Beginning sometime in 2005 there will be a $5.00 fee for walking the trails at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens unless you pay an annual fee (amount??) to be a "friend of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens"). MATTHAEI BOTANICAL GARDENS Take the Jeffries Fwy. (I-96) west contin- ue past I-275 on M-14 to the Ford Rd. Exit. Drive west on Plymouth Rd. 2 miles to Dixboro Rd. Turn south and drive 1/4 mile, entrance is on the left. Trails: Red - Musclewood Trail / 0.6 miles / 20 minutes Yellow - Fleming Creek / Ethnobotanical Trail 1.2 miles / 50 minutes Blue - Dix Pond Trail / 1.8 miles / 75 minutes Green - Parker Brook Trail / 0.6 miles / 20 minutes