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If there’s one place to be for a beautiful bloom-filled spring, it’s here. Five buzzy locals share how they know spring is back for good. —Melissa Howsam
The sign that tha hatt spring spri sp r ng g has really and truly arrived for me is when our native redbuds start blooming in i earnest. Every year I make a point i t off driving d i i westt on I-40 I to t experience the glorious gauntlet of redbuds that line the road just outside of Winston-Salem. I wonder how the other drivers manage to keep their eyes on the road?” -Mark Weathington director, JC Raulston Arboretum
We gardeners and farmers can feel the natural change in the weather. Moist air, birds romancing and those longer days all tell us: we got this.” -Helen Yoest Raleigh City Farm Advisory Council member; garden writer; founder of Bee Better Naturally 48 | WALTER
I know it's spring when bluebird mates prepare their nests; when daffodils, Lenten roses and japonica camellias burst into bloom; when the blossoms of star and tulip magnolia and a wide variety of fruit trees dazzle us with masses of color along their branches... and then blanket the Earth with their pastel petals, freed from their perches by spring breezes and rains.” -Vicki Corporon president, Raleigh Garden Club
We know We know w it's itt's spring sp prrin ing when when wh n the the he Earth E Ea artth begins begi be gin nss to to wake wake wa ke back bac ack up p from fro om its slumberr and a d the bees start sta tart ta rt buzzbuz uzzzing! It’s an incredibly i dibl special i l time tiime off year ear for for Bee Bee Downtown Do nto n because it means we once again have the privilege and honor of spending days outside with our bees, enjoying all the gifts Mother Nature has to offer.” -Leigh-Kathryn Bonner founder/CEO, Bee Downtown
I know it is finally spring when the magnificent cardinal perches outside my kitchen window to sing a beautiful song, the tiny crocus peeps out of the ground to say hello, the fussy daphne perfumes the whole yard... and the tax man cometh on April 15.” -Rufus Edmisten co-host, WPTF Weekend Gardener
