Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard Part 16

by usathroughoureyes

Hello everyone and welcome to part 16 of “Rochester, NY – Our Back Yard” in our continuing exploration around our home town.

Today while out and about we visited Highland Park.  Some of you may have heard of this place which is part of the Frederick Law Olmsted  park system of which countless parks across United States and Canada bear his name.

Highland Park is a beautiful 150-acre park and perhaps best known for the annual Lilac Festival in May and features over 1,200 lilac shrubs representing over 500 varieties woody plants including Japanese maples, sweet-smelling magnolias, selections of shrubs including barberries, azaleas, mountain laurel, Andromeda, and 700 varieties of rhododendron and a pansy bed with 10,000 plants, designed into an oval floral “carpet” with a pattern that changes each year.  The park contains many memorials including The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Workers’ Memorial, Victims’ Rights Memorial, and the AIDS Remembrance Garden.

If you would like to see other beautiful places we explored in the Rochester, NY area just hover and click here  “Rochester, NY – Our Back Yard Part 14”  and you will be whisked to our last post which will contain links to all the areas we have shared.

Thank you again for visiting and being along with us to see USA Through Our Eyes.

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34 thoughts on “Rochester, NY – Our Back-Yard Part 16”

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  8. Emma sure does believe everyone is there to give her lovings. Its fun watching how peoples voices become giddy and soften as they kneel along side to pet her. All the while Emma seems to be smiling as her tail is a wagging.

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  16. Thank you Christina for noting this. Yes it is a wonderful place to wonder and enjoy the beauty of the flowers and trees and little critters scurrying around. You would like it.

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  28. Thank you so much Margaret for your lifting words of kindness. We just love flowers and glad we finally realized the importance of stopping to smell them and examine their exquisite beauty which God created for us to admire.

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  33. Oh my goodness, with all those beautiful flowers this has to be a blessing to behold all year round! I need to get out in the world more 🙂 But until then thank you for sharing your trips. I know, I say it all the time but it is really a blessing :):)

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