Alicia Norsic

Review of The Holden Arboretum

Very tranquil and peaceful. Only negative experie...

Very tranquil and peaceful. Only negative experience was trucking all the way up to the Canopy Walk and Emergent Tower, only to be told we had to purchase tickets....and they can only be purchased at the visitor's center.....which was at the very front of the Arboretum. It is not a quick, easy hike. Suffice it to say I did not lug my kids all the way back to the visitor's center and back to the Canopy and tower, we were disappointed to miss this experience. My kids were upset at not being able to do it, but they are 6, 3 and 1.....hiking bacl up there was not going to happen. We got a good hike in, but had to miss out on the best parts of the place. In the future consider selling tickets at the actual location, because the couple that came up behind us also did not have tickets and we're upset at not being able to try the experience. And as a side note, there was absolutely no one on the tower when we arrived. It looked amazing, but can't comment on whether it would have been worth the ticket purchases.