Brookside in the Cold

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,

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Paper-bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) which I hadn’t noticed before, and

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Camellias.

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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.