Sherwood Gardens

in Garden Focus by Britt — May 3, 2011 at 11:43 am | 1 comment

Each year some 80,000 tulip bulbs burst into one of Baltimore’s finest Spring events and all in a lovely little six acre residential park called Sherwood Gardens.  I visited a couple of weeks ago and found peak was still a week or two away.  Now would be the time to go if you haven’t yet!

The famed Olmsted Brothers originally designed the garden space for one of the park’s surrounding residents.  It was in the 1920′s that 1920′s John W. Sherwood began planing imported tulips from the Netherlands.

I was lucky enough to go share my photographic experience with photographer Eileen Ryan who also on the Photo Editors for USA Today.

We were both amazed at the sheer amount of tulips that had both bloomed and were still to come!

Even after the tulips have faded there are still treats to be had!  According the garden’s,

The tulip bulbs are removed from Sherwood Gardens beds at the end of each blooming season to be replaced by new bulbs for the next spring bloom. At the end of May each year, always the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend starting at 7:00 AM the tulip bulbs are available to be dug and purchased for a nominal cost of 30 cents per bulb. Participants should bring a shovel or spade and a bag for their bulbs.

This year, the tulip dig will be on Saturday, May 28.

For even more photographs visit : http://www.guilfordassociation.org/sherwood/photos.php

For directions visit: http://www.guilfordassociation.org/sherwood/location.php

For more information go straight to the source : http://www.guilfordassociation.org/sherwood/

‘Til Tomorrow,

Britt : )

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