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MODERNIST DELIGHT: THE DECORDOVA MUSEUM
Nestled in Lincoln, MA, one of Boston's quietest most rural-feeling (though not actually rural) suburbs, the Decordova museum and sculpture park brings contemporary outdoor art to New England....
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Weekly Wanderlust: Le Riad Jasmine – Marrakech, Morocco
I've got to scratch an itch - my travel itch. Lately, my town seems too small and my whole world is just a little too familiar. My desperation for a little excitement and intrigue is going to get...
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Fall Favorites: 3 New Plants To Look For in 2017
It goes with the territory that get to try out lots of new plants. Most are nice - but if they can't pass muster then they don't stand a chance of getting a write up here. Definition of Passing...
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Show Me A Movement
I am very excited to welcome a guest here today. Linda Bilsens is the Community Composting Manager at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and earlier this year, Michelle Obama paid a surprise visit...
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Daily Garden: OsterGRO – An Urban Rooftop Farm in Denmark
The simple fact that such a bounty can come from a pile of dirt on top a building inspires me to no end. Gardening is most certainly a science and a chore and a thing that with practice, experience...
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Daily Garden: My Green Passion’s Austrian Autumn Garden
My plants have just about passed on for the season. The last of the leaves are strew across the lawn with only a couple still hanging on. I rarely feel sad about this as I cherish the fertile...
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Daily Garden : Phillip Nixon’s Morrocan Inspired Home in Venice Beach, CA
I spotted Phillip Nixon's Garden in Apartment Therapy last week when they referred to it as an "Indiana Jones Oasis". (oddly, IMO, because nothing about this makes me think of Indian Jones - is it...
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Make A Countertop Kitchen Bonsai Herb Garden
As most of my gardening attention shifts to houseplants and things I can grow inside, I wanted to share one of my favorite container gardens. It is a countertop bonsai garden made with herbs that I...
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Advice to Grow Plants Vertically from Patrick Blanc – Inventor of the...
I knew of Patrick Blanc's work long before I knew of him. The first time I experienced one of his gardens was sometime in 2007 when I happened to walk around the side of the BHV Homme in Paris. I was...
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Rent A Ruminant – Landclearing Goats for Hire – The Green Alternative
Renting goats for land clearing is a wonderful idea (if you ask me). It is all at once pastoral, economical, and green. Neighbors love to watch goats wander a vacant lot and make short work of...
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A Beautiful Winter With An Artistic Garden Light
Do you feel the grip of winter loosing its hold? I live in New England so I am not going to let myself start thinking (here at the beginning of March) that at least one more good snow isn't still...
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Pretty Porch Ideas from Ile d’Orleans in Quebec, Canada
While traveling around the Ile d'Orleans, across the St Lawerence River from Quebec City in Canada, I had a couple of "whoa, stop the car!" moments. The island, which is basically the breadbasket of...
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Re-Potting Christmas Cactus
My christmas cactus is kind of disgusting. Many years ago, I had this (less than) genius idea to plant my cactus in a clear glass vase. I thought that the layers of rocks at the bottom with soil on...
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Rocket Box Bat Houses
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So everyone knows that we need to save the bees. And pollinators too. But what are all the pollinators? Well, the list is long and it does include lots of...
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Exploring Skirret and Perennial Vegetables
After a couple of seasons of being a lesser vegetable gardener than I once was, I have finally come to terms with what I need to do with the original vegetable patch. Get rid of it. I no longer want or...
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Seasonal Plant Partners: Hamamelis (Witch Hazel), Hellebores & Cornus...
Noticing yesterday that the tips of daffodils and spring bulbs are just beginning to poke through the ground, the branches of the willows have yellowed and the forsythia stems have swollen its obvious...
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12 Garden Inspired Holiday Wreaths That You Can Copy
Wreaths are such ubiquitous holiday decorations, I find that most years I want to rebel against the traditional cliché of it all and just hang nothing…but then, inevitably, I see beautiful creations...
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Stylish Plants: Three Design Ideas for Growing Baptisia
Years ago, when the Perennial Plant Association named Baptisia australis their plant of the year for 2010, I promptly bought five and planted them in my garden. They were new-to-me at the time and...
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Grow Love, Give Valentines Seeds
Spring is near, why not plant some Valentines seeds? I am increasingly becoming a seed growing convert. No, I am not rigging up crazy light contraptions in my home (in the absence of the dreamy...
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Spring Cleaning: 5 Garden Chores You Can Do In 15 Minutes
I have a big garden so I am frequently overwhelmed by it. But I reminded myself recently just how much can be done in tiny spurts of time. (I re-seeded my front lawn in the time it took my...
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The Stump
A Studied Dismantling of a Yellow Jacket Nest Photography & Story: LINDA PARK Expert Notes: NOAH WILSON-RICH PH.D The stump was a “decorator garden item” rescued from the side of the road a few...
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Making a Living Willow Arbor
Words and Photography By: ANN AMATO-ZORICH Guests are usually surprised when I tell them that our willow arbor only cost $35. Back in 2005, I spent $8 plus shipping for four hybrid willows on Ebay and...
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Our Status Was Provisional
Photos and Story By Kathleen McCoy I learned flower arranging from the last in the line of garden club royalty. She was in her late sixties, pretty, fair, and reminded me of Glinda the Good Witch,...
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HELP WANTED! – Perfect Planters
Story By ELIZABETH DUNN Obviously, I would not be capable of assembling the planters myself. For starters, the terrace where they would live was five stories up and six flights of stairs above the...
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Before + After: A French City Garden and a Plant Collector’s Exotic Gateway
François Simonaire has been working as a gardener for more than 25 years, but it was just seven years ago that he turned his skills to his own plot where he wanted to create a portfolio for a budding...
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The Treehouse
There are plenty of posts here about treehouses, but I recently realized that have I neglected to share much about our own treehouse project. Maybe because it isn't finished. There are two types of...
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When All Else Fails – Soil. Compost. Mulch.
I generally feel like I can’t do much of anything about of a whole host of things that concern me (Guns, Breixit, Trump, Global Warming…I’d rather not go on…). But small measures add up and usually...
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Garden To Visit: La Colombe d’Or Hotel
It’s Wednesday and I find it hard to believe that just four days ago I was in Provence, France. I wish I was still there. I spent a week, but could easily have spent two, or a month, or even the rest...
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The Amsterdam Playhouse
Do you have a favorite city? The place you would choose to live if you could choose to live anywhere? Mine is Amsterdam. I love everything about it and I am determined to live there (#bucketlist). It...
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Feng Shui Garden Design Tips
Some interesting ideas here to help you plant something new in your garden. Have you ever used Feng Shui to plan your living spaces? How about your garden? See more here. image created by Pottery...
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