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 a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.