Fall Foliage Photo Collection - 2008

Boston autumn foliage photos

This fall foliage photo collection contains the best Boston autumn scenes from our foliage reports from 2008. Will leaves change colors at the same pace in 2009? Who knows?

Leaves change colors at different times each year, depending on seasonal weather conditions such as rain and temperature.

To give you an idea of what you might see during latter part of the fall season, here are fall foliage photos taken during late October and early November in 2008, along with the fall foliage reports.

Boston Fall Foliage Photo Archives and Reports - 2008

Tuesday, October 28

Boston fall foliage Ambers and russets are deepening the golds, oranges, and crimsons still visible throughout the city.

Wherever you walk, leaves will drift down across your path. Boston's spectacular fall foliage still looks like it will extend into early November this year.

Colors along the highways and roads outside of the city are still intense, but darker. Crimson leaves on maples are beginning to fall - in fact, tops of some trees are already bare. Yes, the color for 2008 has peaked, but foliage is still gorgeous with plenty of leaves left on the trees.

Tuesday, November 4

Boston fall foliage near Public Garden Lagoon Has Boston's fall foliage ever been more beautiful than this year?

Trees along the highways may be looking a bit brown and even bare by now, but colors continue to blaze in the city. Being a few degrees warmer keeps the leaves on the trees longer.

Walk through Boston Common and the Public Garden, and you'll still see plenty of green . . . but golds, ambers, and burnt-oranges glow all around you with a mellow, glorious haze. Weeping willows overhanging the lagoon show only the first bits of pale yellow.

Along the Esplanade, all is golden as joggers and walkers slide through the fallen leaves.

Wednesday, November 12

Golden-leaved weeping willows along the Charles River The bit of rain that we had last week brought down a lot more leaves - but in the city, we're still seeing glimpses of greens through all of the golds, russets, and deepening browns. Of course, some trees are already bare.

Willows around the Lagoon in the Public Garden and along the Charles River are darkening to deeper golds.

The Arboretum and Mt. Auburn still have their share of splendid vistas.

If you're visiting Boston soon, you'll still see some lovely leaves within the city - at least in the next day or two. More rain later this week may hasten the cascades of falling leaves.

Wednesday, November 19

As much as I'd like to deny it, the rain and wind over the weekend sent most of Boston's remaining leaves cascading to the ground. You can still see some leaves on some trees . . . but Boston's fall foliage for 2008 is mostly over.

But as we say in Boston, "you gotta embrace the season!" Colder weather brings the annual opening of ice skating at Boston's Frog Pond today, November 19th.

So grab your skates (or rent them at the Pond) and head over for some winter fun!

Since the leaves are gone, this is our last Boston Fall Foliage Update for 2008. Please join us again next September as we start to enjoy another spectacular display of autumn color.

To see what's happening already this year, check the Boston Fall Foliage Report.

If you're planning to be in the city, perhaps for a New England fall vacation or fall foliage tour, find out how and where you can put together your own Boston fall foliage tour and see gorgeous leaves without leaving the city.