Cicely Mary Barker made a book for each season, featuring these beloved illustrated nature creatures
Who are the flower fairies
It's a day for pranks and jokes
What is April Fool's Day
The types of flowers in this famous Van Gogh painting
What are sunflowers
Roses are red, but these blooms are blue
What are violets
I'm bringing home a baby
What is bumblebee
This classic book tells the tale of a mother duck who must lead her young through the streets of Boston to find a home in the public garden
What is Make Way for Ducklings
A Christian celebration of the resurrection often marked by egg hunts and treats
What is Easter

Antonio Frilli, who sculpted this statue, called Spring, was a native of this country
What is Italy
This garden-tending lady can be quite contrary
Who is Mary
This book by E.B. White is about a spring pig who wants to live
What is Charlotte's Web
Every April 22, this day encourages people to care for our planet
What is Earth Day
Cherry-blossom Viewing in the Palace Garden in Spring is an example of a woodblock print from this country
What is Japan
Ring around the rosy with a pocket full of these
What are posies
The Beatles sing about the return of this orb after a long, cold lonely winter
What is the sun
With three dreams - to travel the world, live by the sea, and leave the world a more beautiful place, this character accomplishes the third by spreading lupine seeds throughout the state of Maine
Who is Miss Rumphius
This ancient celebration marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and summer solstice and involves dancing and flower baskets
What is May Day
This print by Millais is called Spring, but its subtitle is named after the blooms on the fruit trees
What is Apple Blossoms
Here we go round this bush on a cold and frosty morning
What is Mulberry
Mary Lennox discovers a locked, walled garden, overgrown and desperately in need of tending in this classic novel
What is the Secret Garden
A vibrant Hindu "Festival of Colors" marking the beginning of spring
What is Holi
If Monet had painted this masterpiece today, it may have been titled Woman with an Umbrella, instead of Woman with this item![]()
What is a parasol
The flower refrenced in the following rhyme:
Daffy-down-Dilly has come up to town,
In a yellow petticoat and a green gown.
What is a daffodil
It's May is a famous ode to spring from this medieval musical, based on T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King
What is Camelot