Field Trip to Garden in the Woods -- Flowers, Ponds, etc.

Field Trip to Garden in the Woods -- Flowers, Ponds, etc. Hoping for trillium, lady slippers, jack-in-the-pulpit.

Bring your tripod, macro lens, lunch and bug spray. No instruction, just great flowers and photography companions. People looking to carpool with each other can leave messages here and may choose to meet at exit 13 commuter lot off I-91 and drive up together.

From West -- Take Massachusetts Turnpike. (Exit 12) to Route 9 E; go 2.4 miles to

Garden in the Woods is one of New England’s premier wildflower garden with more than 1,000 native plant species, with many rare and endangered native specimens throughout the gardens, as well as the unique New England Rare Plant Garden. Visitors' center has drinks, bathrooms, etc.

List of species in bloom at Garden in the Woods. Volunteers for the Society walk the paths and trails of Garden in the Woods each week to find what is in bloom and create records which help the horticulture staff understand the early or late season we are experiencing. Trend data is pulled from these records. We share this weekly information online to let visitors know what is in bloom as they plan their Garden trips.

Week of May 13, 2013 Bloom Board

Field Trip to Garden in the Woods -- Flowers, Ponds, etc. http://www.newenglandwild.org/visit/Garden-in-the-Woods

Garden in the Woods and its Garden Shop open Tuesdays through Sundays and holiday Mondays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. with last admissions at 4:30 p.m.
$10 Adults (18-64); $7 Seniors (65+);

Edgell Road exit; turn left at the lights at the top of the exit ramp onto Edgell Road (Route 9 overpass); go 2.1 miles to the traffic lights; take a right onto Water Street and a left onto Hemenway Road. Go north 1.0 miles (the road name changes to Eisenhower Road, but keep going). Turn left onto Catherine, and left again on Hemenway after one block (up a one-way road) to the entrance. There are green Garden in the Woods signs which point the way from Route 9.