Friday, September 18, 2009

“Home & Garden Calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press” plus 4 more

“Home & Garden Calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press” plus 4 more

Home & Garden Calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 09:02 PM PDT

EVENTS

* TODAY: Tennessee Dahlia Society's fall show, 1-4 p.m. at East Brainerd Church of Christ. See and learn about numerous varieties of dahlias. No sales. Free admission. www.tndahlia.org.

* TODAY-SUNDAY: Pick from hundreds of native trees, shrubs and wildflowers during the Fall Open House and Native Plant Sale at Reflection Riding Arboretum & Botanical Garden, 400 Garden Road. Includes guided wildflower walks and talks on gardening, wildlife and conservation topics. Live bluegrass music. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. www.reflectionriding.org.

* TODAY-SUNDAY: Crabtree Farms' seventh annual Fall Plant Sale and Festival, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Choose from variety of fall vegetable starts including lettuce mix, spinach, snap peas, and perennial herbs and flowers. Visit with local growers. Also handmade crafts, farm tours and free activities for kids, including a petting zoo. Hayrides $2 per person. Free workshops. 493-9155, www.crabtreefarms.org.

* SUNDAY: Crabtree Farm's annual pig roast benefits programs designed to grow the local food economy and provide agriculture enrichment for youth. Family-friendly event with live entertainment, barbecue and other local foods, kids activities and games. Beer from Big River Grille and wine from The Vine. Gates open at 4 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Adults: $30 members, $40 nonmembers; family pricing available. 493-9155, www.crabtreefarms.org.

LOOKING AHEAD

* SEPT. 26: Easy one-hour walk in the Abbott Cotton Martin Ravine Garden, Abbo's Alley, with Sewanee Herbarium members. Meet at 7:45 a.m. CDT on quadrangle next to All Saints Chapel on the University of the South campus. Contact: marypriestley@bellsouth.net.

* OCT. 3: Join forces with more than 1,000 volunteers to pick up trash along the riverbank from Cleveland to Shellmound Campground in Marion County during 21st annual Tennessee River Rescue. 785-4177, www.tennesseeriverrescue.com.

* OCT. 3: Join Sewanee's premier naturalists, the Yeatmans, on a stroll around Lake Eve near their home on Eva Road to look for late fall wildflowers. Meet at 9:45 a.m. CDT at Sewanee Market, 28 Lake McDonald Road, to carpool or caravan to the Yeatmans' property.

* OCT. 11: Sewanee Herbarium celebrates its 50th year with a Jubilee Jamboree. Activities include a 3-mile hike at 10 a.m. (meet at the Grundy Forest picnic shelter); a birthday party hosted by the Sewanee Natural History Society at 4 p.m. in the Harris Commons at Spencer Hall; and "An Evening With John Muir" at 7 p.m. in Gailor Auditorium (all times are Central). Contact: marypriestley@bellsouth.net.

* OCT. 31: Chattanooga watercolorist Margaret Patten Smith leads a workshop teaching students of all abilities how to paint autumn landscapes or still life in watercolors, 9:30 a.m.-noon CDT. Bring your own paints, and meet in the herbarium on the first floor of Spencer Hall. Free, but space is limited. Reservations required. Contact: marypriestley@bellsouth.net.

TO BE INCLUDED

Submit calendar items to Anne Braly at abraly@timesfreepress.com (757-6285) or Karen Nazor Hill at khill@timesfreepress.com (757-6396). Deadline is the Tuesday before the calendar appears in the Saturday newspaper.



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Videos From the Web: Garden Pests - San Francisco Chronicle

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:07 PM PDT

Home & Garden Expert, Lisa Quinn, shares how you can rid and safeguard your home from fireants, cockroaches and grubs, by identifying and treating pest hotspots as well as utilizing a new website from DuPont, called www.callyourpro.com.



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Restoring a garden home - Orange County Register

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:56 PM PDT

Lots of couples consider divorce when they remodel a home. But Tom and Lynn Ash thought it was the most fun they'd had in a long time. The couple had survived small remodels in the past and bought two new homes together. But they had never tackled a vintage project that many would call a teardown.

The Ashes live in Newport Heights where the streets are unusually wide and the trees have enjoyed a half century of luxurious growth. The landscapes are mature and well-tended and the homes are tidy and well-kept.

"We love the location. It's family-oriented with schools all around, lots of walking and dog walking and bicycles are the preferred modes of transportation," Tom said.

With Tom's horticulture background and Lynn's eye for design, the couple got everything they wanted, and more.

"We wanted to see outside from every angle," Tom said.

Cape-cod like in its symmetry Tom said that the house is actually a barracks style home built when the military lived in the area in the 1940s. The first task they agreed on, and there were many, was to take out the interior walls.

"We removed five," he said.

The hardwood floors are original, keeping their condition by being covered under carpet and laminate floors. Lynn insisted on restoring the original windows to compliment the integrity of the home.

But the main feature of the house is its views. Views the Ashes created for themselves. The west-facing dining room window, in particular, looks out on a greenhouse built by Tom by stacking glass doors. The Ashes can watch their tropicals, orchids and other steamy plants grow year round, while Tom gets to hone his horticultural skills on another class of plants.

"Side yards are usually where people put their trash cans. To me, it was a waste of space. The greenhouse not only provides us something to look at, it also blocks the view of the house next door. It is not heated or air conditioned, but my Vandas bloom just fine," Tom said.

The light is what everybody notices when they walk in the door. Not only can you see out to the garden on all sides, but all the west-facing windows spill soft light into the deepest interior spaces.

Raising the ceiling also offered a sense of spaciousness to the three-bedroom home as well as adding French doors where it was practical. The back of the house overflows onto a large deck.

"It is seamless that way stepping out onto the deck," Tom said. "We use it as extra living space."

Ferns, dahlias, ginger, calla and cannas provide fresh flowers almost year round. Tom grows sweet peas in the alley.

Even though the landscape feels lush, Tom is an expert on low water use. As a horticulturist for various water districts in Orange County and now a landscape consultant with Weathertrak Smart Water Management systems, his plants are zoned according to their water needs.

"I'm a Newport Beach kid so naturally I am attracted to tropicals. But Lynn convinced me to landscape in a cottage style in keeping with the architecture of the house," he said.

In fall, Tom starts digging into the garden again, getting it ready for another season of garden views. "The price of water is going up so I am going to remove the back lawn," he said.

We think it is the typical gardener's excuse to make room for more plants.



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Waite family latest yard beautification winners - Observer Today

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 09:16 PM PDT

CASSADAGA - The flower garden that graces the home of Rodney and Lisa Waite on Dale Drive in Cassadaga was chosen by SCORE to receive the organization's Yard Beautification Award.

Each month during the summer, SCORE, which stands for Stockton Citizens Organization for Renewal & Expansion, chooses a flower garden in the Town of Stockton to be recognized with the award.

In addition to the sign that sits in a prominent place on the selected property, the winner also receives a gift certificate to Privatera's Nursery in Fredonia.



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Lou Bender, 99; star player and a basketball pioneer - Boston Globe

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 10:14 PM PDT

In another, St. John's defeated City College, 17-9, as a record 15,000 fans filled the Garden. In the other game, Columbia defeated Fordham, 26-18, as Mr. Bender led all scorers with 8 points. The event raised $22,000.



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