Trial Garden

Historical marker location:

1800 Glenallen Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Glenallan Avenue east of Heurich Road, on the right when traveling east.)

1974. Brookside Gardens: 40 years (1969-2009).

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.