... walking the cowpath from the hay barn, January. Blue hour near the garage, early February.Prayer shack from the lilac thicket, March.Early spring pansy on the fire escape, New York City, April.Hellebores at St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church, New York City, April.Species tulips and grape hyacinths on West 11th Street, New York City, April.Spring in Abingdon Square Park, New York City, ...

... color. In woodland areas, try growing cyclamen around the base of the trees for the off-season charm of their little winged flowers, and let spring come early with the blooming of evergreen hellebores. Another care-free plant that provides colour in cold winter gardens is mahonia. Evergreen leatherleaf mahonia is a mainstay in many gardens with mild winters, both because it holds its foliage ...

... particular feature. However, there's plenty of ground-cover interest. I'd forgotten how good the pictured Arum italicum is at this time of the year and there were plenty of Hellebores already in flower as well as the last remains of the Cyclamen and various Colchicum. In the spring they'll be joined by thousands of bulbs in the Yellow Meadow (Daffodils, Iris and Crocus), the Bluebell ...

... on the final project of our C3 workshops. I have one more small item to complete to pass, but the Christmas swag just needed to be put together, we learned how to make these gigantic poppies, hellebores and monkey tail ferns as well as the pears and apples. Lots of glitter in this project. The ferns and filler are preserved greens which is very messy, but gives it a more realistic look and ...