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Topiary Traditional Cache

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BluEyz and Bugsy: Thanks to scarletsaphire's excellent research, we find, ""As of November 16, Wellesley College grounds and pathways are open to our neighbors. Restrictions remain on the paths around Lake Waban. The paths on Wellesley College property along Lake Waban are open. However, earlier this year the Hunnewells informed the College and the Town that they will not be reopening their portion of the lake path to the public. This closed section extends from the closed gate behind the President’s house and along the southern shoreline to the closed gate at Pond Road. As a result, visitors will not be able to complete a loop of the lake and should adjust their walking plans accordingly." That means geocachers can no longer access this cache but should be able to legally get to the others we have placed at Wellesley College.

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Hidden : 10/3/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Take a beautiful walk along the shores of Lake Waban. Stroll past the house pictured below and continue on to view the topiary.


Located on the the right of way around the lake that begins on the campus of Wellesley College.

Visitor parking on campus is at the Davis Parking Facility. A campus map can be found at:

http://www.wellesley.edu/CampusMaps/

There is "unofficial" parking at the Admissions Office and in the College Club Overflow Lot. If there is not an event at the Alumni Club we have had no difficulty parking in the overflow lot. If you use this lot, walk across the street and look for a small brown sign that says, "Staff Parking Only." Right next to that sign is a path that will take you to the main trail around the lake. (Stick to the dirt trail as you go over the bridge.) DO NOT TRY TO TAKE ANY SHORTCUTS THOUGH THE HOUSES NEARBY AS THIS IS ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY.

While you are on campus why not check out our other 4 caches located there. There is closer parking for those caches as they are on the opposite end of the campus.

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training of live perennial plants, by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes,[1] perhaps geometric or fanciful; and plants which have been shaped in this way. It can be an art and is a form of living sculpture. The word derives from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, topiarius, creator of topia or "places", a Greek word that Romans applied also to fictive indoor landscapes executed in fresco. No doubt the use of a Greek word betokens the art's origins in the Hellenistic world that was influenced by Persia, for neither Classical Greece nor Republican Rome developed any sophisticated tradition of artful pleasure grounds. - Wikipedia

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)