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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_210511_010.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.
2. BROOK_210511_017.JPG: Be a Hero #MaskUpMoCo Spread Love, not germs (1) Wash HANDS (2) Wear it RIGHT (3) Cover MOUTH, NOSE & CHIN MaskUpMoCo.com It's the law
3. BROOK_210511_030.JPG: Linda DePalma Sassy Bench, 2016
4. BROOK_210511_066.JPG: Rabbits can't be popular with the groundkeepers
5. BROOK_210706_045.JPG: Interested in donating a commemorative brick? Brookside Gardens
6. BROOK_210706_049.JPG: For Vladimir S-I Tsap (1939-2016): The best father, husband, teacher, thinker, an incorrigible optimist despite losing many in the Holocaust
7. BROOK_210706_062.JPG: Sylvia and Coleman Raphael Thanks for 4 decades of beautiful walks
8. BROOK_210706_065.JPG: "We are stardust, we are golden. And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." C.L. Avery, 2011
9. BROOK_210706_149.JPG: Brookside Gardens Wings of Fancy Live Butterfly Exhibit Canceled in 2021 (the butterflies will return in 2022)
10. BROOK_210706_152.JPG: Update MontgomeryParks.org Based on the Montgomery County amended COVID-19 health regulation on May 18, we have this update about face coverings. Masks are no longer required outdoors in the parks. Vaccinated individuals are not required to wear masks indoors at park facilities. Unvaccinated persons must continue to wear face coverings indoors.
11. BROOK_210706_188.JPG: Brookside Gardens Online Map and Tour bit.ly/BrooksideGardensTour Our online storymap will guide you through the Gardens, with interesting information you'll want to know about each area.
12. BROOK_210706_199.JPG: Planning to take photos inside? You must follow our photo/filming policy.
13. BROOK_210706_215.JPG: Brookside Gardens Little Free Library Take a book, leave a book, leave a note. This library is for books about gardening. You don't need a library card or to follow any formal checkout procedure. Select a book and enjoy it. Read it here and return it to the Little Library. You can return the book the next time you visit the Conservatory or replace it with another book about gardening. Feel free to donate extra books about gardening. The very first Little Library was built in the memory of June A. Boll, a Wisconsin librarian and teacher. Today, Little Free Libraries can e found in at least 24 states. There are 300 to 400 in existence, including three Little Free Libraries here at Brookside Gardens, on the Woodland Walk (books about outdoor gardening) and in the Children's Garden (books for children).
14. BROOK_210706_243.JPG: Brookside Gardens Please help to keep the Gardens growing! Your support makes a difference. Montgomery Parks
15. BROOK_210706_262.JPG: Heart Smart Trail 0.1 mile
16. BROOK_210903_007.JPG: Hand dryers were discouraged with COVID-19
17. BROOK_210903_015.JPG: While You Are Visiting YES Connect with Nature Physical Distance 6'+ Walk, Jog or Exercise Reflect and Meditate Enjoy the Garden Beauty Be Considerate NO No Pets -- Service Animals Welcome No Bikes/Scooters No Athletic Balls No Picnics Do Not Disturb Wildlife No Restrooms [Old sign. Bathrooms have been open for a year or so.]
18. BROOK_210903_026.JPG: The birdhouses displayed here were painted by volunteers who have visited the Gardens. The birdhouses were built and painted as part of a local Girl Scout Gold Award project designated to raise awareness of the significance of birds. Birds are extremely important to our environment and maintaining a healthy ecosystem. However, birds are suffering and need help finding shelter and nesting areas. These birdhouses will allow birds to have a safe home and will hopefully inspire others to create positive change for our wildlife.
19. BROOK_210903_029.JPG: Little Free Library
20. BROOK_210903_083.JPG: Coastal Plain
21. BROOK_210903_089.JPG: Welcome to Explore Maryland! Children's Garden The scenic state of Maryland has been described as "America in Miniature." In the 10,460 sq. miles of land and water state-wide, you can find just about any kind of natural feature, except a desert! As you will learn, each ecosystem has distinct features and supports different kinds of wildlife while visiting Explore Maryland! We hope you are reminded of Maryland's unique beauty and its diverse ecosystems.
22. BROOK_210903_100.JPG: Farmland
23. BROOK_210903_119.JPG: Mountains
24. BROOK_210903_138.JPG: Salvia Collection
25. BROOK_210903_203.JPG: Forever in bloom Gazing skyward To the warm light Tricia Crilley Wigmore
26. BROOK_210903_216.JPG: A favorite wedding photo spot
27. BROOK_210903_312.JPG: This area is under surveillance for theft
28. BROOK_210903_407.JPG: The Tree Trust
29. BROOK_210903_415.JPG: Vandals
30. BROOK_210903_546.JPG: Wheaton Bench Iron Masters, Inc., 2016 Just sit and admire the beauty.
31. BROOK_211214_01.JPG: Initially, I hadn't noticed that mask. I thought the frog was bearded. A different color would have helped.
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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