May 2, 2014

The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. With heavy rain mid-week, prime viewing may have been made shorter.

The public retreat, a tract once owned by A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, was the creation of John Sherwood in the 1920s.

His work continues through Stratford Green, which plants 80,000 tulip bulbs per year and maintains the six-acre garden. On the morning of May 24, people can participate in the Tulip Dig and purchase this year’s bulbs. The proceeds benefit the historic gardens.

: The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. The public retreat, a tract once owned by A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, was the creation of John Sherwood in the 1920s. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Fringed Rhapsody tulips in Sherwood gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: A K73 tulip in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The pistil and stamen of a tulip in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: JoAnn Miller, of Odenton, photographs Fringed Rhapsody tulips in Sherwood gardens, The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Morning light illuminates the translucent tulip petals in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. The public retreat, a tract once owned by A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, was the creation of John Sherwood in the 1920s. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Fringed Rhapsody tulips in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Tulip in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. The public retreat, a tract once owned by A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, was the creation of John Sherwood in the 1920s. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Ballade tulips in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: A tulip in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Thanavat Junchaya photographs himself and his wife, Penporn Junchaya, in Sherwood Gardens among the trees and tulip beds. They live in Falls Church, Va., and have traveled to many areas in the region to see spring flowers and flowering trees. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Esther RIchardson, of Federal Hill, and her children, Hudson Faustin, 15 months, and Sophia Faustin, 2, enjoy a Friday afternoon among the tulip beds in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Golden Emperor tulips in Sherwood Gardens. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The last week in April is typically when the tulip beds at Sherwood Gardens are in full bloom. The public retreat, a tract once owned by A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, was the creation of John Sherwood in the 1920s. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)