Last updated on 30 March 09
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Brighton Dam Azalea Garden

3.4/5 (8 ratings)

Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens

Gardenvisit Editorial

The azalea garden is situated on the banks of the Patuxent River, by Brighton Dam (built in 1942). The 5 acre garden has over 20,000 azaleas and is provided by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Address - Brighton Dam Road, Brookeville, Maryland, USA, MD 20833
Opening times - Daily during the blooming season. Open 9am to 7pm.

Local Hotels

Hotels within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Doubletree Columbia (12km away)
From $72.80 to $209.00
Courtyard Columbia (13km away)
From $85.00 to $199.00
TownePlace Suites Gaithersburg (14km away)
From $89.00 to $89.00
Comfort Inn Shady Grove (14km away)
From $84.00 to $119.00
Courtyard Silver Spring North (14km away)
From $109.00 to $139.00
Staybridge Suites Columbia Hotel (14km away)
From $72.99 to $299.99
The Hotel At Turf Valley (14km away)
From $152.00 to $191.00
Hampton Inn Columbia, MD (14km away)
From $84.15 to $184.00

Nearby Gardens

Gardens within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Brookside Gardens (14km away)
McCrillis Gardens (22km away)
Hillwood Museum & Gardens (27km away)
(4.3/5)
Franciscan Monastery Gardens (28km away)
(4.0/5)
National Cathedral Gardens (29km away)
(4.0/5)

Reviews and Comments

Have you visited this garden?

19 days ago Anonymous said
Just gorgeous! Beats any manmade garden that I have seen, including Longwood and Rockefeller. no lie!! because it's natural, not laid out like an art project like Longwood or some of these other gardens.

(5.0/5)
over 1 year ago Anonymous said
Never open, even when the posted hours say it should be.

(1.0/5)
about 2 years ago Cheryl Biggar Napfel said
My husband and i just went last weekend and it was beautiful except for the deeper pink azaleas. They looked a little rough but we love going there and the pics we got were beautiful !! We recommend this place to all our friends !!!

(4.0/5)
about 2 years ago Anonymous said
They cut down half the azaleas in front to make a parking lot exclusively for certain tour buses when there's a parking lot across the street. It looks horrible and ruins the atmosphere of the place.

Also, they limit people from being there at all during the peak season. The parking lot across the street gets closed off, they're just really rotten towards those able-bodied enough to make the tour.

(2.0/5)
about 3 years ago Anonymous said
We went the day before Mothers Day which I thought was the peak for the blossoms. I would estimate 90% of the blossoms were gone compared to our visit last year. Was it the rainfall or some extreme in temperature?

(2.0/5)

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