Welcome to Day 3 of National Garden Week. Today we would like to tell you about the Memorial Garden and the Blue Star Memorial at Williams Park.
These two small gardens are managed by the Garden Club. Both gardens honor the fallen members of the Armed Forces from Brookfield. Every year in May the Memorial Day Parade stops here so club members make sure the garden is neat and tidy for the event. The club adds red, white and blue annuals in May, just in time for the parade. Each year more perennials are added to try and reduce the costs, and the amount of watering needed. There are sage plants, Siberian iris, balloon flowers, hardy geraniums, black-eyed Susan, yarrow, and alyssum. The Blue Star has concrete benches and there is a wooden bench, too, where you can sit and remember loved ones or just sit and for some quiet contemplation. Then head down to Williams Park where there are tennis courts and lots of walking trails with plenty of seats where you can admire the views. You can take your dog for a walk there too. And the colors are great in the fall, both of the park and the surrounding hills.
Happy National Garden Week!
