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How to Make a Spring Garden Wreath

How to Make a Spring Garden Wreath

by guest blogger Mark Kintzel, designer Spring is here and what better way to celebrate than to make this unique and elegant garden wreath. To begin, simply gather nature’s gifts of the season and start creating! With the exception of the plants, I found all my project ingredients at an A.C. Moore craft store. You’ll need: A […]

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8 Fun Ways to Celebrate Spring

8 Fun Ways to Celebrate Spring

by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s Spring is here! I repeat—spring is here! This is not a drill! The official start of spring has arrived, and we’re so excited. What’s not to love about sloughing off of the extra layers and enjoying more hours of sunshine? Plus, with spring’s arrival […]

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Crafting Spring in January

Crafting Spring in January

by guest blogger Mark Kintzel, designer About this time every year, I long for those fresh-cut garden flowers—the tulips, peonies, and roses come to mind. Those are just a few of my favorites. But here in the Northeast, my personal favorites are still sleeping beauties waiting for that first breath of warm spring air. Although […]

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The Grand Tour: England

The Grand Tour: England

Hello, London! Photos from our Grand Tour adventures in England: First stop: Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Roses. Love the flower names! Cool garden pod! A roast chicken with feet at Hix. Victoria and Albert at home. Big Ben. And again. Borough Market. A mob scene—but delicious tea! A full-sized replica of  Golden Hine, the […]

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Sometimes a Girl Just Needs to Buy Herself Some Flowers…

Sometimes a Girl Just Needs to Buy Herself Some Flowers…

About a year ago (most likely on a cold and dreary winter weekend), I bought myself some yellow roses and posted a pic of them on Facebook. I remember being rather depressed that weekend, and those flowers were an attempt to cheer myself up. All the comments on the post were trying to guess what […]

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Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day!

With the end of summer rapidly approaching and kids returning to school, it’s good to remember that knowledge and wisdom come from a multitude of sources. A life well lived is one in which the learning never stops and knowledge grows and grows, with a healthy understanding that this mystery we call life (and the […]

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Callicarpa: A Must-Have for Fall Gardens

Callicarpa: A Must-Have for Fall
Gardens

When I first saw Callicarpa, otherwise known as beautyberry, I thought it was a joke of some sort. Or perhaps a modern invention for gardeners who want a certain color of purple in their garden. It seems too bright, too purple, and too candy-colored to be true. But then I read about John Bartram and […]

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Check out the Organic Tulips at the Rodale Institute!

Check out the Organic Tulips
at the Rodale Institute!

A few weekends ago was the first-ever Organic Tulip Festival at the Rodale Institute. Check out these pictures and head out to the farm if you can, just to see them before they are done blooming.

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