Spring

It can begin in late March, with a faint haze of color high in the treetops and the earliest bulbs nudging up from the ground, but it’s in April that Spring truly takes off. Every day reveals something new as plants respond to the lengthening daylight, regardless of the typical wild swings in the weather. Trees and shrubs start to bloom and the early flowers draw in bees—and humans—eager for their first shot of color and fragrance. By May the stream of new arrivals has become a flood, the tree canopy is filling in, and grass is thick and soft. The first weeks of June are a race to Spring’s climax at the summer solstice: June 20th, the longest day of the year and the official start of Summer.