We had some very warm weather at the end of March and the garden was a mass of colour.

Azaleas enjoying the sunshine in a

friend's garden at the end of March

Rhubarb starting to grow in early spring. I like to make rhubarb crumbles - I add a little chopped ginger root to the fruit. Orange juice and peel is also good. Or maybe mix with some strawberries or raspberries

Spring pots and baskets on the patio table

Mahonia flowering in the front garden

Blue hyacinths

A beautiful early spring clematis I saw on a walk

Red camellia growing in front of our landing window

The Thrive Herb Garden in Battersea Park. Thrive is a charity which uses gardening to change the lives of disabled people.

http://www.thrive.org.uk/about-thrive.aspx