Day 3: Hidden Holly

As I was walking home from work today during a break in the rain, I spied a hidden holly plant sprouting unexpectedly behind the thin metal bars of a little courtyard just outside the parking garage that borders the alley between J and K Streets on 12th Street in downtown Sac. 

I love finding those surprising pockets of natural growth amongst all of the typical downtown "built environment."  Sacramento is known as the City of Trees, and yet so many other types of greenery and flowers soften the harsh cityscape and complement the amazing tree canopy, through every season and time of year.