The color green can symbolize so many things, from wealth to growth to the environment. This soothing hue happens to be one of Mother Nature’s favorites, too, and you never have to look far to enjoy glorious shades of green around the world.
Here’s our nod to spring — even though it’s a little slow to arrive in some corners of the country! Enjoy green in all its glory…
Tea fields in Japan (Image: LittleGreenMartian)
Gardens of Versailles, France (Image: Guillaume Speurt used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license)

Bamboo path in Kyoto, Japan (Image: Alexander De Leon Battista used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license)

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Canada (Image: okchomeseller)

Desert dunes in Sudan (Image: bigaila)

Saxon, Switzerland (Image: magnetismus)

Rice paddy terraces near Ubad, Bali in Indonesia (Image: Jo@net)

A fern at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington (Image: brewbooks used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license)

Northern Lights, Greenland (Image: nick_russill)
(Main image: LittleGreenMartian)