Senior girls from local High Schools compete for the title of the Mountain Laurel Princess. Several crossings of the Susquehanna were needed to avoid thickets of mountain laurel bushes here. New Britain is also home to the Mountain Laurel Sudbury School. Notable flowering shrubs include rhododendron, flame azalea, and mountain laurel. Mountain Laurel Montessori School is in nearby Front Royal. The lake is surrounded by stands of mountain laurel, sheep laurel, and Cunila origanoides. In Alabama there are more than 150 shrubs, including mountain laurel and rhododendron. Many different wood species were used including willow, hickory, mountain laurel, and Alaska cedar. Eames Pond, waterfalls and mill chutes as well as abundant azaleas, rhododendrons, and mountain laurel. Shrubs include mountain laurel and witch-hazel. In the late spring, the river is lined with blooming pink and white mountain laurel. Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. When the mountain laurel blooms in June it makes for a very scenic hike. The park also includes wild blueberries, cranberries, mountain laurel, heathers, mayflower, and wintergreen. The school colors are derived from the mountain laurel and are forest green and purple.