Hop, Sip, Shop and snack your way through the Village of Cross Keys!
Surprises await at the following stops:
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Hop, Sip, Shop and snack your way through the Village of Cross Keys, May 12
Hop, Sip, Shop and snack your way through the Village of Cross Keys!
Surprises await at the following stops:
Grab the family and join Cross Keys for a Mother’s Day Shop Hop!
Hop, Sip, Shop and snack your way through the Village of Cross Keys!
Surprises await at the following stops:
How Does Your Garden Show: Garden Memories
Garden
by Kathy Hudson
Each day, early and late,
I sit on a chipped brick step,
the lichen-covered bench or chair,
surprised to be here
in this house, in this city.
FlowerMart 2017 Opens Today in Mount Vernon
A popular rite of spring in Baltimore gets underway today when FlowerMart 2017 opens in Mount Vernon Place.
Baltimore Business Offers Local Flowers with a Conscience for Valentine’s Day
Buying flowers is a Valentine’s Day standard, and few gifts make someone feel as admired as a big, vibrant bouquet. A study by Rutgers University researchers in 2005 concluded that flowers have both an immediate impact on happiness and a long-term positive effect on mood. People who are regularly around flowers demonstrate a higher sense of life enjoyment and satisfaction. They are a fail-safe gift that everyone loves. But have you ever considered the environmental impact of buying flowers?
How Does Your Garden Show: Camp Mont Shenandoah
Realtors like to talk about curb appeal, how a property “shows” from the curb. On arrival, this garden writer pays not as much attention to the appearance of a house as to its plantings.
Dutch Floral Garden Has Wheels! And That’s Not All…
If you’ve ever visited, or ordered flowers from Dutch Floral Garden— you already know that it’s a completely unique floral shop.
Spring Fling at the Cylburn Arboretum
It seems that as soon as the snow melts and the sun starts shining, we’re all itching to see those bulbs and buds start popping out of hibernation. And over at the Cylburn Arboretum, they don’t even think we’re being unreasonable! Locally grown flowers in March? The arboretum’s answer: “Of course!” Want to get the skinny on where and how to find local blooms this early in the season? You can learn all about it at their Spring Fling on March 29th. They’ll discuss everything you’ve ever wanted to know about locally grown flowers and some of the farmers that grow them.
The View from Halcyon Farm: Flowers to Light Up the Winter
Now that it’s almost December, things around Halcyon Farm really ramp up in preparation for Christmas and all its associated festivities.
One tradition at Halcyon House is to buy narcissus bulbs, also known as paperwhites, in bulk. When they bloom in about four to six weeks, they provide a much needed boost of brightness over the long days of deep winter.
Planting narcissus bulbs is simple – all you need is a container, and you can use anything from a tea cup to an antique cachepot to a pewter julep cup to a vase. At Ladew Gardens a few years ago, they used flat copper trays and put dozens of bulbs in them. It was fabulous.
