Highland Park

Go before LILAC FEST!

I always go a week or two before the start of Lilac Fest. The magnolia trees are at peak, and they are magnificent!

Lilac Festival

Beautiful experience at the lilac festival in Rochester! The blooms were so beautiful and the park was very busy. The parking was tough for the festival, but we managed. We weren’t able to enter into ...

Beautiful Mother’s Day walk around Lilacs, rhododendrons 05/14/23

We started our Mother’s day events at the Mad Hatter, review yet to come. Then we took a couple hours to tour the lilacs, rhododendrons, and other flowering plants throughout Highland park. You can ge...

Fantastic public gardens

I visited during late April and the trees were flowering and the daffodils were all showing off. What a fantastic space! I didn't make it into the conservatory, but the trails and the trees that I wan...

Lilac Abundance

Highland Park is beautiful, especially in the spring when the many varieties of lilacs are in bloom with their sweet scents filling the air. There is an amazing observatory with interesting plants to...