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Puttin’ on the Garden Ritz: the Real Down and Dirty
	What goes into putting on a garden show? See what it costs, what it takes when growers and landscapers tell what they do for the NJ Flower & Garden Show in Edison, NJ. Read the article published on February 15, 2010

Showgirls: They’re Painting the Garbage Cans Green
	In winter, ten employees of Three Seasons, Inc., a garden design business, morph into set designers and crafters who design and make decorations for common areas of Horticultural Hall and greenhouse, plus gifts to sell in the Boutique. Proceeds from the boutique support agricultural scholarships. Read the article published on February 14, 2010

Creating Family Holiday Memories
	This Holiday Season, do something really special with your whole family. Here are a few ideas in New York City – well worth the trip: Holiday Train Show at The New York Botanical garden, An Elizabethan Banquet at Planting Fields Arboretum, Holiday Celebration at Old Westbury Gardens. Read the article published on December 11, 2009

Monmouth County Coastal Garden Tour
	Come see five private gardens in Rumson, Fair Haven and Little Silver on Wednesday, August 5 from 10 to 4. Located within Zone 7, the gardens exhibit New Jersey’s landscape history and a diversity of species. Check out the gardens here. Read the article published on June 24, 2009

Edible & Delectable Plants
	Visit Marsh Botanic Garden, Yale University, New Haven, CT, for a fun day. Greenhouses full of edible and unusual plants from around the world plus annuals, grasses, and tropical plants will fascinate you. The hillside garden is a great spot for a picnic. Read the article published on April 15, 2009

Conservatory: A Wondrous Gift
	Beverly and Bruce Gordon gives a gift that keeps the living: a state-of-the-art conservatory. Read about it here. Read the article published on March 14, 2009

Grounds For Sculpture: a garden of vignettes
	Grounds for Sculpture is a 42-acre play land of 272 uncommon landscape and sculpture vignettes. It is a garden that invites you to step on the grass and peek behind bushes. See why you should go there. Read the article published on February 24, 2009

Concerts in the Woods
	Looking for something fun to do, close to home? The New Jersey woods are home to Jefferson Highlights Summer Concerts from July 19 to August 30. Soul, indie, classic rock,oldies, tributes to Johnny Cash, '60s girl groups, Beatles, and Doo Wop, and rockin' soul and rockin' blues will entertain. Food vendors, family fun. Read the article published on July 17, 2008

If the Chihuly Fits

The New York Botanical Garden and Dale Chihuly, glass artist, team up for a special exhibition, Gardens and Glass. See organic sculptures among Victorian ornamentals in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and in other gardens. Also, NYBG's Francisca Coelho, director of glasshouses, tells how she chooses plants to design the exhibits, including Chihuly's.
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published on September 12, 2006

Old Westbury Gardens: A Legacy of Home
	Old Westbury Gardens, a Long Island country estate, is a combination of a Charles II-style house, the gardens and grounds, and a myriad of unusual events.Plan to spend the day. Read the article published on August 29, 2006

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