Hurley Park

If you are an early to mid-day park visitor, you may have noticed these flowers! 💜 If you visit in the afternoon or evening, you will have missed them all together. These are the flowers of Virginia Spiderwort - which individually, don't last long, but continue to flower until the worst of the summer heat arrives and then often again sporadically in the fall!

Gardenias - the quintessential Southern flower! You can find these in many of the Hurley Park Gardens, but the best place to enjoy their delicate scent in abundance is in the Haden Holmes Hurley Gazebo.

Looking for a shady spot to enjoy the outdoors? 🌿Check out Gordon’s Bridge & Gathering Place—tucked inside Hurley Park and perfect for a relaxing escape. With three picnic tables and surrounded by open grassy areas, there’s plenty of room for kids to run and play or kick around a soccer ball. And the best part? It’s all in the shade. ☀️➡️🌳

Blooming now in Priscilla’s Fragrance Garden, Virginia Sweetspire. Loved by pollinators and people alike, this plant has become widely popular in landscaping and for good reason! An easy-going shrub whose blooms are stunning in the spring and leaves turn brilliant red in the fall.

Have you seen it yet? The Kousa Dogwood is an eye-catching bloomer near the corner of Annandale and N Craige Street! These non-native Dogwoods flower later than our native Dogwood and the bright white blooms definitely stand out against the green leaves and Carolina blue skies.

May is here and the Peonies are in full bloom in the Lib & Ed Taylor Garden! 🩷

Happy Earth Day from Hurley Park! Whether you celebrate by picking up litter, hugging a tree, or simply enjoying the outdoors - it’s a great reminder to stop and admire the beauty growing right in our own backyard. 💚

Annual color has arrived at Hurley Park in the form of Petunias, Begonias, Verbena, Celosia, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, Ruellia, and Lobelia. Check them out at the main entrance during your visits this spring and summer! ☀️

Unusual beauty, hiding in plain sight 🌿✨
Check out the Alabama Snow Wreath. An easy-to-miss shrub most of the year, but when it blooms, it definitely earns a second glance. Catch it near Jane’s Garden at Hurley Park. 👀🌸

The hummingbirds are returning and we are ready! The Cross-vine on the arbor by the pond is a native plant that feeds the hummingbirds as they arrive.