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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. BROOK_201007_040.JPG: Welcome! Visitor Center Open Today 10am - 2pm Welcome to Brookside Gardens Visitor Center This line is for rest rooms, gift shop and art exhibit only. No need to wait in line to visit the gardens. You are Required to Wear a Mask to Enter this Building.
2. BROOK_201007_047.JPG: Our parks are open but please: * Do not gather in groups of more than 10 or get closer than six feed from other people. * Do not touch any surfaces that are likely to be touched by other people. * Refrain from using playground equipment. * Do not participate in activities involving physical contact or sharing of equipment.
3. BROOK_201007_051.JPG: Due to Covid-19 No Restroom Facilities To allow our Gardens to remain open, all park patrons must abide by Park Rules.
4. BROOK_201007_072.JPG: Our parks are open but please: * Do not gather in groups of more than 10 or get closer than six feet from other people. * Do not touch any surfaces that are likely to be touched by other people. * Refrain from using playground equipment. * Do not participate in activities involving physical contact or sharing of equipment.
5. BROOK_201007_081.JPG: Critter Condo Building Area Build a house for a critter! Please do not use any living plants or artificial materials.
6. BROOK_201007_088.JPG: Yes Reflect and Meditate
7. BROOK_201007_091.JPG: No Athletic Balls
8. BROOK_201007_094.JPG: Yes Physical Distance 6' +
9. BROOK_201007_097.JPG: Yes Be Considerate
10. BROOK_201007_100.JPG: No Restrooms
11. BROOK_201007_103.JPG: No picnics
12. BROOK_201007_106.JPG: No Pets Service Animals Welcome
13. BROOK_201007_109.JPG: Yes Connect with Nature
14. BROOK_201007_112.JPG: Yes Enjoy the Garden Beauty
15. BROOK_201007_115.JPG: No Bikes/Scooters
16. BROOK_201007_155.JPG: The Bridge to Understanding 1963-2012 50th Anniversary The Tradition of Friendship Continues Between Girl Scouts of Japan and Girl Scouts of America
17. BROOK_201007_161.JPG: What is a Labyrinth? This Labyrinth is a silent walking meditation. Unlike a maze, which challenges the mind with choices and dead ends, labyrinths have only one clear, winding path leading the walker from the edge to the center. Labyrinths have been found on nearly every continent and in every major culture and system of religion for over 4,000 years. Since the early 1990s, the Labyrinth has enjoyed a worldwide renaissance. They have been created for public and private gardens, hospitals, schools, places of worship and many other settings. Suggestions for Walking the Labyrinth: Before you start your walk you may want to pause and take a few moments to quiet your mind and release the thoughts and feelings that are distractions of everyday life, so that you can focus and be present in the moment. Some people walk the labyrinth with a particular question or intention. If you encounter other walkers, pass them or let them pass you. The large boulders are a place to sit and reflect before and after your walk. As you begin your walk find your own pace, pause for reflection whenever you wish. Be open to any insight or feeling you may have. When you reach the center, be still and aware of what thoughts or feelings you may have. Stay as long as you wish. Using the same path, the journey out from the center can be seen as a return to one's life. Reflect on any insights with a sense of empowerment and a refreshed spirit. The Labyrinth at Brookside Gardens: The design of the labyrinth at Brookside Gardens is called the Santa Rosa Labyrinth. It uses eight concentric rings to create a seven-circuit path. Granite cobblestones and Delaware River rocks line the path. The Santa Rosa Labyrinth is an original design by Lea Goode-Harris PhD, who is the founder of the Santa Rosa Foundation. The design and installation of the labyrinth was donated by Serenity Space of Kensington, MD. More information about labyrinths is available in the Visitors Center Library.
18. BROOK_201007_195.JPG: Do Not Disturb Wildlife
19. BROOK_201007_221.JPG: Yes Walk, Jog or Exercise
20. BROOK_201007_270.JPG: Restroom Occupancy Limit On individual, or one family unit in a restroom at a time.
21. BROOK_201007_282.JPG: The Gift Shop is OPEN! 10am to 2pm Curbside Pickup available today at the Gift Shop. Call 301-962-1447 to speak with an associate. We will bring your purchased goods out to you in a bag. Only credit card payments taken at this time. Thank you
22. BROOK_201007_302.JPG: Do Not Disturb Wildlife
23. BROOK_201007_335.JPG: Brookside Gardens Children's Program Phil and Rhoda Dendron Sycamore Look at the BARK. What do you see?
24. BROOK_201007_349.JPG: Pollinator Paradise Though bees may be more efficient in pollinating plants, butterflies also play an important role in pollination. Butterflies visit flowers to drink their nectar and, in the process, pick up pollen on their bodies and transport it to other flowers -- resulting in pollination. The best butterfly gardens incorporate a variety of food sources including native perennials and pollen-producing annuals. Late blooming plants are important as they provide nectar when butterflies prepare to migrate or overwinter in... Butterflies have preferences for nectar and host plants; monarchs prefer ... (Asclepias sp.) and Baltimore checkerspots like turtlehead (Chenole glabra). ... to ... these plants in your garden to attract and feed these special ...
25. BROOK_201007_372.JPG: Pollinator Paradise Bat pollinators?! Yes, bats DO pollinate plants. Bat pollination is called chiropterophily. See if you can find the Cup & Saucer vine (Cobaea scandens) -- a bat pollinated plant in this garden. Because bats are active at night, many bat pollinated flowers only open their petals after dark, and the flowers may have a musky, rotten odor to attract the bats. Many rainforest ecosystems rely on bat pollinators to regenerate; in fact, bats may be responsible for 90 percent of rainforest reforestation. Without bat pollinators, we could not enjoy many products from the rainforest, like bananas, chocolate, and coffee. Other more functional products include rubber and some medicines.
26. BROOK_201007_383.JPG: Pollinator Paradise There are more than 4,000 species of bees native to the US, and Maryland is home to about 400 of these species. Our native bees, like carpenter bees (Xylocopa ...), are very important for plant pollination. Unfortunately, native bees are decreasing in numbers due to a loss of their native plant food sources and pesticide use, which may kill bees. How can you help our native bees? * Plant a pollinator garden full of native plants (like bluebells & asters) * Avoid use of pesticides in your garden * Provide nesting places for bees
27. BROOK_201007_398.JPG: Pollinator Paradise Hummingbirds, though quite small, are mighty pollinators! Hummingbirds are attracted to brightly colored flowers with long, tapered blooms. Flower shape often mimics the hummingbird's beak shape. A hummingbird's beak is adapted to reach deeply into flowers; once inside, a hummingbird uses its long, tube-like tongue to drink nectar from the base of the flower. As hummingbirds feed, flower pollen sticks to their bodies, which they then transfer to other flowers for pollination. To attract hummingbirds to your garden, try planting salvias or Spanish flag vine (Ipomea lobata) as you see in this garden bed.
Wikipedia Description: Brookside Gardens
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brookside Gardens (50 acres) are public gardens located within Wheaton Regional Park, at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland. The gardens themselves are open daily without charge. However, certain annual events there are held that may charge a nominal fee.

Major features of the garden are as follows:

* Aquatic Garden – water-loving plants with two ponds and gazebo.
* Azalea Garden – over 300 varieties of azaleas represented by 2,000 plants. Also rhododendrons, witchhazels, hollies, Japanese andromeda, sweet-box, skimmia, and shade-tolerant perennials.
* Butterfly Garden – Seasonal in summer only. Admission fee.
* Children’s “Fairy Folk” Garden
* Conservatories – seasonal displays and special exhibits. The surrounding garden contains a collection of unusual conifers and groundcovers.
* Fragrance Garden
* Gude Garden – a Japanese-style landscape with bamboo, beech, unusual conifers, dogwood, and groundcovers, as well as an island teahouse overlooking the ponds.
* Maple Terrace – raised beds within a planting of ‘Suminagashi’ Japanese maples.
* Nature center – with exhibits on local wildlife. Parking lot has a separate entrance.
* Perennial Garden – wisterias, roses, Jasmine stephanense, buddleia, and Prunus x cistena, allium, geranium, sedum, panicum, lespedeza, calamagrostis, anemones, asters, acanthus, and agastache, etc.
* Reflection Terrace – a memorial to the ten individuals killed in October, 2002 by the Washington snipers.
* Rock Garden – spring flowering bulbs with grasses and conifers.
* Rose Garden – all types of roses, including hybrid tea, rugosa hybrids, grandiflora, English, miniature, floribunda, shrub, groundcover, polyantha, climber, Gallica, hybrid musk, and the garden rose.
* Trial Garden – spring flowering bulbs, then summer displays of new and unusual plant varieties,.
* Woodland Walk – forested wetland with bald cypress, tulip poplar, spicebush, and groundcover of mayapple, fern, and skunk cabbage. A native plant garden includes approximately 124 species and cultivars of Maryland native plants.
* Yew Garden – a garden room within yew hedges.

In the Conservatories:

Once you’re through the double doors of the enclosed conservatories at Brookside Gardens, you immediately step into a nature lover’s delight from which you won’t want to escape. It’s an awesome display of all things natural, and a treat and delight for anyone who visits. The conservatories reopen January 1st, for show changes, but soon after, all of the vivid colors of spring greet us once again. Orchids, Camellias, Jasmine and a variety of bulbs and flowering plants will be the theme and the setting from January to February. A small glimpse into spring drawing near is a warm and inviting time of a season in bloom, as a fresh fragrance in the air almost seems to follow you as you make your way through. The conservatory whispers a dawn of a new beginning that will have you coming back for more.

Brookside Gardes is part of the Montgomery County Parks.
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