The Olde Stone Quarry

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens These late days of March are supposed to be the lamb. But sometimes, when the sky rages, they can be the lion. Welcome cleansing gusts. So much can change with the wind.  Today started drab and drizzly. But then the wind picked up. The sky cleared. And suddenly, there was blue in the sky. Remnants of clouds, fluffy and white, brought out the Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, just now beginning to bloom. They are welcome harbingers of all the spring shrubs that will soon bear flowers. Such pristene white. Such perfect stars. All the more welcome on this bracing, gusty day.

These early days of Spring, so much can change in a day. Hellebores in the Birch Tree Allee To keep us all connected, this temporary blog will be a place where we can share pictures and stories from the garden we all love, but that many of us cannot be in for the time being. Horticulture staff will add pictures and updates as we can. And perhaps as time goes on we can add pictures of what people may be working on in their gardens at home. Forsythia and Yoshino Cherry, just starting to bloom on a cloudy spring day Looking forward to the day when we can all be in the garden again, soon! Freshly pruned Mackintosh apple trees in the Great Garden.