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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September 18, 2019
Image via @LexiBella, Instagram.
From New York City to Berlin and beyond, artists take to the streets to claim unsanctioned public spaces to communicate statements about heated political and social issues, often impassioned pleas to the masses for action about … Read More...
Category: Education & Tours, Green & Sustainable, Greening
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February 13, 2019
Azaleas in bloom. Photo via Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
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South Carolina’s Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is home to the oldest restored gardens in America with some areas of the property more than 325 years old. Under the ownership … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Travel
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September 30, 2018

You won’t accidentally stumble onto Gibbons Rent, a tiny narrow cut-through between Magdalen and Bermondsey Streets in London SE1. Tucked away in the shadow of the towering spire-like skyscraper known as The Shard and close to the busy London Bridge … Read More...
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September 29, 2018

Gideon Verdin-Williams, one of the founders of Guns Down Miltown, had just attended the vigil for Jakari Wright whose father had shot and killed him following a disagreement about cleaning his room.

“I’ve been affected by gun violence directly and … Read More...
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