Editor Pick
Highland Botanical Park
- August 28, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
If you appreciate flora and fauna of any type, you should take a couple of hours to visit the Highland Botanical Park. The grounds are beautiful and different flowers are blooming throughout all year long. We played a game of hide-and-seek with our son on the grounds, ducking behind majestic Maple and Beech trees. I saw many runners making their ways along the paths looping around the grounds, and I wished for my running shoes instead of the sandals I was wearing.
We also enjoyed the Lamberton Conservatory. It was broken up into sections with plants from different regions represented. We saw all kinds of cool flowers and vines that I had not seen before. A man working in the center gave my son food to feed to the very large Japanese fish swimming in a pond in the center of the conservatory. There was no admission fee though some house plants were available for purchase, and there was a donation box.
I really enjoyed the time I spent with my family in this park. My son liked it because there were so many good climbing trees. If you visit Rochester, I would say be sure to visit Highland Botanical Park as well as some of the other parks available to the public. They are well suited to the needs of a family, and a game of tag among the lilacs is both memorable and free.
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