Waking up in Winter
Yesterday was brilliantly sunny and lured me into a walk to The Greenway Fort Point Channel gardens. The Galanthus, (snowdrops) are mid bloom, and the Hamamelis (witch hazel) are looking wonderful – almost at peak bloom. The Hamamalis are doing their best to pick up where last year’s aerial sculpture by Janet Echelman left off […]
Narcissus and early Tulips Blooming
The early round of narcissus and tulips are blooming in the Fort Point Channel Parks. My very favorite Tulipa praestans ‘Shogun’ has started blooming under the maple allee, near the corner of Oliver and Purchase streets. This wonderful multi flowering wild tulip, opens in a range of sunset yellows and rich, but gentle oranges […]
Spring Equinox is here
The Greenway is thawing out! Today’s current temperature of 41 degrees is a great improvement from Monday’s chilly high of 26. The Spring Equinox marks the moment when the day and night are of equal length – giving us a full 12 hours of daylight today. From now until the Summer Solstice in June the […]
The Earliest Flowers
They are not in evidence yet but I am waiting and watching for these – the earliest of spring blooms. As the days lengthen, and the temperature warms, (and Monday’s new snow melts), these flowers will start blooming in all the parks in the Greenway. Gold and yellow crocus in the lawns, white snowdrops tucked […]
