ground Redoubt. Interments ceased here in 1854 except those made in family tombs. In 1857 the town built the external wall and gate and made landscaping improvements, including pathways and trees.