Brookside Gardens

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Brookside Gardens
Established1969
Location Wheaton, Maryland
Coordinates 39°03′20″N77°02′4″W / 39.05556°N 77.03444°W / 39.05556; -77.03444
Type Botanical garden
Website www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens

The Brookside Gardens are public gardens located within Wheaton Regional Park, at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The gardens are open daily without charge. However, certain annual events there are held that may charge a fee. The gardens hosts a "Garden of Lights" exhibit that features a light display during the holiday season. [1]

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History

The garden grounds were originally part of a landscaping and garden center on a small farm owned by Stadler Nurseries. [2] Brookside was the first botanical gardens in the State of Maryland.

Brookside Gardens opened to the public on July 13, 1969, with a conservatory and 25 acres (10 ha) developed as gardens. The landscaping and conservatory were designed by Hans Hanses and Carl Schoening, respectively. [3] More gardens have been added and refined to showcase local species over the current 54 acres (22 ha). Hans remarked "the main idea for the garden was to supply the average homeowner with ideas for his own use. Everything you see here is not exotic, but something which grows well in the metropolitan area and which one can buy in any garden center.". [4]

A donation from Elizabeth Turner made possible the construction of a Visitors Center, opening in June 1998, with classroom and meeting space.

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References

  1. "Brookside Gardens". Montgomery County Department of Parks. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  2. "Stadler Nurseries - A Growing Family Business Since 1932". Stadler Nurseries. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. Frank Hoy (May 8, 1969). "New Botanical Garden Planned". Washington Post. p. F10.
  4. Renee Futral (Sep 3, 1982). "Gardening in Wheaton". Washington Times. p. 30.
  5. Adrian Higgins (March 24, 2005). "A Garden of Hope and Renewal in a Violent World". Washington Post. p. H1.

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