Brookside in the Cold
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Last week I was at Brookside Gardens for their annual all-volunteer training. I got there a few minutes early to see the witch hazel in bloom. It was a very cold and blustery morning, so I only went to one location where I knew there were trees. One seemed a little past full bloom….another still had a lot of the streamers on its flowers!
But – there were other things in bloom too in the same area! There was winter jasmine,
Paper-bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) which I hadn’t noticed before, and
Camellias.
The camellias prompted me to walk over to the Children’s Garden. It was empty of children (early and cold) but it was evident that it would be a fun place for children to visit in warmer times.
And then I made a brisk walk around to the front of the visitor center to get warm and enjoy the training session.
