Category Archives: Nature

What’s Up? Magazine: Preserving Flowers

Make Those Beauties Last: Preserving Your Garden’s Blooms by Janice F. Booth Aug. 02, 2023 We’re all enjoying the glorious blooms of summer—blue and lavender multi-flora hydrangea, orange and yellow zinnias, creamy Magnolia blossoms, rosy cone flowers, and ubiquitous Black-Eyed … Continue reading

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Pots That Pop

What’s Up? Magazine BY JANICE F. BOOTH  JUL. 05, 2023 My neighbor’s hanging baskets and flowerpots are the envy of the neighborhood. She’s talented florist and decorator, Rhonda Sears. Recently, I asked her the secret of her always unique and beautiful … Continue reading

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Earthly Delights: Gardening with Children

by Janice F. Booth Jun. 08, 2023 If you love gardens and children, let me offer a few suggestions for planting a love of gardens in the hearts of the children in your life. School is finishing and summer plans … Continue reading

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Native Perspectives Woven Together

by Janice F. Booth Jun. 14, 2023 A new, collaborative project gathers wisdom from the Indigenous Peoples of Maryland’s Eastern Shore Tidewater, Nanticoke, Algonquin, Powhatan. Do these names sound familiar? Perhaps a restaurant or creek come to mind. But originally … Continue reading

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Tips & Tricks Revisited

by Janice F. Booth May 2023 Some years ago I wrote a column on clever, little tricks and ways we can make our work in the garden easier and thus more fun. Since that column, kind readers have shared with … Continue reading

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