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.

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

June 6, 2024

temps-de-flors-eiffel-bridge-side-hanging-plants-urbangardenswebGustav Eiffel’s Pont de le Peixateries Velles over Onyar river. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton.

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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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Travel to Zimbabwe Through These Artists’ Works

April 30, 2024

Barry Lungu painting of spring in Zimbabwe. Artist Barry Lungu’s painting of Jacarand trees in bloom in Zimbabwe. Image courtesy of Artgal.online.

Art and beauty live in physical landmarks and museums and also in the expressions of natural wonders, culture, history, and creativity that local artists bring Read More...

You Don’t Need to Go to Holland to Tiptoe Through the Tulips

April 23, 2024

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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 bulbs annually on about 27,182 Read More...

Cascades of Orange Nasturtium Vines Celebrate Spring in Boston

March 29, 2024

 

Boston Isabel Steward Gardner Museum Hanging Nasturtiums DisplayPhoto: 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.

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