Lilac season: A delightful few weeks of garden splendor
Evanston RoundTable, May 24, 2023 Bitter cold winters seem to be shrinking, getting warmer and less burdened with snow, dreary as ever but a pale reflection of the fierce winters of half a century ago, which was the subject of my last column. This year’s usually splendid spring season seems to have shrunk too, a […]
When Lilacs Last
Evanston RoundTable, June 17, 2020 Now we come to the best part of the year, when the nights are crisp and cool and the days sparkle with the tender green promise of renewal and growth. It is the final breath of spring – lilac season. The flowers burst forth from their annual hibernation and glow […]