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Sustainable Hope |
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Check out three foodie books on ways to buy food, cook, and eat in ways sustainable to the health of your body and community.
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published on December 07, 2011
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BULB, a magical book |
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Bulb by Anna Pavord is a magical book: practical and gorgeous. It is beyond the ordinary. It offers great insight into how to grow bulbs with detailed cultivation information and natural habitat requirements. It opens you up to the world of bulbs in a beautiful and easy to understand way.
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published on April 04, 2011
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Terrarium Queen |
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Tovah Martin’s recent book, The New Terrarium, offers lots of easy and doable ideas using ordinary glass vessels such as a cookie jar, as well as classic Wardian cases. You don’t even have to fill them with soil. Check it out here.
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published on March 02, 2011
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Paradise Under Glass |
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paradise under glass, An Amateur Creates a Conservatory Garden (William Morrow, 2010) by Ruth Kassinger is a riveting read for plant lovers. One woman’s account of building a conservatory and her journey in seeking the knowledge to create her own paradise.
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published on January 28, 2011
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Silk Purse or It’s Never Too Late |
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Christine Leddy, artist and smocker in Darien, CT, paints botanical illustration and makes silk purses with antique frames with beads and crystals. See her work here.
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published on December 15, 2009
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Art of Soul |
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Mindy Lighthipe's passion for nature explodes in paintings of plants and animals, artists excursions, teaching and volunteering. See her art here.
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published on November 28, 2009
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Naturally Yours |
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Natural history artist Kelly Leahy-Radding is a passionate woman of diverse talent. She is a painter of botanicals and wildlife, spinner and painter of home-grown yarn, farmer, graphic designer by trade, avid amateur wildlife photographer, and entrepreneur. See how she does it all.
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published on November 30, 2008
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The Language of Valentines |
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A New Jersey woman makes Victorian Valentines. View some of her 10,000-piece collection and see how she does it. Flowers have special meanings on Valentines.
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published on April 09, 2008
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Katherine's Colors |
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Katherine Yvinskas of Hackettstown, NJ, uses color to emblazon her work in the viewer's eye and soul. Her art leaves a spiritual sensation, bringing to mind remembrances and impressions past. See her works on nature here.
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published on September 18, 2007
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