See the slideshow below for a preview of spring wildflowers. (Please be patient, it can take a little time to load.)

Now that spring is in the air, we can finally get outside and get a dose of the best medicine around. Nature! Right now, you can experience the solitude of nature and find delight in its whimsical surprises and creations, like the otherworldly skunk cabbage that generates its own heat to melt the late-winter snow. (Learn about where to find it.) Beginning in April, Chicago nature will put on a show in the muddy bottoms of some woodlands, with the emergence of marsh marigolds. Soon after, the diminutive wildflowers will perform, like spring beauty, cutleaf toothwort, and Dutchman’s breeches. And as the month ends, a flourish as endless expanses of Virginia bluebells fill the woodlands with a fragrance that I can only describe as Chanel’s version of Froot Loops cereal. And this is just the first month of spring. See the slideshow below for a preview of spring wildflowers.

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In the meantime, here’s an interactive slideshow (which takes a few seconds to download) that foretells a beautiful future for us all: