The rain this week was quite a gift to gardens and gardeners—the first significant rainfall since last June! Now that the sun is back, come see what the May showers brought!
Lilac
Happy Earth Day! The Gardens are a feast of color, scent, and general delight, so get out into them if you can.
Kerria
This time of year—well always, really—I have my eye out for unique and interesting items that I might want to add to my own garden—there is always room for one more! Here are a few I found this week:
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Feeling a bit whiny about the cool, grey, rainy weather? Tired of bundling up every morning? Just remember, this kind of weather prolongs the gorgeous spring we are enjoying. Once it gets hot, the pink and white trees will turn green, and a bit of the magic will be gone. So enjoy!
Magnolia Buds
Some people coming to the Gardens this time of year are disappointed, because everything on our grounds is “dead.” (Perhaps they expect that we are located in a different climate from their own backyards?) Of course, our Gardens are not dead at all, merely dormant, lying in wait for an extended stretch of longer, warmer days before they spring forth again. If you look carefully, you can see this burgeoning life everywhere.
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This past couple of weeks while wandering the Gardens and around Denver it seems that there is another fantastic scent greeting my nose around every corner. The cool spring seems to have slowed down the early blooming shrubs and now we have a profusion of flowers that are lasting longer than usual with the cooler temperatures that keep hitting every week (usually with a few snow flakes) helping to keep the flowers lingering.
At the Gardens, lilacs are just starting to bloom, with their sweet scent wafting throughout the Lilac Garden. And while we’re in the Lilac Garden, you cannot forget to kneel down and
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