Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show

These pictures are a tiny sample of those I took during my recent, (and first), visit to the Garfield Park Conservatory for the annual spring flower show. What a beautiful display! The colors and fragrance were beautiful and inspiring. This place is a jewel in the city.


Orchids


 


 I love these giant snapdragons


 

The air was sweet.


 


Stock and azalea


 


Beautiful yellow azalea


 


 Camellia


 

Spring

 

Celandine from Mom's garden


 

Snowdrops


 

Impatiens balfouri  seedlings


Crocus


A little more snow

Back to normal...(cold!)

After two days of sunshine and warmth, the cold winds and gray skies have returned. I'm trying to keep the sweet pea youngsters from getting too cold while still giving them light.


I know they don't mind cool temperatures, but surely they don't like freezing. I've been carrying them outdoors in the daytime and back in at night. This morning  I made a little tent for the containers with clear plastic to let in the light and keep out the very cold wind.


Happily, the scilla doesn't mind at all. Patience, endurance, gratitude and cheerfulness live in the garden.

Warmth and inspiration!

bBloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)


 Suddenly it's warm! The garden is joyful and beautiful. The back-yard colors inspire natural dyeing.


These silks were dyed with walnut hulls, coreopsis flowers, weld and indigo


Crocus


Violet shades from madder, lac and indigo


King Alfred Daffodils


Greens, yellow and blues from weld, coreopsis flowers and indigo


The very brave Scilla


Indigo


Warm morning sky

I'm very grateful for this rare, lovely and warm Spring day.


 

Still cold

It's still cold here without the occasional warm days. In spite of this, the brave daffodils, tulips, scilla are holding on. Some are even blooming.


Scilla


For the first time in ages, I'm growing sweet peas. Thought they are prefer cool temperatures, I don't think they'd like to be outdoors in 20 degrees and ice.


 




 

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