Dickson Azalea Park

This guide to Dickson Azalea Park in Orlando follows Henry Hill Dickson, a former Confederate soldier turned county commissioner and self-styled Father of Good Roads, who spent the 1890s going door to door giving away azalea plants because he wanted the whole city blooming pink and red each spring. Alongside his story runs the tale of a forgotten wooded ravine along Fern Creek, donated to the city in 1924 and left to grow wild for over a decade. Listen for how the two threads meet after Dickson's death in 1935.