There's a new, hip way to explore the Boston Public Garden: with an iPod audio tour. The iPod audio tour features an original musical score, ambient beats, and interviews with local people associated with the Garden. At times the tour becomes almost a meditation, as you walk among the flowers and trees, accompanied by the sounds of progressive strings and rhythms.

There's a new, hip way to explore the Boston Public Garden: with your iPod. Today the Friends of the Public Garden launched "The Public Garden Audio Tour", a self-guided iPod audio walking tour.

The iPod audio tour is available for free download at the Friends of the Public Garden website, and as a free podcast on iTunes. Visitors can also rent iPods at the Swan Boat ticket counter in the Public Garden.