Paul Anderson was 6 a long time old when his trainer bragged to the total class a person working day that Paul’s dad, Brad Anderson, was the popular cartoonist who established “Marmaduke,” the wildly-well-liked syndicated comic about a mischievous but lovable Great Dane. Each kid in the class was smitten […]
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Rockford flower bed serves as ‘a beacon for those who are struggling’
ROCKFORD — A flower bed planted in the city’s Churchill’s Grove community is designed to provide as an inventive message of hope for people dealing with a psychological wellness disaster. Bouquets that spell out “988”, the newly founded nationwide Suicide & Disaster Lifeline, can be considered in a 12-by-4 foot display […]
Garden Tour to Feature Cut Flower Farm and Riverside Garden
Story AND Image BY KAREN BOSSICK Lorna and Chelsea Hazelton have turned two acres off Buttercup Street into a cut flower farm, marketing their flowers at farmer’s markets and to area florists. Anne and Ben Younger revel in a weeping cutleaf birch, which is the focal place of one particular […]
Clearfield Hobby Garden Club to present 61st Flower Show | Community
Clearfield Pastime Garden Club will present its 61st Flower Show, “Thru the Several years!” on Saturday, July 23. The display will be held at The Clearfield Presbyterian Church Westminster Hall, 119 North Second St. Booklets that include all adult and children’s flower display entry facts are accessible at the Clearfield […]
Smelly corpse flower attracts crowd to Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden posted on social media Tuesday night something many had been waiting to hear: Luna the corpse flower was finally blooming. Like pollinators attracted to a flower, St. Louisans swarmed the garden. More than 2,000 people lined up from the parking lot to Luna’s display in the […]
‘Corpse flower’ blooms at ESF: A first-time phenomenon in Syracuse
Syracuse, N.Y. – Soon after practically 5 years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the incredibly hot, humid greenhouses at SUNY Faculty of Environmental Science and Forestry. The strange plant, which produces its signature stink to entice pollinators these kinds of as flies and carrion beetles, […]