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Healing Garden Blooms At Nissequogue River State Park
Healing garden will be dedicated in a public ceremony 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Kings Park residents will soon have a new garden to visit and walk through, specially designed for those struggling through hard times.
The Nissequogue River State Park Foundation and Commack-Kings Park Rotary club will unveil a new healing garden at the Nissequogue River State Park Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m., Newsday reports.
The garden is a 35-foot by 35-foot square that contains native plants, large rocks and a crushed rock walking path that overlook the mouth of the Nissequogue River.
"It's a very quiet corner of the park that very few people go to," John McQuaid, chairman of the Nissequoque River Foundation, told Newsday. "We hope it becomes a place where people go to enjoy the natural beauty of the environment and to pause and reflect."
The foundation and rotary club raised $25,000 in cash and donations of services in order to found the creation of the garden.
Read more on Newdsay [subscription required] about the state park's new healing garden.
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