Daffodil Hill

Thousands of trumpet daffodils transform the slope of the hill adjacent to Magnolia Plaza into a mass of blazing yellows and golds in late March and early April. Several varieties are planted, most notably Narcissus ‘Spelbinder’ which displays bright yellow and white blooms as well as Narcissus ‘King Alfred’, the largest of all the trumpet daffodils.

Anne O’Neill

Anne's love of gardening began at the age of three, when she tended her own "secret garden," behind the wall of her mother's garden in Carlow, Ireland. There she first grew English primroses and violas, and her mother wisely allowed the lupines and snowball viburnums surrounding the area to be "shared plants." In pursuit of her passion, rooted in this first young experience with plants, she later earned a bachelor's degree in commerce with a concentration in horticulture from University College Dublin. Anne strongly believes that public gardens are a necessary resource for people because they fulfill a human need on so many levels, including cultural, aesthetic, scientific, emotional, and spiritual ones.