Saturday is a great shopping day in Greensboro. The above photo is of some hellebores that we wish we’d purchased last weekend at the Yanceyville Curb Market. Hellebores help make gardening a four-season venture as they bloom late winter and early spring, when other plants are still dormant. They are great for brightening up the gray winter days. Behind the plants, you see other market-goers enjoying the fruits of the market.

In addition to being available at the Yanceyville Curb Market, hellebores are available at Gethsemane Gardens, located on NC-150 near Northern Elementary School. Gethsemane is often at the Yanceyville Market; and, we’re pretty sure that they were the ones selling the above beauties. The plants were very healthy and the colors were exquisite. Gethsemane’s  main farm is 30 acres and our friends who have visited say it is lovely. We think we’ll call Gethsemane to see if we can arrange a tour– and maybe purchase the hellebores that we regretted not buying last weekend. One question we’ll ask is if deer eat them. If so, we’ll have to pass as that would be one expensive snack!

For now, we’ll enjoy the hellebores in urban gardens of our friends. Today is ABC Wednesday and “H” , in our A-Z Urban Finds series, is for hellebores.