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...
Category: Experiencing, Public Gardens, Travel
Tags: cherry blosooms, flower festivals
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March 29, 2024
Photo: Jenny Pore. Courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
For about three weeks every year, cascades of brilliant orange nasturtiums spill down from the Venetian balconies in the courtyard at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Photo: Jenny … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Garden Design, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Indoor Gardening, Sky Planters, Vertical Gardens
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March 20, 2024
Known for her popular French cooking school, At Home in France, and revered for decades as one of the most influential personalities in the culinary world, Patricia Wells and her husband, Walter, welcome guests to Chanteduc, their farmhouse home … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: French antiques, French garden antiques, garden antiques, Provençal antiques, Provence
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March 4, 2024
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February 22, 2024
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Cultivating an urban garden in the limited square footage of city dwellings is an eco-friendly pursuit that brings fresh flavors to your kitchen. Growing your own is a cost-conscious and healthier alternative to store-bought produce, … 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
Tags: Louisiana native flowers, Mardi Gras 2024, Mardi Gras New Orleans, Native flower starter kit, sustainable Mardi Gras
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February 8, 2024
These are the vases I’m loving right now. From minimalist modern to vibrantly colorful splurge-worthy designs, all with the highest level of craftsmanship and beauty.
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Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, shopping
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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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January 12, 2024
Al fresco living is here to stay, with outdoor spaces functioning as home extensions, blurring the boundaries between indoors and out. People seek the same privacy outdoors that they enjoy indoors, but that patio, deck or balcony can’t become a … Read More...
Category: Creating
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December 7, 2023
Updated December 6, 2023
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Category: Books, Finding, Garden Design, Great Finds, shopping
Tags: garden books, gardening books
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