April 23, 2024
Diana Robinson, Flickr, Licensed by Creative Commons.
Contemplating tulips conjures images of Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, and blue Delft pottery, which makes sense because the Netherlands produces 90 percent of the world’s tulips–4.3 billion tulip bulbs annually on about 27,182 … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Travel
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April 10, 2024
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In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transient nature of life, a reflection of the Buddhist concept known as “mono no aware,” which recognizes that there is both beauty and mortality in life.
For most of Japan, including Tokyo, … Read More...
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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 fête with parades of dazzling floats, their masked riders tossing … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled, Travel
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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...
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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...
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