Emily's Garden

To view portraits of spring wildflowers familiar to the great poet Emily Dickinson, please click here.

Spring

Notes on the coming of spring in the Upper Delaware River Valley.

February 23 — Insect Stirrings March 1 — First Redwings; River Ice Early March — Skunk Cabbage Flowers March 14 — Ice Meadows March 24 — First Crocuses; Wood Frogs Late March — Crocus Lore Early April — Skunk Cabbage Leaves April 10 — Red Maple and Draba verna Mid April — American Elm Flower Late April — Spring Peepers; Wood Frog Eggs May 2 — Snapping Turtle; American Shad May 9 — Red-spotted Newts The large butterfly (top) is by Tiffany, a 2nd grader in Hamlin, PA

Mid June Mid May — Stray Fox Pups Mid May — Luna Moth May 31 -- Dragonfly Visitor June 4 -- First Monarch Mid June -- Oxeye Daisies