The honeybees of Rock Point are thriving. They seem to dance in the late fall sunshine, the nearby gardens alive with them.

Fallen leaves are everywhere right now, providing a lively burst of color and a satisfying crunch underfoot-- a grand finale to the foliated season.

Tyler Pastorok, Land Steward & Educator at Rock Point Commons In our most recent session of Reading Rock Point, we spent the day learning all about trees. We asked questions like “What is a tree?”, “What are the parts of a tree?”, and “Which tree is this?” We spent a lot of time on that last question, building a foundation for tree identification skills. The day can be a bit of a firehose of information. On a short walk through Rock Point, you’ll easily encounter more than 30

photos and writing by Lorna Dielentheis, local naturalist & contributing author Spring is a season of temporality. Vernal pools, migrating birds, and budding branches together form a fleeting beauty. Formerly quiet nights are enlivened by a cacophony of singing frogs. But perhaps the most delightful sign of spring is the emergence of ephemeral wildflowers. large white trillium at Rock Point, photographed by land steward Tyler Pastorok Spring ephemerals are aptly named: their