{"id":3614,"date":"2012-04-24T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2012-04-24T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T09:12:00","slug":"dont-wait-for-lilac-sunday-plan-an-arboretum-visit-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3614","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Wait for Lilac Sunday, Plan an Arboretum Visit This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340167658bd27d970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401348071124c970c-800wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340167658bd27d970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340167658bd27d970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb8883401348071124c970c-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking around the city last weekend, we noticed the scent of lilacs in the air. We enjoyed seeing some wonderful, old bushes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.titussparrowpark.org\/\" target=\"_self\"> Titus <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.titussparrowpark.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Sparrow Park.<\/a> And, a recent post by <a href=\"http:\/\/aproperbostonian.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/lilacs-in-april-whatever.html\" target=\"_self\">A Proper Bostonian also featured lilacs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you look forward to Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum each year, we suggest you schedule two visits this spring. One this week or weekend to see the lilacs, and one on May 13th to enjoy the events planned for <a href=\"http:\/\/arboretum.harvard.edu\/news-events\/lilac-sunday\/\" target=\"_self\">Lilac Sunday<\/a>\u2013 also the only day of the year when you can have a picnic at the Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2010\/05\/lilac-sunday-so-many-good-reasons-for-an-arboretum-visit.html%20\" target=\"_self\">Lilac Sunday- So Many Good Reasons for An Arboretum Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2009\/05\/lilac-weekend-at-the-arboretum.html%20\" target=\"_self\">Lilac Weekend at the Arboretum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"color: #5b5b5b;\">Here&#39;s a link to a book on Boston&#39;s Gardens and Greenspaces from one of our favorite publishers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionparkpress.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Union Park Press<\/a>. Plus,&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1290013284\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1290013284\">The First Fifty Years of the Arnold Arboretum<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1290013284\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&amp;asins=1934598038\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe>&#0160;&#0160;<iframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1290013284\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\"><\/iframe>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><br \/>Arnold Arboretum<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span class=\"adr\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"adr\">125 Arborway, Boston, MA<\/span>\u200e (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;q=arnold+arboretum&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=arnold+arboretum&amp;hnear=Boston,+MA+02115&amp;cid=0,0,10497643402024587655&amp;ei=JmThS93JIsP38AaAwMXDDA&amp;ved=0CAkQnwIwAA&amp;t=h&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\">map &amp; reviews<\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span class=\"nw\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"tel\">617-524-1718<\/span><\/span>\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arboretum.harvard.edu\/index.html\">www.arboretum.harvard.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photos: \u00a9 2010 Penny Cherubino<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often those add a great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn\u2019t become a pure ad, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a plan to enjoy the event and the lilacs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724,964,1372,323,76,4],"tags":[16090,23113,10063,43,23114,2899,4779,10062,23111,23112,7158],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-green","category-city-life","category-nature","category-places","category-very-inexpensive-or-free","category-we-recommend","tag-16090","tag-arborway","tag-arnold-arboretum","tag-boston","tag-early-lilacs","tag-harvard","tag-jamaica-plain","tag-lilac-sunday","tag-lilacs","tag-may-13","tag-picnic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t Wait for Lilac Sunday, Plan an Arboretum Visit This Week - 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