Article Archive for November 2014
The tradition of holiday decorations reaches as far as a Muslim-majority tropical country in Southeast Asia.
This splendid arrangement was on view in the soaring lobby of the Grand Millennium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last …
It’s not too early to begin planning for spring travel, Road Trips Gardeners. If tulips and other spring flowers are on your mind, consider this: Emerald Waterways has a new tour just for you.
Highlights of …
Heading Down Under later this month? Consider a stop at Open Garden Weekend at Warratina Lavender Farm, 105 Quayle Road, Seville, Victoria, Australia.
It takes place November 29 and 30, 2014.
This is a private garden, …
The fourth annual Seed Swap and Potluck sponsored by Slow Food Piedmont is set for January 24, 2015, in Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitors Center, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The potluck lunch …
Bold vermilion red blooms (aster, perhaps?) brighten a corner of a public park along the West Lake in Hangzhou, China, on a sunny November afternoon.
The freshwater lake is in the capital of Zhejiang province in …
If your interest in growing things springs from a visceral level, Road Trips Gardeners, you might be interested in Biophilia: Pittsburgh. It’s the pilot chapter for a Biophilia Network dedicated to strengthening the bond between …
Road Trips Gardeners still have time to catch the Fall Flower Show at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
It’s open through November 30, 2014.
While many Minnesota gardens are winding down …
“Flora Illustrata: A Celebration of Botanical Masterworks” opens November 15, 2014, in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York.
The display of books, manuscripts, maps, private …
One of the most beautiful public attributes of a five-star hotel is the flower arrangement in the lobby.
Always a focal point, sometimes the display is so over the top as to be spellbinding.
Such was this …
A particularly Chinese tone infuses the 2014 CKS Shilin Residence Chrysanthemum Show, which opens tomorrow (November 15) and runs through November 30, 2014, at No. 60, Fulin Road, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.
In Cantonese, the pronunciation …
