A Spring Walk

Last weekend I took advantage of the beautiful Memorial Day weather and walked around Lake Waban in Wellesley, MA. There are many, many rhodendron bushes along the walk - at one point you walk down a narrow path with bushes 12 feet high on both sides - not all were in bloom yet, but it was still very pretty and sooo relaxing.

About 1/2 of the lake is bordered by Wellesley College and much of the remainder is part of the 1852 Hunnewell estate and a few other private properties (luckily, there are open gates throughout the path and the public is welcome). The topiary garden pictured is part of the Hunnewell estate - it is still privately owned by the same family with all land designated conservation land and includes a pinetum of hundreds of species of evergreens that were collected throughout the world. The topiaries are truly massive, it must be no small feat to keep them perfectly pruned!

(For my fall photos of the lake walk click here.)