When it comes to spring blooms, you may have started noticing cherry trees, daffodils, and magnolias. But according to Karen Daubmann, director of Garden and Programs for Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Wellesley, there’s plenty more to come.
Daubmann recently spoke with GBH’s Morning Edition to talk all about when and where to bookmark for some flowering experiences locally. Here are four of her suggestions.
The Garden at Elm Bank
Daubmann said in Wellesley, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society plants more than 75,000 tulip bulbs for Tulip Mania. “Visitors come and we’ve got some really cool patterns and layouts in the trial garden,” she said.
Visitors also get to take five stems home with them to plant in their own gardens. The society will also be planting sunflower seeds for the summer season.
Find the Garden at Elm Bank at 900 Washington St.,
Wellesley 02482.
Parsons Reserve
Daubmann said the recreation area, also known as Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, has a trail in the woods that is full of daffodils.
“So it’s a place where a lot of people go and take their pictures and wander around, and there’s some great little country stores near there and other nurseries,” she said. “So it is a little South Coast epicenter of really wonderful spring goodness.”
You can find the reserve at 50 Horseneck Road
in Dartmouth, 02748.
South Coast/Rhode Island
Daubmann said it’s a wonderful time of year to check out spring plant sales — including at local garden clubs.
“It’s a really interesting way to buy plants because all these nerdy plant people that belong to garden clubs divide stuff from their own gardens and pot it up and then sell it so you can get some really interesting things,” she said.
She also highlighted public gardens, like the Bradley Estate in Canton, pick your own tulip locations in Hanover, and Wicked Tulips in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Heritage Gardens
“They’re just starting to get opened up for the season,” Daubmann said. “They have a really wonderful accredited hydrangea collection.”
While not all plants are in bloom there just yet, she cited the location as a place to “see everything in one place to see which ones you like” for home gardening and planting.
The gardens can be found at 67 Grove St. in Sandwich, 02563.
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