Spring has sprung

Jody Rosenbloom and Joel Kaminsky pass a blooming azalea bush on a walk around Childs Park in their Northampton neighborhood on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Manuel Santos gives the rose bushes near the Childs Park garden house in Northampton their first tending of the season on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Spring is springing at Childs Park in Northampton. Photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Manuel Santos tends rose bushes among a bed of daffodils in Childs Park in Northampton on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Spring is springing at Childs Park in Northampton. Photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

This magnolia tree in Childs Park in Northampton is heading toward full bloom, while another, just 40 feet away, was just starting to open up. Photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Blooming daffodils may soon give way to roses, planted nearby, at Childs Park in Northampton. Photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

This magnolia tree in Childs Park in Northampton is heading toward full bloom, while another, just 40 feet away, was just starting to open up. Photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING