Mariah Billian, from Groton, shows a flower to her grandmother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, in the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. “We all love flowers,” said said Billian, “I knew we had to come here during their visit. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
Monarch butterflies land on a butterfly bush in the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
Cathy Taylor, left, and her mother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, take photos of the flowers in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday September 27, 2022. The two were visiting the granddaughter of Farnham, Mariah Billian of Waterford. “We all love flowers,” Billian said, “I knew we had to come here during their visit.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)
Mariah Billian, left to right, from Waterford, her grandmother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, and her mother Cathy Taylor walk through the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday September 27, 2022. “We love all the flowers,” Billian said, “I knew we had to come here during their visit.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)
Monarch butterflies land on a butterfly bush in the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
Mariah Billian of Groton takes a photo of flowers in the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday September 27, 2022. Billian was visiting the park with her mother Cathy Taylor and grandmother Allison Farnham from Australia . “We all love flowers,” Billian said, “I knew we had to come here during their visit.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)
A monarch butterfly feeds on a flower in the Cutting Garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
Waterford ― Mariah Billian, from Waterford, her grandmother Allison Farnham, who came from Australia, and her mother Cathy Taylor take a walk in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Tuesday.
“We all love flowers,” Billian said, “I knew we had to come here during their visit.”