I mean, you need a park when you're visiting a city, yes? someplace to stroll around and people watch and picnic. Forsyth Park is a long rectangular park. There is the part with the fountain, where you go to take selfies, and then an old parade ground lower down. This part is lined with trees filled with Spanish moss, like a lot of Savannah. It's a good place for photos. Also, the Sentient Bean coffee shop and Brighter Day Health Foods are right down at the bottom of the park, so you can grab something and then go have a picnic. When we were up at the fountain end, we saw a couple of people making palmetto frond roses. We tried to steer clear of them so we wouldn't have to buy one but in the end this guy buttonholed us and we got stuck. He gave us a good spiel with some touristy information. He also told us that palmetto fronds soaked in salt water could make a bullet proof vest, which sounded dubious. Anyway, I didn't have any change and I ended up giving him $20 for his time and the palmetto frond rose, which is still in the back of my daughter's car, aging well.

Whether you want to stroll through the park, pack a picnic, or just take in the beauty of this park in the middle of downtown I highly recommend! Beautiful fountain & area. It was neat to see the local SCAD students that were selling their unique pieces of art in the park, the nice part was they were not pushing or interactive unless you approached them, you were able to observe their art and talk to them/purchase only if desired. Very tasteful. The trees in this park are breathtaking & when we went for valentines weekend there were a decent amount of people, locals walking their dogs, students, and kids playing at the park but not overly crowded which was nice! 😊

We enjoyed our visit to Forsyth Park last week. That day, there were vendors in the park, selling fresh produce and flowers and all kinds of foods. The fountain is beautiful. The Confederate monuments provide hours of conversations with the kids: "Should we be remembering people who fought against our country?" "What were they fighting for?" Great conversation starters.