Rock Garden And Grotto in Elizabeth Park: a Work of Art

Jamil Ragland reviews the recent art show held at the Garmany Visitor Center and interviewed Visitor Center employee Vicki Huffman about the history of Elizabeth Park.

Spring is only a few months away. When you’re ready to take a pleasant walk and get outdoors, enjoy the artistically vibrant colors of spring, spend a few hours at this breathtaking rock garden at Elizabeth Park in Hartford.

Visitors have been enchanted by the thousands of soft and fragrant rose petals in Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden since it opened in 1904.

Elizabeth Park Conservancy’s Fall 2019 Newsletter and 2018-19 Annual Report is now available.

Visitors have been enchanted by the thousands of soft and fragrant rose petals in Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden since it opened in 1904.

The Conservancy dedicated and renamed the newly-renovated historic greenhouses in Elizabeth Park.

Elizabeth Park will have a few more visitors this weekend. That’s because it’s the annual Rose Weekend, where community members from around the Greater Hartford area and beyond come to the park to celebrate the peak of the rose season and participate in a plethora of events, including poetry reading and tours of the rose garden.