It may be cold and snowy outside, but spring is just around the corner. Well, at least it’s down the block! It’s time to start planning your spring jaunts, Road Trips Gardeners.

How about flowering trees for a start? The 61st annual Dogwood Festival in the Lake of the Ozarks region of Missouri will take place April 14 through 17, 2011, in and around Camdenton, Missouri.

For details on everything to see and do in this part of Central Missouri, go online.

(Photo courtesy of Camdenton’s Dogwood Festival)