For one last outing before leaving town, stop at the Cornell Plantations (1 Plantations Road; 607-255-3020; www.plantations.cornell.edu), 50 acres of botanical gardens and a 150-acre arboretum.

Adjacent to the main campus, Cornell owns the 2,800 acre (11.6 km2) Cornell Plantations, a botanical garden containing flowers, trees, and ponds along manicured trails.

Otherwise, this promotional effort by Cornell Plantations is thin.

In the late 1960s, he constructed the "flying diaper" sculpture, which currently stands at the entrance of the Cornell Plantations.

She is the communications coordinator for Cornell Plantations, which oversees Cornell University's botanical garden, arboretum and natural areas.

Cornell Plantations Natural Areas (includes maps)

By 1970, the university was issuing a publication called The Cornell Plantations, which contained general articles on nature and environmental topics.

The 200-page volume The Cornell Plantations, written by Ralph S. Hosmer, was published by the university in 1947, shortly after the gardens were so named.

Her mother, Fairfax MacRae Gouldin, is the volunteer coordinator at the Cornell Plantations.

Another free diversion is Cornell Plantations (607-255-3020), 3,000 acres of botanical gardens laced with trails that wind past Beebe Lake.