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Month: May 2021

Walnut Hill Rose Garden

2021-05-302021-07-13 Lynn
yellow rose blooming in the rain

I had a few errands yesterday that took me past New Britain and, even though it was raining, I felt I needed to stop and smell the roses at the Walnut Hill Park Rose Garden. The rose garden is relatively new, being a replacement for the 1929 rose garden which was demolished at some point… Continue reading Walnut Hill Rose Garden →

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Elizabeth Park

2021-05-182021-06-08 Lynn

Elizabeth Park is one of my favorite public gardens. Managed by the Elizabeth Park Conservancy in partnership with the City of Hartford, it is one hundred and two acres of delight. Everyone talks about the Rose Garden -- the first municipal rose garden in the United States -- and it is magnificent in mid-June with… Continue reading Elizabeth Park →

Posted in GardensTagged connecticut, garden visit