{"id":5278,"date":"2015-04-27T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:46:25","slug":"take-5-native-spring-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-native-spring-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Native Spring Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are finally greening up. Some of our beautiful native blooms have emerged, and more are on their way. To celebrate, here are five flower portraits from past editions of our Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2010<\/a>

Bloodroot, 2010 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Greg Pronevitz<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

Marsh Marigold, 2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jennifer Garrett<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2010<\/a>

Round-lobed Hepatica, 2010 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Chris Buelow<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

Dutchman’s Breeches, 2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Dorrie Holmes<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

Red Trillium (Stinking Benjamin), 2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Tom Walsh<\/p><\/div>\n

Have a great shot of your own? Enter our 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things are finally greening up. Some of our beautiful native blooms have emerged, and more are on their way. To celebrate, here are five flower portraits from past editions of our Photo Contest. Have a great shot of your own? Enter our 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1n8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":5278,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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