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Hernshead is a miniature woodland landscape overlooking the Lake. The name is derived from the shape of the prominent bedrock outcrop that punctuates the end of this small peninsula. To Olmsted and Vaux, its shape resembled the head of a heron (hern, in its British translation). Olmsted lavished horticultural attention on this site, first with a grove of London Planetrees and then with a variety of herbaceous plants and shrubs. Hernshead is planted with seasonal flowers and aquatic plantings. Spring is Hernshead's season with blooming azaleas, Virginia bluebells, Dutchman's breeches, and daffodils. Violets add diminutive dots of color amid the unfurling fern fronds. Most striking of all, in late June, is the copse of flowering white Mountain Laurel � a rare sight in Central Park. Hernshead was restored by the Central park Conservancy in 1988.

Hernshead, a promontory that juts out into The Lake, is named after what must have once been the shape of a �hernᦙ...

Jessica Jenney photographs the natural world with an emphasis on intimate landscapes with a romantic flair. The idyllic beauty of Jessica's ethereal floral and landscape images transcends time and place. Jessica's painterly treatment of her photographs creates tranquil and bucolic scenes reminiscent of the Romantic era painters. Jessica also has a passion for capturing features of New York City including its architecture in monochromatic tones. This is in sharp contrast to her nature photography. Her black-and-white photographs of New York City's architecture present a poignant beauty of this grand city with all of its feats of engineering and beautiful buildings. Jessica has a sensitive eye for detail, helping her to compellingly and...