May 18 lends itself beautifully to the idea of the garden as a keeper of memory. Some dates in the
May 17 belongs to the quieter labor of late spring. By now, the garden is not asking whether the season
May 16 feels like a day of movement in the garden. By now, spring is no longer tentative. The season
May 15 carries one of spring’s most intriguing aftertones. The better-known Ice Saints may have already passed, but in many
May 14 belongs to Boniface, the last of the three best-known Ice Saints, and in the Garden Almanac it carries
May 13 belongs to Servatius, the second of the Ice Saints, and in the Garden Almanac it carries one of
May 12 marks one of the most practical caution-points in the spring almanac. With Pancras, the first of the well-known
May 11 is one of the most useful cautionary dates in the spring almanac. By this point the season can
May 10 is a perfect day in the almanac for looking upward. By now, the garden is no longer only
May 9 belongs beautifully to lilac. By this point in spring, few shrubs express the season with such clarity: not