Saturday, April 8, 2:00pm–4:00pm

Location: Meet at Hunnewell Lecture Hall. Arborway Gate is the closest gate to the building.

Join us for a sound walk in the Arboretum, designed for visitors who are blind or vision impaired.

Trees are highly sonorous entities. They not only generate sounds themselves, by pumping water up their trunks and branches or by creating habitats for other species, but can also receive and respond to sound waves! Artist, researcher, and educator Jacek Smolicki has captured the sounds of trees and nature soundscapes in the Arboretum and in other environments, from the Pacific Coast rainforests to the Arctic Circle. Participants will start in the Hunnewell Lecture Hall to learn about acoustic ecology, then embark on a walk, listening to the sounds captured in the Arboretum and beyond. Please bring your own headphones (wired and over-the-ear are ideal).

This program will include a walk on paved paths and occasional grass and foliage. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

The program is limited to 18 participants. We ask that you only register if you are sure you will attend, and only register one person per form submission. This program involves walking over mulch paths and climbing moderate hills. Individual guides will not be provided.

There is no visitor parking inside the Arboretum but street parking is available on Arborway. A staff person will be posted by the Arborway Gate to direct participants into the lecture hall.

In the event of inclement weather, registrants will be notified. For more information, please call (617) 384-5209.

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