Weekend Adventures: A Hike & Farm in the City
Boston Weekend Itinerary: Outdoor Getaway
Living in Boston our whole lives, we thought we had experienced all our city had to offer. Little did we know, there has been a beautiful walking and hiking trail that wraps around a scenic pond that had somehow escaped us. Thanks to our friend Zoe for the recommendation, we checked out Cutler Park in Needham this Labor Day weekend. The park is approximately a 20 minute drive or so from The Upton.
Cutler Park is a beautiful reservation with miles and miles of different walking trails. Apparently, the park contains the largest remaining freshwater marsh on the middle Charles River. The park was not crowded, and regardless of the amount of people there, we found that there were so many trail options we often found ourselves alone listening to the quiet humming of birds and nature.
The whole reservation has around 22 miles of trails to explore
Zoe described the park has a serene easy walking trail and she was exactly right. This is the perfect hike for those looking to escape the hustle and bustle to a refreshing little getaway. If you follow the trail around the pond, the walk should take approximately 45 minutes. We couldn’t resist the lightly paved trails veering off the main trail and ended up taking a 2 hour hike around many different ponds. The scenery constantly changed and amazed us.
After the hike, head to Allandale farm to complete your city getaway.
Allandale Farm is on your way back to the South End and is worth stopping by. They offer an assortment of fresh vegetables, fruit, local goods, as well as plants and more. We bought their freshly grown corn and delicata squash. The corn was the sweetest and best that we’ve had all summer.
“We are committed to agricultural practices that prioritize the long term health of our land, employees and customers. We rely on methods that improve soil health to combat weeds, disease, and pests. We use cover crop and we rotate crops. We use natural barriers, beneficial plants and insects, and disease resistant plant varieties. Herbicides and conventional pesticides? Nope. Not in our fields or our greenhouses.”
If you get hooked on fresh produce and want to find some in our South End neighborhood, head to Siena Farms for a rotating selection of delicious vegetables & produce grown in their farm, as well as other farms in MA.