Snow days

The Garden is cloaked with snow following the recent storm.  I saw a pair of killdeer investigating the meadow edges, with not much success finding food, as far as I could tell.  The meadow pond was striking, though, with a backdrop of trees outlined by snow.

Snow & Ice Damage

James Arnold, Garden Manager, just let me know that the snow and ice hit us hard. His staff has had to remove a lot of dead plants. They also had to drain the Hosta pond a second time (which has set back the pump repair project by several days). Most noticeable for visitors and tour guides will be the change in the Dwarf Conifer Garden, as staff had to remove many trees from the center of the garden.

I guess there's some things that none of us can control. At least the snow was pretty!