Key	Imgs	Short Description
2004_MD_Brookside	280	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2005_MD_Brookside	208	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens Many visits. Including: (050301) After a snow fall. (050623) I was waiting for word from my veterinarian on my cat, BC, who was suffering from chronic renal failure. I knew BC probably would be put to sleep that night and I wanted him to be home and secure that day. It was a beautiful day and I had to...
2006_MD_Brookside	229	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2007_MD_Brookside	80	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2008_MD_Brookside	121	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2009_MD_Brookside	102	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens Includes a lot of testing with the new Nikon D90 camera trying to figure out the proper settings to get decent pictures without them being too huge. Some of the images ended up being over 5MB apiece. Basically, there are a number of settings that impact picture quality -- medium (3216x2136) and large...
2010_MD_Brookside	140	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens Including pics from the 2010 National Capital Cactus and Succulent Society Plant Show and Sale. The show featured several hundred cacti and other types of succulent plants. The sale will feature hundreds of common and not so common succulent plants, as well as books, pots, etc. Also included one...
2011_MD_Brookside	97	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2013_MD_Brookside	156	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2014_MD_Brookside	59	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2015_MD_Brookside	94	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2016_MD_Brookside	59	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2017_MD_Brookside	164	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2019_MD_Brookside	192	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2020_MD_Brookside	111	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2021_MD_Brookside	193	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2022_MD_Brookside	319	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens A cat siting -- the neighborhood cat used to come onto the grounds and basically hang-out. During the year though, the owner apparently worried about it crossing the street in traffic and decided to give it away to someone else. The Gardens replaced the trllises used for the wisteria. The plants...
2023_MD_Brookside	341	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2024_03_24A_Brookside	63	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens (Partially reviewed)
2021_MD_BrooksideFH	51	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Facets of Hope (2021) Facets of Hope Brookside Gardens announces a new temporary art installation, “Facets of Hope”, to honor the lives lost to COVID-19 in Montgomery County. Since March 6, 2020, when COVID-19 was first reported in Montgomery County, more than 1,400 county residents have died from the virus. “Facets of...
2022_MD_BrooksideFH	16	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Facets of Hope (2022) Facets of Hope Brookside Gardens announces a new temporary art installation, “Facets of Hope”, to honor the lives lost to COVID-19 in Montgomery County. Since March 6, 2020, when COVID-19 was first reported in Montgomery County, more than 1,400 county residents have died from the virus. “Facets of...
2020_MD_Brookside_SP	12	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Fall Story Walk Fall Story Walk Have some fall seasonal fun throughout the gardens while walking and reading at the same time! Practicing safe distance protocols, it’s perfect for a relaxing but engaging walk with young children. Your self-guided, approximate half-mile walk will lead you on a loop walk through the...
2022_MD_Brookside_FF	43	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance
2023_MD_Brookside_FF	32	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance Flamingo Flamboyance Exhibit at Brookside Gardens Brookside Gardens celebrates garden art this summer with its outdoor installation Flamboyance of Flamingos. Dozens of whimsical flamingos dot the gardens in different poses and are adorned with containers of varying annuals. We’re taking the iconic...
2020_MD_Brookside_Mind	6	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Garden Mindfulness
2005_MD_BrooksideX	22	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Gardens of Lights (Winter)
2013_MD_BrooksideX	7	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Gardens of Lights (Winter) These were taken during the daytime. It's incredible how many lights they actually need to use to make these things!
2019_MD_BrooksideLP	18	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Legacy Project April 1 - April 30, 2019 The Legacy Project – Our Lives of Consumption and Waste Interdisciplinary visual artist and choreographer Keira Hart-Mendoza presents The Legacy Project- Our Lives of Consumption and Waste, an outdoor art exhibit situated within the landscapes at Brookside Gardens. This...
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin_220316	97	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now -- Event: The Burning "Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin_220320	169	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now -- Event: Unveiling event "Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2021_MD_Brookside_Colin	26	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now (chainsaw carving by Carving Colin Vale) (2021 Dec) "Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin	385	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now (chainsaw carving by Carving Colin Vale) (2022 Jan-Apr) "Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/ This page covers all images from 2022 except for...
2021_MD_Brookside_WAP	167	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2021 and Yarn Bomb Pyramids 2021 Exhibit at Brookside Gardens Brookside Gardens is excited to announce its partnership with Wheaton Arts Parade to bring our visitors Pyramids 2021 from June 11 through September 19, 2021. The outdoor exhibition features thirteen works of art by sixteen local artists and highlights the...
2023_MD_Brookside_WAP	112	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens June 12 - August 28, 2023 The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand! Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with...
2008_MD_BrooksideB	75	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies) I wasn't planning to visit the exhibit this year but, while I was in the garden photographing the roses, I ran into a guy babbling on a cell phone. (I'm not a huge fan of cell phones.) Eventually, he was joined by his girlfriend. She said "I didn't realize you'd act like that..." To which he replied,...
2009_MD_BrooksideB	90	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies) "Wings of Fancy" - Live Butterfly Exhibit: Help a caterpillar fly, plant your garden to provide! Why did the caterpillar cross the road? To get to its host plant! This year the focus is on butterflies in your backyard, and the host plants that local caterpillars need in order to survive and thrive....
2010_MD_BrooksideB	247	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies) Beginning in early May and running daily through Mid- September 2010, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 p.m., Brookside Gardens South Conservatory will feature live butterflies. Come witness the butterfly life cycle as tiny eggs hatch into crawling, chewing caterpillars, which then encase themselves in jewel-like...
2013_MD_BrooksideB	71	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
2015_MD_BrooksideB	80	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
2023_MD_BrooksideRR	108	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set
2009_MD_BrooksideRR	43	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2009) The railroad display was done by the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Garden Railway Society.
2013_MD_BrooksideRR	46	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2013)
2015_MD_BrooksideRR	104	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2015)
2016_MD_BrooksideRR	61	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2016)
2017_MD_BrooksideRR	65	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2017)
2018_MD_BrooksideRR	46	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2018)
2014_MD_Brookside_Nature	17	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center
2015_MD_Brookside_Nature	38	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center
2022_MD_Brookside_Nature	34	MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center

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