February 18, 2024
New Orleanians know how to party and do it most of the year. They don’t even need a reason. But Mardi Gras is the city’s longest party. It’s a three-month-long fĂȘte with parades of dazzling floats, their masked riders tossing … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled, Travel
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February 6, 2024
Updated 2/2024
Don’t know about you, but I tend to give gifts that I’d like for myself. For planting and pampering, here’s my pick of Valentine’s Day gifts for gardeners and plant lovers. Gift one to them and one to … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Gifts, Great Finds, Lifestyle, shopping
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December 3, 2022
For whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here’s my biggest and greatest ever holiday gift guide packed with handpicked stylish, functional, and just plain fun home and garden gifts.
Walnut Garden Scissors
Shear style with these comfortable … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Garden Design, Gifts, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lifestyle, shopping, Terrariums
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May 12, 2022
Longwood Gardens Topiary Garden. Image via Longwood Gardens.
Edward Scissorhands had nothing on the horticultural artists who painstakingly sculpt topiaries in some of North America’s most spectacular topiary gardens. Come along with us on a virtual tour to experience some … Read More...
Category: Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Garden Tourism, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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July 20, 2021
This article was updated on September 16, 2021 to include the image (above) of the nearly completed installation.
In a posthumous tribute to the environmental artist Christo who died in 2020, approximately 150 workers began wrapping the Arc de Triomphe … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Lifestyle, Travel
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