Had a busy morning at the inn with some delightful guests. Didn't get out to explore until after 5pm, and at the last minute decided to go check out Wickham Park, which my new friend Alicia (aka- the roller derby poster girl :) told me about. I can't believe this hasn't come up in any of my google searches about cool/beautiful places to go in Connecticut! I didn't have too much daylight left, so I kind of breezed through, but this place is amazing.
Wickham Park is in Manchester, CT, just 30 mins from The Bevin House. It consists of 280 acres of gardens, woodlands, open fields, picnic areas, sport fields, playgrounds, a nature center, an aviary, and trails.
"The Sensory Garden" was especially cool. Each section was created focusing on a different "sense" (sight, sound, touch, etc.), and there are little audio boxes along the way.
My keepsake from today's exploring was this awesome feather...
The gardens were designed with different cultures/countries in mind. This is the English Garden...
...the Scottish Garden...
...the Irish Garden...
...the Oriental Garden...
Most of the people were in the picnic areas or the playgrounds, so I had the gardens all to myself. The whole place brought back memories of my time in England, when I'd roam around London looking for parks and sit under a tree for a quick apple/croissant/cheese picnic. I could honestly spend a whole day here.
Connecticut continues to surprise me...
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