In this video, Al Levin ’56, M.D. ’60, shows off his passion for “doll’s eyes,” “Indian soap,” and other botanical treasures of New England. Levin, a semiretired cardiologist, is featured in an article in the current issue of Harvard Magazine on alumni who volunteer as a kind of second career. For this Web Extra, he agreed to give readers a tour of Garden in the Woods, in Framingham, Massachusetts, where he volunteers as a guide, happily providing colloquial and Latin plant names, information on species native and invasive, and more.
Touring the Massachusetts wildflower paradise Garden in the Woods
Touring the Massachusetts wildflower paradise Garden in the Woods
Volunteer Al Levin shows off the wildflowers and other native plants at Garden in the Woods.
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