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07-22-2009, 05:37 AM

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Hovey Pond Park is part of the Half way brook which was a camping spot for troops and Indians during the Revolution. The name referts to the fact it was half way to Albany going south from Canada
. These gardens are all done by volunteers

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07-22-2009, 05:57 AM

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Beautiful pictures! My two favorite flowers - daisies and black eyed susans!

07-22-2009, 06:00 AM

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Ruth, you got some great shots! The gardens are so beautiful, and the flowers look perfect, don't they? Do a lot of visitors come to see them? I'm glad you shared these with us.

07-22-2009, 06:02 AM

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Beautiful!
I'll have flower gardens like that one of these days!

Are there any markers that "talk" about the camping spot?

07-22-2009, 06:21 AM

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Beautiful!
I'll have flower gardens like that one of these days!

Are there any markers that "talk" about the camping spot?

There is a timeline and some plaques also about native species and plants and birds and insects...There is a long board walk through the swamp

before electric the pond was used to cut ice for homes
The garage in my yard was a old ice house that my grandfather moved to here