It’s all fun and games until you’re elbowing your way through hordes of tourists at Dam Square. But a little quiet is far from impossible in the Dutch capital.
Category: Flowers and Plants
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How to Create an Ecologically Responsible Garden That’s Also Beautiful
Having an ecologically responsible landscape doesn’t mean you need to get rid of your favorite plants: “It’s about letting things in.”
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How the Creators of Innisfree Garden Used Light to Create Magic
Innisfree, in Millbrook, N.Y., “doesn’t look like other gardens.” That’s by design.
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Replacing Your Lawn? Try Planting Pawpaw or Persimmon Trees
Or just start by planting a few pawpaw or persimmon trees. Chances are, you’ll want more.
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How to Plant a Miniature Succulent and Alpine Garden
They may not be the showiest thing on the patio, but these miniature landscapes inevitably take center stage: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land.”
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At Stoneleigh, Landscaping With Native Plants Is Possible
If you can create a native garden that looks at home on the grounds of a historic Philadelphia Main Line estate, you can do it anywhere.
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Lorraine Toussaint on Living in Hudson Valley After Fire Burned Her Malibu Home
After losing her California home in the 2018 wildfires, the actress bought an early-19th-century farmhouse near Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Joseph Pedott, 91, Dies; Made Chia Pets an ‘as Seen on TV’ Sensation
The commercials he created, with their “ch-ch-ch-Chia” jingle, became as much a vivid part of American consumer life as the goofy product they sold.
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How to Make Clematis Flowers Last All Season
Because there’s no such thing as too much Clematis, here’s how to get a little more — and make it last a little longer.
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How to Treat Your Sick or Dying Plant
Welcome to the ‘disease garden’: It’s not pretty, but it’s full of answers.
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Gardens, Parks and Places to Visit in Paris on Foot
Paris is a city of gardens and a walk through it should leave plenty of time to stop and smell the flowers. This one does.