Experience More Than 250 Years of History and Heirloom Vegetables in Old Salem, North Carolina

February 21, 2025

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Although Old Salem is just a 10-minute drive from Winston-Salem, it is centuries away from this contemporary urban center.

Visitors to the historic North Carolina town travel back more than 250 years to experience 100 of America’s Read More...

Girona, Spain’s Temps de Flors Festival Blends Horticulture and Art

June 6, 2024

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The history of Girona, Spain is as colorful as the ocher and coral pink buildings lining the banks of the Onyar

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Living Sculptures in North America’s Best Public Topiary Gardens

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...

Street Art and Strikes For Climate Change

September 18, 2019

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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...

Exploring South Carolina’s Historical Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

February 13, 2019

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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 same Read More...

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