Prowse Farm is located at the gateway of the 6,000-plus acre Blue Hills Reservation — public parkland originally set aside for recreational use. The Blue Hills are referred to as a “crown jewel” of public parkland. Prowse Farm includes 55 pastoral acres of open space that rest at the foot of Great Blue Hill, after which Massachusetts derived its name. The Native Americans called the area Moswatusek — “land by the great hill.”