In late spring from the end of May through June, the rhododendrons that cover the hillsides of the western North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains explode in…
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April 2016
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What comes to mind when you think of Indianapolis? The Indy 500? Basketball? Gardens? Well, probably not gardens, which is why a visit to the city was a surprise when I discovered a number of lovely gardens spread across this capitol town…
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When Congress established the National Park Service in 1916, the idea was “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life…
When Angela Villa was a child growing up in a conservative household in south Florida, her parents didn’t allow the kids to eat chocolate. So what…