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January

Week of the 23rd

A bicycle-themed bike rack stands empty while Chanticleer is closed for the season. LR

A dwarf weeping redbud (Cercis canadensis _Covey_) is capped with snow at the edge of the Pond Garden. LR

A Japanese lantern adorns a mossy bed along a path in the Asian Woods. LR

Assistant Horticulturist Grant Hughes prunes a trumpet vine in the Ruin Garden. LR

Constructed from woven hydrangea cutbacks, a dead hedge offers an aesthetic way to recycle seasonal trimmings while creating wildlife habitat. LR

Evergreen through winter, Everillo sedge (Carex oshimensis ‘Evercolor Everillo’) borders a path near the Pond Garden. LR

Holly _Nellie R. Stevens_ is laden with luscious red berries in the Parking Lot. LR

Horticulturist and woodworker Dan Benarcik is creating a new oak bench for the garden with a Vermont slate seat. LR

In its second year, a dead hedge near the Pond Garden is accented with love grass cutbacks. LR

Non-fertile seed heads of oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia _Snowflake_) persist into the winter in the Ruin Garden. LR

Prairie dropseed in the Sporobolus Meadow lies disguised under a coat of snow. LR

Sculpted hedges are outlined by a dusting of snow in the Tennis Court Garden. LR

The architecture of deciduous trees frames a view from the icy pond in the Pond Garden toward Chanticleer House.LR

Trees are reflected in the waters of Bell_s Run. LR

Winter rye, a cool-season annual that will bloom in spring, is growing in the Serpentine. LR

Sneak Peeks on March 7th, 11th, and 14th!