Celebrate the rose

by MIKE CHAIKEN
CTFashionMag.com

Elizabeth Park on the Hartford/ West Hartford at Prospect Streett and Asylum Avenue is a popular destination in the most lackluster of times as people zoom in on the location to take in the flowers, especially the world-famous roses.

This weekend, however, will be really hopping as the park celebrates Rose Weekend.

Model Emmy Lugo got close to the roses before the crowds on a recent fashion shoot.

PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

The schedule for Rose Weekend is as follows.

FRIDAY, JUNE 16
Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
11 a.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
1 p.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Kids Fun Night
5 to 8 p.m.
Under the Tent, Rose Garden Lawn

SATURDAY, JUNE 17
Plein-air Painters in the Park
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Throughout the Gardens

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
11 a.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Pond House Food Court
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
11 a.m.
Rose Garden Lawn

University of St. Joseph School of Pharmacy Medicine Garden Tour
11 a.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Thistle Lawn Bowling Club Demonstrations
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bowling Lawn

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
1 p.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
1 p.m.
Rose Garden Lawn

POETRY IN THE PARK — Under the Tent, Rose Garden Lawn
Frederick-Douglass Knowles II – 1 p.m.
Cristina Baptista – 2 p.m.

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
3 p.m.
Rose Garden Lawn

SUNDAY, JUNE 18
COMMUNITY DAY — Community, Cultural, and Arts Organizations; Scavenger Hunt
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Under the Tent

Community Day Exhibitors Include: Advocacy to Legacy, CT Master Gardeners, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford Stage, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford, Mark Twain House, Playhouse Theatre Group, Rhododendron Society of CT, University of St. Joseph’s Campus Sculpture Project, and the Wadsworth Atheneum.

The Bonsai Society of Greater Hartford
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
John G. Martin Foundation Stage

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
11 a.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
11 a.m.
Rose Garden Lawn

Tulip Bulb Sale
12 p.m. Until Sold Out
Under the Tent

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello
1 p.m.
Meet at Flag Pole

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
1 p.m
Rose Garden Lawn

Falun Dafa Quigong Exercises Workshop
3 p.m.
Rose Garden Lawn