Julia’s Garden is located inside of the World War 1 park in North Attleboro MA. The whole park is free with the exception of the petting farm area if you want to buy food for the animals. The World War 1 Park is only a short 5 minute drive from our home and our kids love the place!
Most of the plants and shrubs at the park are labeled in an effort to teach visitors of all ages about the different plants at the park. From spring until late fall there always seems to be something in bloom.
The park is full of nature trails, this one leads to a kids playground which always has room for a few more kids to play.
My 7 year old daughter has taken a liking to my camera, she took this picture of my 2 year old holding onto me so she doesn’t fall into the wishing well.
After you are done at Julia’s Garden, walk 50 yards up the hill and hand feed the deer.
After a nice 40 minute drive enjoying the fall foliage we arrived at Battleship Cove in Fall River MA. We have been members here on and off since my oldest daughter turned 2, about 5 years now. Kids of all ages (myself included) love to explore the battleships while learning a little about naval history. The larger boat on the right (top picture) is available for group tours and camp overs.
Hundreds of the original berths are still in place for visitors to see how the crews slept while at sea. The bunks above were rather generous in size compared to some of the ones that we found on the submarine. The berths on the Russian Missile Carrier were almost twice the size of any other ship in the collection at Battleship Cove.
While touring at Battleship Cove you will always find volunteers working on one of the ships. The last time we were on the Lion Fish Sub (in above picture) they had part of it closed so they could work on it. Today my daughters enjoyed their labors playing with this large gun. By using the wheel crank on the left they were able to pivot the gun around in a circle. Who would think that someone would spend the time to keep this gun in working order?
Most of the ships provide a view of most areas while protecting the public from getting in an area that could cause them harm. Low headroom is always an concern to me since I am a little over 6′ tall, oddly enough my 2 year old was the only one to bump her head today while crawling under a display.
I’ll post a link here for all of the other pictures that we took of the water and the birds, Battleship Cove is truly a great place for an Eco Tour!