The Arnold Arboretum is part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. A series of parks in the city. At one end of the Emerald Necklace is the Boston Common. Then working your way down south you reach the Arnold Arboretum.
I started off visting the visitor center at the north end of the arboretum.
Inside they have an exhibit describing a lot of the species in the arboretum, where they are from, when they acquired them, and how they acquired them.
They also have a sweet 3d model of the whole park
From the entrance I walked the paths for 45 minutes.
There are paved roads, gravel walking paths, and hardened paths through leaves that seem acceptable to explore.
Some areas are more manicured than others. This area seems to be dedicated to growing smaller plants and vines. And could cater well to a social gathering with it's veranda.
When I was out west, the area of Western Montana that I worked have very few Western White Pine. So we tried to save them from fire as best we could when we saw them. It got be wondering what the Eastern White Pine species looked like. Lo and behold at the top of this hill were a group of Eastern White Pine (Pinus astrobus) for me to check out. Their trunks were not as straight as I imagined them being from the natural history books I've read, but I assume it's the nature of being a small population in an Arboretum they aren't selected for by the straightness of their trunk.
It was really cool to finally see the Arnold Arboretum. In college I never made it down here because it was so far without a car. I would like to return in the summer when it is full of life. Most of the species in the park were had lost their leaves for the winter and were dormant which made for a rather somber aesthetic.
I will definitely be returning next time I'm in the area during a warmer time of the year.
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