First Blooms

After a brutal winter, spring hadn't fully come to the Garden. It snowed the week before and the week after. But still there was much to appreciate.

All the daffodils and snowdrops; and a few crocuses were showing...




The Japanese garden islands, leafless and lovely.


An interesting exposure of some fish under the zig-zag evil-spirit-proof bridge...



Greenflowers in the greenhouse.


And more showy colors too...





(Chicago Botanic Garden - 4/18/09)