The Garden

Winter

The winter garden is quiet. After snowfall comes the deepest stillness of the year.
Early Spring

Spring is throwing a surprise party out in the garden. Roadside confetti of celandine poppies signals the festivities are beginning.
Late Spring

How could one six-inch-tall plant embody the profusion of mid-May? And yet it does.
Early Summer

June 2014 is greener than most, and the lushest in memory
Midsummer

In midsummer stillness, garden layers reveal themselves.
Late Summer

Wild is the late season. Plants roam, taller and wilder in their September fling.
Autumn

Days before the first frost, golden light bathes a radiant garden at ease. This is the majestic last hurrah.

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