New fountain, a gazing ball and some new solar lights - the garden's supporting cast members, are preparung for their curtain call for the 2017 season.
Getting the 2017 Garden’s Supporting Cast Ready for Action
Hellebore a go-go
It's been a good spring for my hellebores.
Community Gardening… there’s an App for that
Gardening season is here . . . flowers are just starting to peek out in the northernmost climes, and gardeners in other parts of the country are already enjoying spring peas, asparagus, and the colorful sight of tulips and daffodils. Every day, all year long, gardeners across the United States sketch plans, pore over seed […] …
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The first flower of spring
Lovely crocus greeted me today, ushering in the official gardening season.
Definitive Signs of Spring
Nature - life, finds a way. How true a statement that is indeed. Despite the snow surrounding the tender shoots, daffodils are triumphantly sprouting towards the glorious spring sunshine, unabated and unabashed. Another month and they'll be fading away, allowing the peonies to step into their deserved late spring spotlight.
Lichen Post — The Lantern Room
Interesting lichen grows on a post which has split in the middle. T’was a lovely bright warm Spring-feeling day today; perfect for a pleasant walk. Plenty of little clumps of snowdrops around, along with the promise of daffs – plus lots of bird activity. via Lichen Post — The Lantern Room
BBC News: Database helps plant ‘right tree for the right place’
Database helps plant 'right tree for the right place' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37980832 Need to protect, and propagate our urban canopy.
Late Fall Splendour: transitions of colour
BBC News: Australians mourn tree that ‘failed’ university students
Australians mourn tree that 'failed' university students - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37819712 The power that our natural world has over our every day life should never be underestimated.
Fall Garden Colour
The colours of the leaves are complemented by some lovely late-flowering beauty in my Fall Garden.
The Northern Herper 
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