Karen Carmichael - Photo 2 - Brookside Gardens Spring Display, March 9, 2010

Montgomery College student Marian Kim photographs a dwarf powder puff tree from South America in the Brookside Gardens Conservatory in Wheaton, Maryland, on March 9, 2010. The gardens' Spring Zing event showcased early spring and tropical flowers such as snapdragons, orchids, and birds of paradise. (UMD Photo/Karen Carmichael)

Greenhouse Technician Cheryl Beagle waters the plants in the Butterfly House of Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland, on March 9, 2010. The plants are grown in a propagation greenhouse and brought to the conservatory at peak bloom, she said. (UMD Photo/Karen Carmichael)

Two-year-old Angela Giller of Wheaton runs past a bird's nest fern in the Brookside Gardens Conservatory in Wheaton, Maryland on March 9, 2010. The gardens' Spring Zing event attracted many families and Angela visited with her mother, Kirolina Giller, and 8-month-old sister Virginia. (UMD Photo/Karen Carmichael)