April

Jeff Farrell

Apr 13, 2023

Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Nasturtiums

“Tis said, in summer’s evening hour Flashes the golden-colour’d flower. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge The first week of April in the hills of...

Jeff Farrell

Mar 31, 2022

A Harbinger of Hope, the Narcissus

"Narcissus triandrus alba, called angel’s tears, also lays its ears back… where it looks like a little ghost, weeping.” - Vita...

Jeff Farrell

Apr 1, 2021

Back to the Garden

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in - what more could he ask?” Victor Hugo April is a sensual month. Everything is wakening....

Jeff Farrell

Apr 1, 2020

Grounded

Grounded. There are a few definitions of the word. In this time of a pandemic we are grounded in the sense of being kept at home,

Jeff Farrell

Mar 31, 2019

Finally, Spring

“Slave to a springtime passion for the earth.”--Robert Frost, “Putting in the Seed” In the latest issue of Gardens Illustrated, there is...

Jeff Farrell

Mar 31, 2018

Where the Wild Things Are Part 2

“April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.”—Vita Sackville-West The vernal equinox occurs in March, but April feels to...

Jeff Farrell

Mar 31, 2017

Spring

April...hath put a spirit of youth in everything. William Shakespeare I hope. Here in New England, we experienced a preview of spring in...