Friends Isabella Lamonica and Natalie Wegman, both of Sinking Spring, Berks County, spent the day Sept. 5 enjoying the Allentown Rose Garden. PRESS PHOTOS BY SUSAN BRYANT

LEFT: Gia Pruden and Melissa Ramos of Bethlehem take a break from walking the paths at the Allentown Rose Garden to enjoy the cool water of the brook running through the gardens.

RIGHT: Hope Friton of Maryland and Rebecca Chan of South Whitehall enjoy a leisurely stroll with King, a pit bull mix in the Rose Garden.

BELOW: Susan Strekenburg of Wescosville a second-grade teacher at Alburtis Elementary, works on hybrid planning lessons for her students while daughter, Callie, reads a book in the shade of a Rose Garden tree.

ABOVE: Indy Ishaya, and Lydia, Richie, Amanda and Cassie Tressler, all of Bethlehem, enjoy a lunch of tacos and burritos in one of the gazebos at the Allentown Rose Garden.