Friday, August 15th | Garden Stroll in Upper Monroe

This is a fun, social stroll through the neighborhood looking at selected gardens and meeting their gardeners. This program was created with support from the ABC Streets Neighborhood Association.

Background

There are many neighborhoods around Rochester with lovely gardens that might be considered "garden districts". Upper Monroe certainly considers itself one of those areas. Indeed, gardens (public as well as private), parks, wooded trails and even an old growth forest are all a part of the Upper Monroe neighborhood.

Upper Monroe's "Garden Stroll" idea is a fun, informal effort to build connections between neighbors around a love of gardening.

Program overview

​​P​ROGRAM OVERVIEW: Interested neighbors who love gardens and gardening will gather at 171 Laburnam for a brief presentation by the gardeners. Then the group will walk to a small number of selected garden locations nearby in the neighborhood where host gardeners will chat about their gardens and answer questions. After seeing a few gardens we'll circle back to 171 Laburnam.

The Basics

• DATE: Friday, August 15th

• TIME: 5:30 PM

• START LOCATION: 171 Laburnam Crescent <MAP LINK>

This program is FREE and open to all. There NO tickets. NO reservations are required. Just show up!

You do NOT have to be a member of the Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association to attend. No prior knowledge of gardens or gardening is required.

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The organizing team for this program includes:

Michael Hannen, Peter House, Kelly Abernethy, Patrick Casey & Rome Celli

The Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association is grateful for the support of the Garden Walk committee of the ABC Streets Neighborhood Association. In particular, UMNA thanks Esther Brill for her engagement on this topic going back to the spring of 2024.

UMNA is also grateful to Michael Amy & Maya Lodico who joined Rome Celli and Esther Brill, chair of Garden Walk in the ABC Streets neighborhood, in an exploratory conversation in the summer of 2024.

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This program is FREE to all residents of Upper Monroe. You do NOT have to be a member of the Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association. Tenants as well as property owners are encouraged to participate!