Seasonal Interests

  What is your favorite season?  

     With each season, 365 1/4 days of the year, Birdsong Pleasure Garden is lovely.

     Spring   We await the early bloomers such as bloodroot, Virginia bluebells, hepatica, Mayapple, foam flower, eranthis, hellebores, and crocus, as well as the

return of migrating birds.

     April  The perennial beds are covered with bursts of flowering bulbs.  The fruit

trees are blooming and ready to be pollinated.  The fragrance of spring fills the air,  

and birds are busy preparing their nests.

     May and June are a parade of every color of the spectrum; the greenest greens abound, and each flower draws the pollinator's attention with its color and fragrance.

     Summer settles back into a regular rhythm of warm season blooms.  The vegetable garden is producing.   Summer is a time of continual maintenance and harvesting.   

Bees, butterflies, birds, and other critters are found throughout the garden.

     Fall's color palette is gorgeous with deep reds, bright yellows, warm greens and browns that cover the landscape in every direction.  The blue of September's skies are bountiful, and a sense of winter's arrival surrounds us.

     Winter   A time of rest for the plants, for us, and an opportunity to see the hundreds of birds at the feeders.      Hellebore, snowdrops, and wintersweet do bloom in the winter months.   The winter veggie coldframe is filled with lettuce, kale, and spinach.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024 

Thank you so much for sharing your gardens and giving us the opportunity to learn and be inspired by your love of plants and their ecosystems.

We had a great time and look forward to coming back!
Warmly,
Josh and Maura