The Holmes Reservation is has a long history in the town of Plymouth. As the owner, the non-profit Trustees of Reservations, notes on its website, Plymouth's pre-revolutionary militia engaged in musket practice on a muster ground located there--a colonial Campus Martius. Its historic and natural beauty have long been appreciated. Indeed, it was the scion of Central Park designer Frederic Law Olmsted who negotiated the purchase of the property from its previous owners on the eve of the Second World War.
The lower half of the property features a low point that forms a natural swale on either side of the road. Spring rains had collected there on my last visit, creating a grass-filled pool featuring flowers otherwise not seen in the surrounding hayfield. Birdsong filled the air. read more