Home And Garden
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Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show Owner John DeSantis Dies of Cancer at 69
Photograph Presented BY SLATER FUNERAL Provider On New Year’s Working day, Pittsburgh lost a preservationist icon. Longtime preservationist and activist John DeSantis died Saturday at 69, according to his son Mark Moore, who reported his father died of mind cancer. DeSantis was the creator and executive director of Pittsburgh’s Residence and Backyard garden Demonstrate, which he begun in the early 1980s. The celebration grew each and every yr, and promptly grew to become a neighborhood staple for the tens of countless numbers from the city and over and above who visited the David L. Lawrence Conference Centre. The show was the recently minted conference center’s very first tenant, and the…
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Events in Milwaukee area (winter 2022)
Find home improvement and gardening classes for Milwaukee, Waukesha and the surrounding counties. Here is a roundup of home and garden events, craft and hobby shows, and where to find more information, Travel & Tips: Apple Holler: Country Store, Bakery & Gift Shop, open daily. 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, (262) 884-7100; appleholler.com Boerner Botanical Gardens: Education & Visitor Center is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens offer a variety of year-round classes for adults and children. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. General information: (414) 525-5653; boernerbotanicalgardens.org/events Winterfest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 30. Nature walks, indoor and outdoor activities and seasonal crafts. Free.…
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Kirkwood architects reconfigure 1928 home for modern family living | Home & Garden
Glass French doors leading to the new deck fill the kitchen with natural light. The space is sleek and modern with white cabinetry, white quartz countertops and a herringbone tile backsplash. The large island provides seating for the entire family. New glass-front cabinets house Katie’s collection of vintage glass dishes. The blue ones are from the 1960s and are called Capri glass. The pink ones are Depression glass. Hillary Levin, Post-Dispatch The Wirths kept all they could of the original woodwork and doorframes,…
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Ways hellebores are perfect for Pacific Northwest gardens
Hellebores are fantastic for the Western Washington local climate. The Olympian The second week of January has us deep into the dormancy of wintertime, but there are signs of spring if you appear. Buds are swelling, bulbs are poking their pointed tips up out of the soil and there are constantly the hellebores flowering irrespective of snow and sleet and frozen soil. This thirty day period at the Tacoma Home and Backyard Exhibit Jan. 2-30, I will be talking about “The Heavenly H Plants: Hellebores, Hydrangeas and Heucheras,” perennials that together can provide calendar year-spherical coloration. In this article are the most questioned inquiries about hellebores: Q. What is a…
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When trouble blooms | Home And Garden
Now that you’ve survived the December get-togethers, you may well have a new houseplant to show up at to. Down below are a couple of standard conditions and pests that can have an effect on your indoor plant. You may perhaps want to look at on the online at an .org or an .edu website for the most responsible information and facts about your particular plant. So, what are some of the outward signs that your plant is in trouble? Diseases Plant wilting: Wilting can be triggered by overwatering, not watering enough, stem cankers, and root rot, between other points. Use a soilless media built for residence crops so that…
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Mossy Mojo Terrariums creates sustainable environments in glass | Home & Garden
A large Mossy Mojo Terrarium available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A selection of Mossy Mojo Terrariums available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. One of the Mossy Mojo Terrariums available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A detail of a Mossy Mojo Terrarium available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A…