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Creating Family Holiday Memories |
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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.
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published on December 11, 2009
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Edible & Delectable Plants |
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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.
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published on April 15, 2009
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Concerts in the Woods |
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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.
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published on July 17, 2008
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Hunterdon County, NJ Garden Tour |
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DIG IT! and The Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum are partnering to bring private garden experiences to New Jersey gardeners. A tour of 4 gardens in Hunterdon County NJ was their first event. A few people wrote in to comment and send pictures. here's what they sent.
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published on June 27, 2008
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If the Chihuly Fits |
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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
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Sketches of Influence |
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Two flower show display gardens approach the influences of the American Garden in diverse ways. One uses native plants in a subtle soothing way. The other uses drama and contrast. Both styles can be applied to any East Coast residential lot.
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published on February 14, 2006
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Where To Buy the Best Plants in NJ & NY! |
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Ruah Donnelly's book, The Adventurous Gardener, Where to buy the best plants in New York and New Jersey, is a gardener's filed guide to specialist nurseries in the two states. She has tracked down the best nurseries who grow the best plants. These destinations have directions, contact info, nursery profile, and where to eat and what to see nearby.
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published on February 13, 2006
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