August 22, 2015
Photo: © Javier García
As part of a plan to promote biodiversity and protect the surrounding environment in the South American city of Cali. Colombia, the multi-use Host and Nectar Garden Building seeks to establish a network of gardeners … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Education & Tours, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Public Gardens, Travel
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June 18, 2015
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Northwest Arkansas Pig Trail scenic byway. Photo via The Crescent Hotel and Spa.
Before my two-day road trip through Northwest Arkansas, I had visions of Ma and Pa Kettle-type folks sitting on front porches strumming banjos while drinking moonshine … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Lifestyle, Travel
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April 5, 2015

You know about farm-to-table dining and perhaps garden-to-glass cocktails. Now there’s Field-to-Vase–where the dining table’s flowers were freshly picked at the flower farm only a few feet from where you are seated.

The Field to Vase Dinner Tour is … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Travel
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March 3, 2015

Distilling down the top trends and themes from an international design fair the size of 60 football fields (that’s 1300 tennis courts) is not a simple endeavor. Nonetheless, as I trekked in Frankfurt in mid-February through the massive design fest … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture, Reclaimed & Recycled, Travel
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February 12, 2015

I continue to be enamoured with Italian lighting design brand Bulbo, whose fashionably functional pieces I featured during my last BlogTour to Milan Design Week in April 2014.

Bulbo will be exhibiting their design-centric LED-powered vegetable garden systems at LOFT,… Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Great Finds, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lighting, Travel
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