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Brookside Gardens       Wheaton Regional Park of the Montgomery County Maryland park system


Brookside Gardens floral pathways library

Brookside Gardens

From sunrise to sunset the public has free access to the Brookside Garden's 50-acres of outside gardens.

During the hours of operations at the visitor's center a horticultural reference library is available.

Check Brookside Gardens website for their hours, their What's Blooming Now listing of seasonal floral displays, and Brookside Garden's special exhibits.

In years past it has been a dreary winter day's need for a tropical moment that brought us to visit Brookside's conservatory to find bright patches of flowering plants underneath the large palms, ferns and banana trees.

This year during the summertime we headed to Brookside Gardens to enter the fairy-land like world of butterflies. Even before we entered the indoor Wings of Fancy (live butterfly) exhibit we found numerous butterflies outside enjoying the flowers lining the pathway.

When composing this webpage I found I had so much information to share that I decided to divide our photos and comments into several webpages which you can access below. Plus another webpage will be created this winter when we return to Brookside Gardens for their winter evening's Garden of Lights. This special exhibit is presented on specific days (see their website) beginning in November when they illuminate their outdoor winter garden landscape, fountains, and festive winter holiday displays.

Brookside Gardens General Information Click here for our photos and comments regarding Brookside Garden's general information: location, parking, gift shops, outdoor gardens accessibility
Brookside Gardens Indoor Exhibits Click here for our photos and comments regarding Brookside Garden's year-round conservatory featuring tropical plants with seasonal floral displays
Brookside_Gardens_Wings_of_Fancy Click here for our photos and comments regarding Brookside Garden's Wings of Fancy, special live butterfly exhibit
howling wolves Click here for our photos and comments regarding Brookside's Gardens of Light. 600,000 tiny colored twinklers including these howling wolves brillantly brighten a dark Winter Eve visit to the gardens.




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