Ready for Spring?               Your Support in 2025 will help FOBG & Brookside Gardens               The Butterfly Experience | Apr. 10- Sept. 21, 2025                   FOBG is grateful to all its members and donors!!             

The Butterfly Experience (April 10 - September 21, 2025)

Visitors to the seasonal exhibit will get an intimate, up-close look at hundreds of brilliant live butterflies from North America, Costa Rica, Africa, and Asia as they flutter among colorful flowers throughout Brookside Gardens’ South Conservatory. Trained staff and volunteers will highlight the fascinating world of lepidoptera, the stages of metamorphosis, the important role butterflies play in healthy ecosystems, and how to ensure these beautiful insects thrive in our own gardens. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

Thank you for supporting FOBG’s September 2024 Plant Sale. Enjoy these quality perennials!!

FOBG’s PERENNIAL PLANT InFormation

CLICK HERE for the 2024 Plant List & Details. This list will be up on this website till May 2025, so that you can identify your plants next spring!!

Participate in the Bloomin’ Buck$ with Brent and Becky’s Bulbs program. Place your order through Bloomin' Bucks and 25% of all sales is donated to FOBG. Thank you for your support!

Friends of Brookside Gardens (FOBG) was established to support the mission of the Brookside Gardens. This includes maintaining of programs to reveal the year-round wonders and beauty of nature and also educating the public on how the proper care of plants can preserve the environment. This year marks the 25th year for FOBG!! Thank you FOBG members for your generosity, loyalty and support! HAPPY 25th Anniversary FOBG!

OUR PURPOSE

WE MAKE BROOKSIDE BLOOM

To ensure the funding for a sustainable future for Brookside Gardens.

Our Action

To “grow” the programs and plantings at Brookside Gardens and advocate for the Gardens in the community. ......read more

FOBG MEMBERSHIP

WANT TO BECOME A FRIEND?

Go to the Membership Page

What your membership supports:

  • Seasonal plantings

  • GreenScapes Symposium

  • Earth Month

  • Children's Day

  • Summer Twilight Concert Series

  • Holiday Garden Railway

  • Spring & Fall Lecture Series

  • Horticultural Internships

Leave a lasting legacy by enhancing and sustaining this Maryland treasure!

A BEAUTIFUL  SETTING

Brookside Gardens is Montgomery County's incomparable, award-winning 50-acre public display garden situated within Wheaton Regional Park. Included in the gardens are several distinct areas and Formal Gardens areas.  Brookside Gardens also feature two conservatories for year-round enjoyment.

The Visitor Center is open daily - 9 AM 4 PM
The Gift Shop is open daily 10 AM - 3.30 PM
Conservatory is open daily 10 AM - 4 PM
Admission free.

General information
Visitor Center Front Desk: 301-962-1400
Email: Info@MontgomeryParks.org

What’s in Bloom at Brookside Gardens?

CLICK HERE to view Brookside Gardens Interactive Map and Tour.

Brookside Gardens' Cultivate program guide for Spring/Summer2025 is now available! Register for spring and summer programs, reserve spaces and renew memberships offered by both Montgomery Parks and Montgomery County Recreation at one common site. Visit Active Montgomery today to set up an account and register for programs.

Photo credits : Coriolana Simon & Doug Wolters of TimePoints Photography AND Nithya Raghavan