Back in the early 1940's, Elizabeth Lawrence wrote "My Southern Garden," a classic that is as timely today as ever. She wrote that "In the South the progress of the season does not follow the accepted pattern of spring, summer, fall and winter. Spring, when spring should come, has already been with us at intervals throughout the winter. Summer lasts into fall and fall into winter. The garden year has no beginning and no end."

Homeowners are busily preparing for the visitors to the 2013 'Garden a Day' sponsored by The Beaufort Garden Club. This is the annual Garden a Day event first envisioned by club member Marion Leach 19 years ago. Marion, now 90, still attends every garden, every year.