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‘Imaginary Worlds’ at Botanical Garden gets your imagination growing
“Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life” doesn’t officially open until Saturday at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, but early, rather spontaneous reviews of the exhibition have been encouraging. A week ago, as many of the 19 sculptures festooned with 118,000 living plants were still being installed, excited guests moved about the ...
Great picnic spots in the metro area
The metro area is rife with great spots to haul a picnic basket on warm, sunny afternoons. This list of picnic spots is by no means a complete one, just some of the best beyond such perennial favorites as Piedmont Park, Chastain Park and Kennesaw Mountain.Best with a dog — ...
Yaupon Holly Triggers Happy Holiday Memories
When I was growing up in the 1950s on Johns Island, S.C., near Charleston, the week after Thanksgiving was when my mother would send us into the woods to gather mistletoe, magnolia leaves, boughs of holly, cedar and pine and other evergreens to decorate the house for Christmas.One of her ...
Green toilet saves water, feeds garden
Valuable water, down the toilet. And every year we flush thousands of gallons away. A Canadian company, Sun-Mar, is hoping to alleviate some of that wastage, with their waterless, composting toilets. Sales manager, Fraser Sneddon says because they're so simple, the units can be installed anywhere a toilet is needed.
The nation's top 10 endangered rivers
They are national treasures, yet some of the nation's most important waterways are under severe threat from pollution, dams & development. Here are the top 10 at risk.
Caught on camera: America's vanishing wildlife
From the adorable Pygmy Rabbit to the gorgeous Checkerspot Butterfly, some of America's most stunning creatures are edging closer to extinction.
Earth Day 2012 video: light, water, wind, earth
A quiet walk through nature offers moments of beauty and serenity that often go unnoticed. In celebration of Earth Day 2012, we invite you to take a few minutes to enjoy this journey through cycles of light, water, wind and earth.
For Earth Day, step away from your technology
Earth Day is a time to enjoy Mother Nature and do your part to help the earth stay clean. How can you do that when you're playing games on your phone and checking out gossip sites? Gillian Pensavalle tells you why you should focus more on getting outside.
100th celebration of Washington's stunning cherry blossoms
The National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates its 100th anniversary this year. The 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Toyko's mayor to the city of Washington, DC. has helped cultivate a close relationship between the two countries.
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