THE BRIDGE OF FLOWERS

The transition from a lush and brilliantly colorful growing season to spare garden beds always brings with it a touch of nostalgia for what's gone by. But even as our volunteers were digging out and clearing off the beds, they were also hard at work tucking in thousands of bulbs that will transform the landscape with all the welcome shades of spring: first, the tiny white snowdrops will appear and give way to the lavender and purple of the crocus, followed by the brilliant yellow and gold of daffodil heads trumpeting their arrival and the endless palette of the tulips' parade. So begins spring and the promise of much more to come . . . the reassuring cycle of nature playing out on the Bridge of Flowers.