Promise of Spring
by Sharon Williams Eng
Title
Promise of Spring
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I came across this unusually gnarled tree contrasting with the dainty daffodils while walking in Reynolda Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (NC). Early March means the daffodils are blooming, promising spring is close at hand.
Reynolda Garden is located adjacent to the Reynolda campus of Wake Forest University and the Reynolda House.
The gardens were originally part of a large country estate and farm created by tobacco magnate R. J. Reynolds and his wife Katharine Smith Reynolds between 1906 and 1923. After the death of Mrs. Reynolds in 1924, most of the property was gradually sold or given away, including a gift of 300 acres to Wake Forest College in the late 1940s for its Winston-Salem campus. In a series of gifts from 1958 to 1962, their daughter Mary Reynolds Babcock established Reynolda Gardens by donating its property to the college. The entire property also includes a 3/4-mile woodland trail, as well as a slightly longer perimeter trail (1.5 miles).
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March 9th, 2024
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