Spring is on the way!
The first signs of spring have come to the Finger Lakes and Erie Canal. The last of the snow is melting, birds are singing, Robins have returned, daffodils and tulips have poked through the earth (which the deer are watching closely), and yesterday we spotted "Chucky" the wood chuck for the first time. Needless to say, our shovels and trimmers are sharpened and we are itching to get out and do some spring gardening. We have many plans for the gardens this year. First, we will be re-landscaping the Gazebo area. It will have the elements of a traditional Japanese Tea Garden. This will include a natural stone floor, plantings such as Japanese Maple trees. Wisteria, Azaleas, Hostas, some other colorful plants, Asian statuary and a water feature. This will all be completed by June 1st and this new garden will surely become another colorful setting for weddings and events at Vin
tage Gardens. We will be improving our Butterfly Garden. We have ordered many colorful perennial and annual flowering plants that specifically attract a wide variety of butterflies and birds.
We also plan to co-mingle our vegetable garden with many old fashioned annual flowers that will be used to brighten the indoors and our guest rooms all summer long.
With the new plantings put in the ground last year, the Rose Garden will be particularly aromatic and beautiful this season.
And last but not least, we have planted several fruit bearing trees, bushes and vines that will mature in a few years and produce lovely fruit that will be used in our gourmet breakfasts. In the meantime, we will continue to use the bounty of fruit and vegetables grown by local farmers here in the Finger Lakes region www.fingerlakesculinarybounty.org
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