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

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.

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

How beautiful! Thanks for sharing!