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Article: Botanic garden branches out ; Tower Hill sees expansion turning state into hothouse for garden tours
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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B OYLSTON - The goal was to spend half a century creating one
of the most beautiful and complete European-style gardens in New
England.
The Tower Hill Botanic Garden is not even halfway through the 50-
year master plan its trustees laid out in 1988, five years after
their controversial decision to move from Horticultural Hall in
downtown Worcester to 132 acres of Boylston farmland overlooking the
Wachusett Reservoir.
But the fruits of their labors will be on display this fall,
starting with an open house on Sunday featuring free tours,
lectures, flower displays, and birding demonstrations from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the French Drive property.
The event celebrates the 25-year tenure of Tower ...