Mariah Billian, of Groton, shows a flower to her grandmother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. “We all just love flowers,” said Billian, “I knew we had to come here while they were visiting.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Monarch butterflies land on a butterfly bush in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Cathy Taylor, left, and her mother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, take photos of the flowers in the cutting garden of Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The two were visiting Farnham’s granddaughter Mariah Billian of Waterford. “We all just love flowers,” said Billian, “I knew we had to come here while they were visiting.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Mariah Billian, from left, of Waterford, her grandmother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia, and mother Cathy Taylor walk through the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. “We all just love flowers,” said Billian, “I knew we had to come here while they were visiting.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Monarch butterflies land on a butterfly bush in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Mariah Billian, of Groton, takes a photo of flowers in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Billian was visiting the park with her mother Cathy Taylor and grandmother Allison Farnham, visiting from Australia. “We all just love flowers,” said Billian, “I knew we had to come here while they were visiting.” (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A monarch butterfly feeds from a flower in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)