Sustainability Journal
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Fun things to do with fall leaves
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Let’s make sustainable crafts with some readily-available nature bits - like fall leaves! They’re so beautiful, and part of what makes them so - outside of the fact that each one is unique like a snowflake and the colors are...
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Pure Creative Flow: Q+A with Elyse Rainbolt
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Feminine groove. Exquisite tastes. Rainbow explosions. Pure creative flow. All of these things pour from the screen while FaceTiming with Elyse Rainbolt - even when the connection from her remote Pennsylvania flower farm is too dodgy for you to see...
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A Small History: Lawns
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
When I was a kid I didn’t know there were yards without lawns. Everyone had a lawn where I grew up, to the point where the word yard is nearly synonymous with the word lawn in my early years. And...
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A Small History: Geraniums
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Owners of beautiful, eclectic homes giving tours to TV crews seem to have a universal fondness for geraniums, or pelargoniums. There’s something about them. They’re leafy greenness plus a brilliant pop of colorful petals is surely a draw. The sheer...
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Summer Birding in Napa
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Birdwatching is a way to interact with the natural world. So many of us find value in interacting with pets, but to have birds come to a feeder at your house, is a way to metaphorically touch the wild world....
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Not Invited to the Garden Party
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Keeping bugs away from your outdoor living spaces, naturally.