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The gardens begain in 1958 when Mrs. Elizabeth A. Fellows donated the property to Mill Creek Park, together with funds to create a public garden on the site. The first plantings begain in 1963.

Today the gardens include labeled flower displays of annuals, Chrysanthemum s, perennials, and Tulip s, with over 40,000 bulbs blooming each spring. The Rose collection includes a formal rose garden with hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora roses, as well as climbing roses along a perennial border walk. Botanical and shrub roses are represented throughout the site. The gardens also contain a variety of labeled trees and woody shrubs, with collections of European Beech , dwarf Conifer s, Hollies , and Rhododendron s, as well as an observation tower with a fine view of Lake Glacier.


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