Design/antique Home Design Remodeling Show: With Steve Duncan (HGTV’s “Candice Tells All”). 6-10:30 p.m. Sept. 2 Sept. 6, 12-10:30 p.m. Sept. 3-4, 12-7:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive. Admission $10; ages 11 younger $1. homeshowspecials.com, 305-667-9299. West Palm Beach Antiques Show: Early buyers 9-10 a.m. Sept. 3 ($10); [...]
Pollard Park’s potager was designed to show the public what can be achieved on a small section, with an abundance of fruit, berries, herbs and vegetables harvested since it was planted last November. The original potager was developed as a Garden Marlborough workshop in 1996 but superseded by the larger version in last year’s workshop. [...]
By Rich WoodConnection Writer About ten years ago, we installed a small backyard pond that included a pump that re-circulates the water up to a gently, tumbling waterfall. This peaceful water garden with its bubbling harmony of sounds has been one of the best additions to our home. Yes, it still requires some attention and [...]
We’re now rounding the corner to the tail-end of August and fall is not far behind. I wanted to remind Bay Area gardeners to take a peek at their garden catalogs for any bulb-type flowers they’d like for their spring garden, yard, or porch. After the dark days of winter, nothing is more welcome than [...]
GARDEN CITY – Garden City is in the process of a move to acquire its drinking water from Blount County, after signing an agreement with the county’s water utility that supplants a soon-to-expire contract that had allowed the town to purchase water from the Cullman County Commission.Mayor Harden Davis said the town decided to make [...]
Chamberlain Island, Georgian Bay Asking price: $6.8-million Taxes: Not available Agent : George Webster (Moffat Dunlap Real Estate Ltd.) The Island In the 1930s, the islands of Georgian Bay near Parry Sound, Ont., were mostly untamed wilderness. A Toronto-based family purchased 12-acre Chamberlain Island from the Crown and have been spending their summers there ever [...]
A Boulder County couple who lost their home in the Fourmile Fire a year ago is now building a new house on a local farm – using materials salvaged from their burned house and logs charred by the fire.The distinctive home of Karel and Alice Starek was on the cover of Boulder County Home and [...]
Home and garden enthusiasts came from all over the north Houstonarea to shop, look, and learn at the 9th annual Fall Home andGarden Show on Sunday afternoon at the Waterway Marriott in TheWoodlands.The show began Saturday, Texas Wood Shows President Tony Woodsaid, and provided homeowners an opportunity to look for ideas,products, and services for their [...]
THE WOODLANDS”Home and garden enthusiasts came from all over thenorth Houston area to shop, look, and learn at the 9th annual FallHome and Garden Show on Sunday afternoon at the WaterwayMarriott.The show began Saturday, Texas Wood Shows President Tony Woodsaid, and provided homeowners an opportunity to look for ideas,products, and services for their home.”This ia [...]
Passersby sometimes mistake Douglas and Maureen Leahey’s new home in Pugwash Point, N.S. for a group of barns or sheds. But Brian MacKay-Lyons takes no offence.”I like the fact that the building is incognito – that it’s a double take,” says the Halifax-based architect, who designed the home with the farm culture and Scottish barns [...]
