We are debating having our ceremony in the Boston Public Garden (reception would likely be in a private dining room of a local restaurant where we could also host the ceremony in case of rain). However, the Boston Public Garden does not allow you to bring in chairs. I'm sure that we could smuggle in a few for our grandparents, but the majority of our guests would have to stand. Does anyone know of any other local parks/gardens where chairs are allowed? It seems that chairs are restricted in any Boston public park (ie, the Arboretum). I can't tell if you can bring chairs into the Larz Anderson park in Brookline (I found some wedding ceremony pics with chairs online but some of those weddings clearly had the reception at the Larz Anderson museum, and I don't know if it's some kind of combo deal - we wouldn't be interested in having our reception at the museum).
We live in Boston and were hoping to have our wedding in the city or very close by.