{"id":1969,"date":"2022-02-24T21:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T02:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laguardiacornergarden.org\/wp\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2022-02-24T21:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T02:25:56","slug":"a-little-sign-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laguardiacornergarden.org\/wp\/a-little-sign-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"A little sign of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have some good news to report: This year, we will be open to the public again almost like before this terrible pandemic. Beginning in April (and a little depending on the weather), we will resume our regular open hours on weekend afternoons. During this time, a gardener will be there to talk with and answer questions. At other times, the gate may be open and visitors are very welcome to walk around or sit down for a little while. We missed our guests from the neighborhood, the rest of New York and all over the world so much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also, even though there is again snow in the forecast for tonight, the warm days during the last weeks have coaxed some early spring flowers out of hibernation. Above are the bright yellow winter aconites. And of course, there are snow drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first of the lenten roses are also opening now. These hellebores are hybrids of the species Helleborus orientalis<\/em> and come in a variety of beautiful colors from cream-white to dark red. There is also a pure white hellebore, the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), <\/em>but this kind blooms in the dead of winter and is already past its prime in February. The lenten roses that bloom now were welcomed by neighborhood honey bees last week, when it was warm enough for some worker bees to leave their hive and forage for fresh nectar and pollen.
Soon, there will be more flowers to be enjoyed by both insect and human visitors of our garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n