Because we help the Historic Brighton organization with their website we were included in an email from a board member, my father, alerting members about the Spring explosion of color in the Edmunds Woods. The fact that the small patch of mature woods behind a row of doctors’ offices on the corner of Clinton and Westfall is virtually unnoticed by most residents makes its delivery of the goods more spectacular. I’m talking about wildflowers and they are almost all in full bloom now.
There are very few deer nearby so the flowers and undergrowth remain uneaten. The woods is made up of mature trees but you have to hurry because the the trees are full of buds and will soon snuff out the light on the undergrowth. Squirrel Corn, May Apples, Ramps or Wild Leeks, Spring Beauty, White and Red Trillium, Cut-Leaved Toothwort, Blood Root, Trout Lilies and Blue Cohosh sometimes intermingled in a glorious display. You have only a few days left to witness this.
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