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Saugus Gardens in the Spring

1 week ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerHow about that snow on Saturday morning! Maybe it was winter’s last hurrah! It was a rare opportunity to see Glory of the Snow (Scilla luciliae, formerly Chionodoxa luciliae) actually in its glory surrounded by snow! The latest spring snow I can remember was May 17, 2002, when the lilacs were in full bloom.
Saugus Gardens in the Spring

2 weeks ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerWe have plenty to celebrate this week. Tomorrow, April 12, we can enjoy this month’s full moon, often called the pink moon. It is named for a flower, not a color, and the flower it is named after is not what we now usually call pink but another low flower with pinked edges we often call rock phlox or moss phlox. Monday, April 14, is National Gardening Day.
Saugus Gardens in the Spring

3 weeks ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerAmong the birds that never left the area during the winter are herring gulls (Larus argentatus). They are the most abundant species of seagull in our coastal areas. They usually lay their eggs on offshore islands like Egg Rock (a prominent stone island in Lynn harbor that got its name not for its shape but because gull eggs could be found there).
Saugus Gardens in the Spring

4 weeks ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura Eisener‘Iron Cross’ wood sorrel (Oxalis tetraphylla ‘Iron Cross’) is one of the plants known as “Good Luck Plant” because its leaf arrangement looks like a four-leaf clover, although it is not actually related to clover. It is occasionally called pink flowering false shamrock or good luck shamrock. This species is native to Mexico.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

1 month ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerToday is Pi Day, a holiday enthusiastically observed by the Math Department at North Shore Community College, where I teach a tree care class.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

1 month ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerTomorrow – March 1 – is the first day of meteorological spring, and right on cue we seem to be enjoying warmer temperatures this week. I have seen people out walking more often now that the snowbanks have receded and the ice has melted. A little earlier I saw the first robin in my yard, and although there are often a few that winter over in town, this year I had not seen any since late fall.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

2 months ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerWhen it’s Valentine’s Day, suddenly you see hearts all over town! Some of them were there all along, and others are decorations for the holiday, and flowery sentiments abound. While admiring the snow in Saugus Center this weekend, the window display of Blown Away Hair Boutique was just one of the places adorned with hearts in the window for the holiday.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

2 months ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerFebruary has been National Bird Feeding Month since 1994. This month was chosen because it is the month that is most difficult for birds to find food, as seeds and nuts produced in the fall may have run out or are hard to access because of a snow covering.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

2 months ago | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerWe have had some very wintry looking snow on the ground for most of the last few weeks, though nothing like the winter 10 years ago, as the meteorologists keep reminding us. In the picture above – taken near Route 1 – the oaks and pines look almost like birches in the shopping plaza lights.
Saugus Gardens in the Winter

Jan 23, 2025 | advocatenews.net | Laura Eisener |Jim Mitchell

Here’s what’s blooming in town this week to make your walks more enjoyableBy Laura EisenerSingle digit temperatures in the early mornings may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is possible to enjoy nature from cozier surroundings indoors. Among the interesting houseplants that can be enjoyed year-round are air plants, which do not grow in soil. These plants are epiphytes, which means that they grow on other plants.