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Flat Rock designs historic fundraiser at Boyd Mansion Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:15PMA splash of color, eye-catching accessories and some well-placed furnishings is transforming a historic mansion for the Flat Rock Designer Showhouse in August.
Club takes ‘big step’ forward with fish pond Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:37AMDreams of fun, safe and affordable fishing in Grimsby are about to become a reality. Fresh off the printer, Grimsby Conservation Club President Frank England presented plans for an accessible fishing pond in front of their Lake Street club house Wednesday.
Connecticut June 2010 New Business Starts Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:31PMThe following business starts were recorded in June 2010 by the Connecticut Secretary of the State's office. When available, the name of a registered member or officer is given.
Heely garden in Paso Robles Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:14AMAfter a long summer day of riding and roping at the Lazy JT family cattle ranch in Bitterwater, Robe
Are patents worth cost? Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:06AMThe lone inventor tinkering in his basement is a stereotype — but it's also a reality. Wichita has a rich tradition of such tinkerers because of its manufacturing heritage. There were 70 patents granted in 2010 to date to Wichita inventors or Wichita companies.
Community Links Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:28AMA listing of local community groups and events.
‘Sand’ Franciscans create Golden Gate Park Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 5:43AMIn the beginning, it wasn’t golden and it wasn’t green either. It was more like your basic beige. And it certainly didn’t look like a park. On an 1853 map, the area was labeled the “Great Sand Bank.”
Gardening for nearly a century Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 9:51PMMonday July 12, 2010 RICHMOND If English author Beatrix Potter had met Roy Boutard, she would never have created the vindictive, rabbit-hating Farmer MacGregor.
Natural Living Shop Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 4:24PMWelcome to the Natural Living Shop. Here you can find products to care for yourself, your home, and your laundry naturally. You can also find books concerned with living naturally here.
Practical gardening Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:44AMThe North Platte Telegraph From hanging flower baskets overflowing with crimson and fuchsia to trickling stone fountains, participants on this year's Gardens and Gables tour were treated to some of the prettiest landscaping North Platte has to offer.
Western Pennsylvania's terrain creates need for retaining walls Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:00PMFrom bricks, to concrete, to stone, to railroad ties to the popular blocks generically called segmental retaining wall, replacing a wall is a matter wide open with possibilities.
Poison ivy thrives in York County this summer Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:42AMSix years ago, Joe and Paula Sullivan experienced a bad case of poison ivy together. The Hellam Township couple, who enjoy gardening and the outdoors, said they learned to leave the three-leaf plants alone.
New Walgreens drugstore in River Ridge redesigned, likely to be approved Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:09PMNew designs for a proposed Walgreens store on Jefferson Highway in River Ridge might circumvent neighborhood opposition and allow the project to move forward without any need for variances from Jefferson Parish government. Earlier versions of the proposal for the...
Gardens on display Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 11:30PMThe 9th Annual Prairie Home Hospice Garden Tour gathered the green thumbs of the area Wednesday. Dozens of guests wandered through the gardens on display around Marshall, mingling with other garden admirers.
W.G. amends Hwy. 50 overlay ordinance Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 8:58AMWinter Garden has completed two years of planning to tweak its commercial design standards for West Colonial Drive.
Gardening for nearly a century Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 3:30PMIf English author Beatrix Potter had met Roy Boutard, she would never have created the vindictive, rabbit-hating Farmer MacGregor. Instead, she would have been inspired by a gentler spirit, a person who may have disliked lettuce-eating bunnies but would never have chased them with a hoe.
Olde Towne Village catches the trends Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 4:03AMYou may need to be logged in to see stories listed here that are in our archives. ASHEBORO — No one needs to be told that the nation’s housing market is in the doldrums.
Floral creations in Putrajaya a feast for the eyes Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 6:08PMWITH more than 400,000 flowers exhibited, the Floria Putrajaya 2010 is not an event to be missed by those who have a keen interest in flowers and landscaping.
Calendar Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:10AMDeadline for calendar items is two weeks in advance of desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community and religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax (847) 486-7451 or e-mail: glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- July 8 Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 1:03AMUpcoming events in and around Broomfield
A science lab grows at Wyckoff middle school Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:43AMWYCKOFF — Inspired by an Earth Day lesson, two barely-used courtyards at Eisenhower Middle School have been transformed into living, breathing science laboratories.
Thought Processes Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 8:18PMAbout 10 years ago, Penny Livingstone-Stark and her husband started building a permaculture garden on their small property near Point Reyes.
Celebrate garden getaways at annual Sioux Falls area bus tour Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 2:42AMJulie Cleary believes in dirt therapy. Her gardening began as a form of healing more than 20 years ago to help her cope with a family death. "There's something about working in the earth. It's therapeutic to dig in the ground," she says.
This garden rock is on a roll Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 12:20AMNever tamper with the natural features of a suiseki rock or its value will go down. (Photo by NOEL PABALATE) Silver, gold, and diamonds are not the only precious stones that can be considered treasures. Connoisseurs of art and landscaping have discovered a new kind of precious stone, the suiseki. Unlike diamonds, however, the suiseki is naturally-carved. It’s after all, a natural stone that ...
Can a garden be a work of art? Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 6:24PMThis week’s Hampton Court Flower Show will see high-concept installations side by side with more genteel designs. Is gardening losing touch with its roots?
Art without borders Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 6:16PMFine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together," wrote John Ruskin. We British like to describe ourselves as a nation of gardeners. With typical insular arrogance, we appropriate all the credit for horticultural skill and landscape design, as if the Arabs, the Japanese and the mainland Europeans had never laid out an Alhambra, or a Ryoanji, or a Versailles.
Progress threatens annual garden show Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 3:13AMWhen progress occurs, some innocent victims are likely to get plowed under, and the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show may fit into that category as Mayor Karl Dean and others in Metro government stumble ahead to redevelop the Metro-owned, 117-acre State Fairgrounds site south of downtown.
Calendar Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 4:10AMDeadline for calendar items is two weeks in advance of desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community and religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax (847) 486-7451 or e-mail: glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- July 1 Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 1:04AMUpcoming events in and around Broomfield
New Fulton Chamber Board Members Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 9:17PMThe newly elected Fulton Chamber Board Members, left to right: Timothy Wright, Wagner Pharmacy; Patti Housenga, Community State Bank; and Jami Smith, Clinton Herald.
Timberland landscapes with native species Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 1:21AMSTRATHAM — With the awareness that a commitment to the environment begins at home, The Timberland Company has announced the start of significant improvements to the landscaping of its Stratham headquarters. They will include replacing much of the existing landscape vegetation and expanding the popular Victory Garden, started in 2008.
Timberland to landscape with native species Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 1:10AMSTRATHAM — With the awareness that a commitment to the environment begins at home, The Timberland Company has announced the start of significant improvements to the landscaping of its Stratham headquarters. They will include replacing much of the...
Cool (old) Japan flourishes along flowing rivers of Edo Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 3:59PMIn blistering midday heat, traffic blasts by, spitting out exhaust and grit at the busy intersection of Yotsume and Shin Ohashi Avenues. I've exited Sumiyoshi Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line, eager to find Sarue Onshi Park, said to be pretty with streams and water features. About to produce a water feature of my own (sweat, that is), I take desiccative action by ducking under the fresh white ...
Association of Professional Landscape Designers Presents Annual International Landscape Design Awards Program Winners Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 2:00AMThe Association of Professional Landscape Designers has announced the International Landscape Designer of the Year, Gold and Merit Award Winners. Awards will be presented at the APLD International Design Conference being held September 27-October 2, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. For more information about award winners or the conference please call 610-444-3040.
Love of outdoors spurs unique business Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 9:29AMDesigns by Carver's Ridge, located in Stuart. Tyson and Anne Greenwalt of Stuart share a love of the great outdoors. That love, combined with Tyson’s construction background, led the couple to open Carver’s Ridge, a custom rock engraving and construction company.
Shop Talk: Island Gardeners owner ‘constantly going to school’ Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 3:15PMAlan and Robin Brown have been very busy since they bowed out of running the Island Garden Center at the end of last year now run for the second time by Jeff and Linda Biden. The Browns now devote all their efforts and knowhow to their company they started two and a half years ago, Island Gardeners. “I’m one of nine certified Collier County landscape contractors here on Marco Island, so that ...
Run My Renovation, the First-Ever Interactive Home Renovation Series, Premieres on DIY Network, August 19 at 10:30 p.m ... Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 8:07AMNEW YORK----Building off the success of Blog Cabin, television’s first-ever interactive homebuilding series, DIY Network leads the online charge again with the nation’s first interactive home renovation series, Run My Renovation, on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 10:30 p.m.
Paul Thiry: pioneer of architectural modernism in Seattle Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:16AMHis buildings are what mid-century modernism was supposed to be, especially the structure-as-sculpture KeyArena. He was blunt and passionate, and we should have listened to him on the Viaduct and I-5.
Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- June 24 Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 3:04PMUpcoming events in and around Broomfield
The Landscape Design Site Marks Another Year By Adding Even More Pictures And Plans To Its Growing List Of Design Ideas Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 2:01AMEach year The-Landscape-Design-Site.com rolls out new directories of specific areas of design expanding its usefulness to larger circles. However, this year they have decided to expand the existing pictures directories which are still the most popular area of the site.
Weed Patch: Crofton Garden Party To Be June 19 Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 1:52AMWe have been getting wonderful rains over here in northeast Nebraska in the past couple weeks. The welcome moisture has perked up the dwellers, as well as all the crops and gardens. And we have not had to deal with hail — yet.
Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- June 17 Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 1:04AMUpcoming events in and around Broomfield
Efforts to dress up Decatur recognized Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 12:21AMGetting out in the hot, humid summer to water plants, pull weeds and pick up trash is a joint effort for workers at Cricket by the Creek, but they do it with pride.
Master Gardeners tour will showcase some of the best Grayson County has to offer Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 12:45PMThere will be plenty of flowers to see and advice about gardening to hear on June 19 during the Grayson County Master Gardener’s Garden Tour, Luncheon, & Tea. The tour will begin at 1 p.m. at the...
Taking greenery straight up Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 7:06PMAvid and aspiring gardeners, frustrated with little outdoor space, are taking another look at their walls and noticing something new: more space. More Home and Garden Green: Can I recycle used tissues? Upload your landscaping photos
Sewickley tour offers glimpse at early 1900s garden Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 5:39PMSewickley Civic Garden Council's garden tour on Friday includes five private gardens within a few blocks of the Edgeworth Club, and a sixth, The Gardens of Poplar Hill in Sewickley Heights, adjacent to Allegheny Country Club.
Swedish castle's new wing Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 2:43PMThe American Swedish Institute is embarking on a $21.5 million expansion.
Garden City flower bed takes 3D plunge Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 10:47PMST. CATHARINES — The first swimmer at St.[...]
Garden featured on upcoming tour to be catalogued at Smithsonian Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 9:58AMWhen Janice and Ronald West moved into their Sewickley Heights home 15 years ago, remnants of the past scattered the property. read more »
Rainwater Collective Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 9:00PMIn a sign of what's to come, Berkeley issues its first permit for interior use of rainwater. by Nate Seltenrich In recent years, rain barrels have gone the way of the low-flow toilet: mainstream. Thanks to California's three-year drought and a critical mass of interest in resource conservation, homeowners can drop $100 for a designer version at just about any local gardening store. They can take ...