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Pine Hollow Arboretum

posted May 13, 2010 | map this
Pine Hollow Arboretum

A secret garden in Slingerlands.

By The Exile

It's a charming little park -- privately owned but open to the public -- near the Bethlehem Price Chopper in Slingerlands. But unless you have driven right past it -- actually, even if you have driven right past it -- you would probably have no idea it existed.

The Pine Hollow Arboretum is a 45-year-old project by John Abbuhl, and it was his charming wife who let us in to investigate on Mother's Day afternoon.

Here's how our visit went (complete with some lovely pictures)...

(there's more)

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tags: Slingerlands, stuff to do, The Exile

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