March is for pruning and cleanup. Then leaves emerge, blossoms come out, and new growth springs up. Spring is our busiest and best time! We invite the community to help celebrate trees and plant new ones at our annual Arbor Day celebration.

Spring means planting and celebrating Arbor Day!

Putting the garden to bed for the winter requires  fertilizing, liming, composting, and mulching. Peak foliage explodes, trees and shrubs begin to lose leaves but a few, such as the fall blooming witch hazel, put on an autumnal show of blooms that warms a summer-grieving heart.

In late November, we install wind screens on the fencing of our more fragile trees. Wind can do more damage than low temperatures.
Snow cover also provides protection.

Winter is anything but lifeless.

"And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots down there are riotous."

-Rumi

Winter is the time for seeing under the surface: the structure, the details, the patterns...

…and the subtle beauties.