Thursday, September 10, 2009

“Kansas Cities: Garden City - University Daily Kansan” plus 4 more

“Kansas Cities: Garden City - University Daily Kansan” plus 4 more

Kansas Cities: Garden City - University Daily Kansan

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:02 PM PDT

City: Garden City

Nickname: Garden

County: Finney

Location: Southwest Kansas

Distance from Lawrence: 352.07 miles or five hours and 39 minutes

Founded: 1878

Population (2000 census): 28,451

Destinations: Garden City is home to the world's largest outdoor municipal concrete swimming pool. "The Big Pool" is larger then a football field and holds 2.2 million gallons of water. Originally hand dug in 1922, the pool features 50-meter Olympic swim lanes and three slides. Garden City is also home to the Lee Richards Zoo, which features over 300 animals, Finney County Museum and the Buffalo Game Preserve, home to one of the largest herds of bison in the world.

Interesting Fact: University of Georgia head basketball coach Mark Fox and former University of Kansas basketball player Harold "Prince Hal" Patterson are both Garden City natives.

Sources: mapquest.com, wikipedia.com, roadsideamerica.com

What was your favorite thing about living in Garden City?

Jon Urban, junior: "It's nice running into people you know. There's a lot of diversity for a small town, and they have really good Mexican food."

Ethan Doll, freshman: "My friends bought a special-ed bus and painted it black and tinted the windows. We would cruise around town in it."

Christina Nguyen, freshman: "I knew everyone in town and you could go anywhere in five minutes."

Rubie Peters, freshman: "It's a city but at the same time it's small. You can walk around and know everyone."




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Proof on Main Hosts Celebrity Garden Designer John Carloftis for ... - Louisville.com

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:02 PM PDT

On Friday, September 11, Proof on Main presents an event celebrating bourbon and the work of celebrity garden designer Jon Carloftis, both born in Kentucky and now celebrated around the world. The cocktail party will feature a blind bourbon tasting hosted by The Bourbon Review magazine and hors d'oeuvres by chef Michael Paley, as well as exclusive access to the Carloftis-designed rooftop apartment garden. Bourbons featured at the event will include Eagle Rare 10 Year, Elmer T. Lee and Buffalo Trace.

The tasting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Atrium of 21c Hotel. The $59 per person admission price includes a glass of sparking wine, admission to the bourbon tasting, two drink tickets, hors d'oeuvres, a limited edition shot glass and a copy of the The Bourbon Review. The Lexington band Chico Fellini will close the evening with a live performance in the Atrium. For those who want to complete the experience with a night at the 21c Museum Hotel, a special $129 room rate is offered.

Known for his unique work on over 50 rooftop and terrace gardens in New York City, Carloftis will be available to answer any questions guests may have about their gardens, whether they're in the high rises of Louisville or the bluegrass plains throughout the state. Carloftis' work has been featured in several publications, including House Beautiful, Country Home, Garden Design, Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Garden Rooms and Nature's Garden. He has also made television appearances on the Style Channel, Home and Garden channel and ABC's Good Morning America. Carloftis is an author as well, having published two books, Beyond the Windowsill and First a Garden.

For more information on "Bourbon & Garden", or to make reservations for dinner, call Katie Matthews at (502) 217-6312 or email kmatthews@21chotel.com. Proof on Main is located at 702 West Main Street. For more information, visit www.proofonmain.com.



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Allergens can be stopped at home - Detroit News

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:54 PM PDT

Home and Garden Television

Making your home inhospitable for allergens sounds like a daunting task. Fortunately, following these tips can help.

1. Clear the air. A well-ventilated house is a first-line defense against allergens.

• Use HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters in the air-conditioning system.

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• Maintain the humidity level in the house at 50 percent.

2. Clean up clutter . The less stuff in your house, the fewer places for allergens to hang out. 3. Clean the cleaning room.

• Inspect your bathroom's water pipes for leaks.

• Make sure that ventilation fans are routed to the outside, and run them for 30 minutes after a shower or bath.

4. Reduce dust generators. Consider pitching curtains, high-pile carpeting and upholstered furniture.

5. Change landscape.

Avoid allergenic trees like maple (male), birch and ash (male). Choose dogwood, double-flowered cherry and magnolia.



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Home & Garden calendar - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:04 PM PDT

MEETINGS

* TODAY: Chattanooga Regional Hosta Society meeting, 1 p.m. at East Ridge Community Center. Auction of hostas and other plants. Visitors welcome. Contact: Shirley McMasters, 344-5876.

EVENTS

* TUESDAY: Chattanooga Herbies meeting. Learn about growing and using sage and sample recipes, 6:30 p.m. in Chattanooga Area Food Bank conference room, 2009 Curtain Pole Road off Amnicola Highway. Contact: Jane Goodin, 875-9689.

* FRIDAY: Holcomb Garden Center, 2705 Battlefield Parkway, Fort Oglethorpe, presents class on how to create a beautiful lawn, 7 p.m. Free, but call ahead to reserve a seat. 706-861-4769.

LOOKING AHEAD

* SEPT. 15: Orientation for Tennessee River Gorge Trust volunteers, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 535 Chestnut St., Suite 214. To reserve a place, call 266-0314 or e-mail sarahq@trgt.org.

* SEPT. 18-20: Tennessee Native Plant Society's annual meeting at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, Linden, Tenn. Includes programs, field trips and dialogue with fellow botanists and naturalists. Guest speakers: Milo Payne, senior regional ecologists in the Southeastern office of NatureServe; and Margie Hunter, author of "Gardening With the Native Plants of Tennessee." Registration: $15 per person; rooms $62, single or double occupancy. Meals extra. www.tnps.org.

* SEPT. 19-20: Sign up to volunteer for Fall Open House and Native Plant Sale at Reflection Riding. Call Mary Katherine Harper, 821-9582, ext. 200.

* SEPT. 19-20: Crabtree Farms' seventh annual Fall Plant Sale and Festival, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Free workshops. 493-9155.

* SEPT. 20: Crabtree Farms' annual pig roast, 6:30 p.m., 1000 E. 30th St.; gates open at 4 p.m. Family-friendly event includes live entertainment, barbecue and local foods, kids activities and games; beer from Big River Grille & Brewing Works and wine from The Vine. Adults: $30 (members), $40 (nonmembers); family pricing available. Benefits programs to grow the local food economy and to provide agriculture enrichment for youth. Information: www.crabtreefarms.org, 493-9155.

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

* OCT. 3: Join more than 1,000 volunteers for 21st annual Tennessee River Rescue, picking up trash from riverbank from Cleveland to Shellmound Campground in Marion County. Contact Sarah Quattrochi: sarahq@trgt.org, 266-0314. www.tennesseeriverrescue.com.

* OCT. 3: Sewanee's premier naturalists, the Yeatmans, lead 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 O'Donnell Road, to caravan to the Yeatman property. www.lal.sewanee.edu/herbarium.

to reach us

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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Connect with nature at new children's garden - Detroit News

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:02 PM PDT

Susan R. Pollack: Welcome Mat

Kids of all ages are invited to frolic at the free grand opening party on Sunday at Gaffield Children's Garden in Ann Arbor. Part of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens at 1800 North Dixboro, the garden features 15 special areas and spaces, including a "Sensational Garden" that encourages use of all the senses; a "Natural Builders" garden where kids may construct towers and objects with twigs, rocks and bark; an animal habitat hiking trail; a butterfly garden; a giant, climb-inside bird's nest; and "Secret Places," where children adopt nooks and crannies as hideaway spots. The grand opening event, complete with theater performances, special activities and music, runs from 1 to 4 p.m. Check www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg or call (734) 647-7600).

Get down and dirty with this clean and green soap

Under the motto, "Clean Soap for Dirty People," Jason Winchester, a Romeo-based teacher-turned-entrepreneur, is doing his part for the planet with his new Nitty Gritty Soap Co. With quirky names like Greenthumb, World Peace, Treehugger and Lavelicious (not to mention Mint Julep and Sweet Lemonade), his all-natural, organic soaps are composed of 85 percent organic ingredients, such as olive, coconut and sunflower oils, and various essential oils. Look for the soap at the French Marketplace in Romeo, and farmers markets in Warren, Shelby Township and Bruce Township, or online at www.nittygrittysoap.com. Check the Web site's "Dirty Photo Contest," then go out and play in the mud and submit some images of your own for a chance to win free soap. Each Nitty Gritty bar is $5, or try the "soap of the month" and you'll get a fourth bar of the same scent free when you buy three.

Birmingham House Tour

Seven homes, from Mark McCammon's ultra-contemporary showpiece in Bloomfield Township (featured in a recent Homestyle) to more traditional styles, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday for the 22nd annual Birmingham House Tour. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 day of tour, with proceeds benefiting the Community House, Birmingham, where a salad bar lunch ($15) will be available on the terrace. Afternoon tea will be served free from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Call (248) 644-5832 or e-mail housetour@communityhouse.com.

Football Saturdays sale

Wear maize and blue, green and white or any other colors representing your favorite team, and you'll get 20 percent at Materials Unlimited, an antiques and architectural salvage company in Ypsilanti. While shopping for that perfect stained-glass window, fireplace mantel or antique light fixture, such as the double-arm, cast iron Tudor Revival wall sconce pictured here ($585 pair), shoppers may nibble on appetizers served by nearby eateries that are teaming up during the sale to showcase their tailgating talents. The "Go Team" promotion runs on Saturdays through Nov. 21 at the store, 2 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Browse the inventory at www.materialsunlimited.com.

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Garden photo contest

Attention, green thumbs: Has all your work and creativity paid off in the garden, rewarding you with a spectacular display this season? If so, enter our garden photo contest. Each week, Homestyle will publish a great photo and award a home or garden book, with a chance at a grand prize at contest's end. Enter your photo by uploading it at detnews.com/gardenphotos. Please include only your name, your e-mail and a brief description of the photo in the caption field. Hurry, the contest ends soon! This week's photo came from Meredith Weston-Band of Royal Oak, who spotted a neighbor's cat relaxing on "Sambra," a metal and concrete horse by artist Siri Hollander, in a bed of blooming hostas.

Detroit News Design Writer



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