Article: Arts and flowers - Gardner museum leaps early into brighter season.(Arts and Lifestyle)

For those who love gardening, the month March can be a big tease. Cabin fever has set in, but it's still too early to get your hands dirty with much outdoor work.

This is the month to start seeds under lights and dream of transplanting seedlings later. And the New England Spring Flower Show, opening at the Bayside Expo Center Saturday, offers flower lovers the chance to view a living catalog of plants in bloom.

What if you don't wish to brave the flower show crowds to get your breath of spring?

The answer is the courtyard garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Located in an Italianate mansion in the Fenway, "the courtyard is a ...

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