Articles tagged with: May 2013
![Global Kitchen Garden](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/england_kew_garden-edibles.jpg)
If you like growing your own food, here’s an exhibit you’ll want to see, Road Trips Gardeners. (You’ll need to hop across the pond, because it’s at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, London, England — …
![Celebrate Lilacs in Ontario](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/canada_ontario_rbg_lilacs.jpg)
Heading to Ontario at the end of this month, Road Trips Gardeners?
“Celebrate Lilacs!” is set for May 25, 2013, through June 16, 2013, in the Arboretum of the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road …
![Flower of the Day: Spring Planting](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/planting.jpg)
Here’s a delightful combination of spring flowers planted in a sidewalk at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.
With both contrasting colors and heights, the selection delights the eye.
What combinations do you like to use in …
![Lilac Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/california_pinemountain_lilac.jpg)
Lilacs provide the scented backdrop for artisans, performers and musicians at the Pine Mountain Club Lilac Festival. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday (May 18 and 19, 2013) at Pine …
![Ohio’s Cherry Blossom Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cherry-blossoms2.jpg)
Cherry blossom season must come late in Barberton, Ohio, since their annual Cherry Blossom Festival doesn’t take place until May 17 through 19, 2013.
All the fun stuff — we’re talking games, food, vendors — takes …
![Shepherd Park Garden Tour](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/washDC_shepherdspark-gardentour.jpg)
The Shepherd Park Garden Tour is a self-guided walk in Shepherd Park, Colonial Village and North Portal Estates in Washington, D.C.
The ninth annual tour takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. May 19, 2013. Tickets …
![Spokane Lilac Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/washington_spokane_lilac.jpg)
Did you know that Spokane, Washington’s official nickname is the “Lilac City”? That’s probably the reason they schedule a Lilac Festival, which is celebrating its 75th year this week.
One can only assume that …
![Today is Lilac Sunday](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/massachusetts_boston_liliac-sunday.jpg)
The second Sunday in May every year is “Lilac Sunday” at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, Boston, Massachusetts (map).
Probably because the second Sunday in May also is Mothers’ Day, it’s the only …
![Flower of the Day: Tulip](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/illinois_tulips_200.jpg)
One of the fascinating things about tulips is the wide variety of colors and markings available.
These tulips were growing in the woodland surrounding the Graue Mill in Oak Brook, Illinois, this May.
Who planted them?
You can …
![Apple Blossom Festival](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/apple-blossoms.jpg)
The flowering beauty of the apple tree is celebrated during the annual Apple Blossom Festival to be held May 16 through 19, 2013, in Williamson, New York (map).
A community festival, it has all the essentials …