THE GARDENS AT ELM BANK

Massachusetts Horticultural Society welcomes you to their gardens and horticultural center, located on 36-acres in the historic Elm Bank Reservation. The site includes open fields and meadows, streams and pools, wooded areas and formal gardens.  Mass Hort is uniquely positioned, not only to protect these natural resources, but also to develop spaces that enhance visitors’ appreciation of the landscape and the surrounding Charles River.  The grounds and gardens of Elm Bank are handicap-accessible.  This site includes various gardens, including the Bressingham Garden designed by Adrian Bloom, the historic Italianate Garden, our new Garden to Table Chef's Garden and its Food Pantry Garden, an educational New England Trial Garden, and the whimsical Weezie's Garden for Children.

We’ll finish our day with a visit to the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick, Massachusetts where you’ll have a chance to enjoy an ever-changing environment teeming with wildlife: dragonflies darting, turtles basking, otters leaving tracks in the mud, and more than 150 species of birds.  Easy-to-rugged well-groomed trails lead you through shade of mature woodlands into open fields and along the edges of vibrant streams, ponds, and marshland.  Highlights include an accessible boardwalk that brings visitors of all ages and abilities into the habitats of aquatic plants and wildlife.  The trip includes admission to both gardens, a superb lunch at Ken’s Steakhouse, and deluxe motor coach transportation from Lizak Bus Company on Main Street in Warren.  The trip will take place rain or shine.  After all, rain is the gardener’s friend.  Dress for the weather.

For further information call Randall Decoteau at (413) 436-5357 or email adventuretours@att.net.  To hold your space for this limited seating event, please send your payment of $110.00 per person to the above address at your earliest opportunity.  This trip has limited seating and tickets are available on a first come/first served basis.   Please make checks payable to: Adventure Tours of Warren.