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Plants Raw and Cooked : Ethnic Food near the NY Botanical Garden

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Cuisines in Bloom - New York Times

Published: May 4, 2008

DUKAGJINI BUREKTORJA
(718) 822-8955; 758 Lydig Avenue (Wallace Avenue), Pelham Parkway; $; Article: 5/18/05.
This Albanian place may be the only restaurant in the city devoted entirely to bureks: savory pies that are the Balkans’ answer to pizza. They are convincingly good, stuffed with meat, spinach, or feta […]

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Tags: Northeast · Public Gardens · Enlightening

Gardens on Tour: Northeast

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

House and Garden Tours: Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island - New York Times

By SHELLY FREIERMAN
Published: May 1, 2008

CONNECTICUT
SOUTHPORT AND WESTPORT, MAY 2

STAMFORD, JUNE 10

GUILFORD, JUNE 14

MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON, MAY 15

beaconhillgardenclub.org.

NEWTON, MAY 18

newtonhistorymuseum.org.

BOSTON, JUNE 21

info@southendgardentour.org and at southendgardentour.org.

GREAT BARRINGTON AND ALFORD, JULY 12

lenoxgardenclub.net.

RHODE ISLAND
NARRAGANSETT, MAY 10 THROUGH JUNE 8

newportshowhouse.org.

PROVIDENCE, JUNE 7

Brown University

ppsri.org.

NEWPORT, JUNE 20 THROUGH 22

secretgardentours.org.

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Tags: Classes/Tours · Northeast

Westchester Plant Sales

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

In the Garden

May 3

“NATIVE PLANT CENTER HOSTS 9th ANNUAL WILDFLOWER AND NATIVE PLANT SALE ON MAY 3

“The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a number of special events and programs, will host its 9th annual Wildflower and Native Plant Sale on May 3 from 10:00 a.m. to […]

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Tags: Northeast · Plants

Garden Conservancy: Sunday, May 4: Preview with Bill Cary

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

In the Garden
Great Photos

A couple of more great Hudson Valley gardens will be open to the public on Sunday as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program: Judy and Michael Steinhardt’s 55-acre estate in Bedford and Henriette Suhr’s exquisite painterly garden on 8 acres in Chappaqua that’s known as Rocky Hills.

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Tags: Garden Conservancy · In The Garden · Northeast · Private Gardens

Moss Mavens and Havens

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Moss Makes a No-Care Lawn - New York Times

DEEP GREEN David Benner is an advocate of what he calls “the moss approach” to lawn maintenance.

 
By JANCEE DUNN
Published: May 1, 2008

Solebury, Pa.

Moss, which grows fast and hugs the ground, prevents soil erosion. Its density repels weeds. Deer do not snack on it. It can be walked […]

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Tags: Landscape Inspiration · Private Gardens · Northeast · Naturalistic · Sustainability · The New York Times · Design Technique · Native Plants