Heath Photography Partners with the North Country Arts Council and Thompson Park Zoo

What do animals, gardens, and cameras have in common?

In Watertown on July 24, the answer was the North Country Arts Council’s first annual Enchanted Gardens Family Picnic, at Thompson Park.  Heath Photography was on hand, along with April McClintock Photography of Watertown, to take photos of family and friend groups in the park’s eight new formal gardens.  Half the proceeds from the photography went to Arts in the North Country.

The picnic day began with a New York State Zoo visit at Thompson Park, followed by a shuttle to the gardens for the rendezvous with the photographers.  The picnic also included live entertainment from the River Rat Rhythm Project and the a capella group Pitch Slapped.

According to Heath Photography owner Penny Heath, the zoo and the arts council wanted to call attention to recent changes.  “The Arts Council has a new location,” she explained, “and the park put in the new gardens.  They’re really trying to step up to the plate and get known, and it’s really important to support them.  We were glad to do what we could to help.”