Jul 30 2008
Blade Short Stops: Hidden Lake Gardens
The Toledo Blade’s series on close-to-home vacation ideas landed in Lenawee County this past Monday. The focus: Hidden Lake Gardens. Excerpts and link:
TIPTON, Mich. — The trees at Hidden Lake Gardens range from foot-high bonsai to tall, stately beeches. There are lakes and hills, plains and forests, all open for visitors to explore.
And when the seasons change, so do the sights at the 755-acre botanical park, in Lenawee County at the base of Michigan’s Irish Hills.
Since the park opened to the public about 75 years ago, visitors have gazed at the garden’s picturesque namesake, Hidden Lake, which now has a collection of hundreds of the colorful lily-like plants called hosta growing along one shady bank.
More here…
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/NEWS17/489256002/-1/RSS08