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Celebrate National Moth Week 7.20-7.28 … and Peterson Field Guide to Moths
July 20-28 is National Moth Week. For you global citizen scientists, there is a great Web-site with videos and lots of information…. just click here National Moth Week. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publishers of the new Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America, have sent along some ideas for tempting and identifying these fluttering […]
Posted in: Moths
Save the Monarchs: Plant Milkweed
July 13, 2013
Why are there fewer and fewer butterflies each year? One big problem for the migrating monarch population is a loss of habitat, specifically milkweed plants their larvae depend on for food, which has resulted from improved weed control measures on cropped agricultural land. Here is a great article which covers the history and reasons for […]
Posted in: Butterllies
Beauties of the Bluegrass Garden Tour is June 30
June 22, 2013
Beauties of the Bluegrass Garden Tour Here’s a note from Ann Bowe of the Wild Ones, which is an organization dedicated to the use of native plants in the landscape. She writes: The Lexington Chapter of Wild Ones will host a garden tour on Sunday, June 30 2013, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Three […]
Posted in: zzz...
Shimmering Lightshow at Nashville’s Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
April 21, 2013
Artist Bruce Munro’s inspired light installations, called simply Light, will transform Nashville’s Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Artinto an enchanting, iridescent landscape that emerges organically at nightfall. Visitors will be able to enjoy the large-scale outdoor displays from May 24 through November 10, 2013. Says Jane Offenbach, president and CEO of Cheekwood. “This is […]
Posted in: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Garden Travel
Kentucky Crafted: the Market 2013 … for Garden Lovers
March 2, 2013
There is a lot to see at the 2013 Kentucky Crafted Market this weekend, March 2 and 3 at the Civic Center in downtown Lexington. Many of the hand-made works of art and craft will appeal to gardeners. Here are some tempting photos of just a few of this year’s offerings. Click on individual photographs […]
Posted in: Kentucky Crafted: The Market
Delicious Orchard Oddities 2012
September 25, 2012
It’s my annual pilgrimage, visiting orchards in the fall. Maybe you’ve already been out for apples, pumpkins, squash, hayrides, corn mazes. If not, what are you waiting for? Food systems have become so removed from our daily lives that most of us encounter them only at the tail end, in grocery stores or drive-through windows […]
Posted in: Reed Valley Orchard, Regional Businesses
First Lady Michelle Obama’s First Book: American Grown
July 5, 2012
American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America Michelle Obama. Crown Publishers $30 272pp At first glance, the story that First Lady Michelle Obama weaves together so well in her first book seems to begin in April 2009, with the creation of her kitchen garden on the grounds of […]
Posted in: Bookworms
National Champion River Birch at Buckhorn Lake State Park
June 21, 2012
Nation’s Largest Known River Birch at Buckhorn Lake Park Just as I was putting together this week’s June 16 feature Champion Tree Specimens a Big Part of Everyday Landscape in Central Kentucky, Park Ranger Jonathan Ross sent in the following press release, explaining how one of their river birch trees ended up being declared the […]
Posted in: Garden Travel, Master Gardeners
Big. Bold. Beautiful. Debbie Graviss’ Flower Portraits
June 10, 2012
If you already are familiar with the work of Woodford County artist Debbie Graviss, you know how bold her graphic pastel images can be. Perhaps you’ve seen her amazing animal portraits at Francisco’s Farm, June 23 & 24 this year at Equus Run Winery, or attended benefits which she supports, like the Woodford County Humane […]
Posted in: New Additions Gallery
Free Outdoors Adventure Fun Day at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill: Saturday June 2
June 2, 2012
You can join in the fun at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Mercer County this Saturday, June 2. It’s a great way to spend active time with the family by joining groups for free walks, talks, fishing, rides, and games. Events scheduled throughout the day include chances to explore a creek to find rarely […]
Posted in: Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
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