First Walk of the Season – 5/3/14

Uncategorized 04/28/2014 1 Comment

 Another sign that spring is here!  I did a copy and paste but I have to confess that my alignment doesn’t look as good as Michael’s does on the website.  If you wish to see the best version, go to the website listed at the bottom of the page. – Lil

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Vernal Pool Walk at Distant Hill
Compost Condo

Distant Hill Gardens will be hosting a Vernal Pool walk Saturday, May 3rd, from 10 am to noon, led by Jeff Littleton, of Moosewood Ecological and an adjunct professor at Antioch New England.

On this easy to moderate walk, we will be exploring a number of these unique wetlands. You will get to examine the eggs of two species of Mole Salamander, (the Spotted Salamander and the Jefferson Salamander), eggs of the Wood Frog, and with any luck the hard to find Fairy Shrimp.
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‘Daffodil Hill’ overlooking the pond at Distant Hill Gardens.

The walk is the first event of the 2014 ‘Open Garden Saturdays’ Season at Distant Hill Gardens. The 58-acre property will be open to the public on the first Saturday of each month in 2014, May thru October, from 9 am to 4 pm.

Come and explore the Cultivated Gardens this coming Saturday. It is still a bit early in the season for many of the flowering plants, but ‘Daffodil Hill’ should be in full bloom by then, along with a number of other spring Flowering Shrubs and Bulbs.
Yellow Twig Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Flaviramea

Yellow Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’)
Lucile s Glory-of-the-Snow Chionodoxa luciliae Pink Giant

Lucile’s Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa luciliae ‘Pink Giant’)
Cornelian Cherry Flowers

Cornelian Cherry (Cornus Mas)

And some of the early spring Native Wildflowers in the woods of Distant Hill Gardens should be starting to show themselves by the weekend. Plants like the beautiful Painted Trillium, Red Trillium and Dwarf Ginseng, and the earliest native spring flowering shrub at Distant Hill, the American Fly Honeysuckle.
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Visit www.distanthillgardens.org for more information and Directions

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    mnerrie 04/28/2014 at 12:25 PM Reply

    Thanks for posting our event on the Walpolean, Lil…and your cut-and-paste layout looks just fine!

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