The Art of Living at Home
Judging by the conversations on social media websites and across cafe tables, you would think that nobody cleans, cooks, gardens, sews, does crafts or other household arts. You might see a photo from...
View ArticleBringing the Outdoors Inside at Christmas
Poinsettia arrangements at Amsterdam Greenhouses & Garden Centre, Pitt Meadows. (Click on image to enlarge.) If you have spent time waiting for a loved one to emerge from a big box store lately,...
View ArticleA Better World: Gift Baskets With Ethically Sourced Products
World in a Garden is a multicultural urban farm and educational project based in Vancouver. This holiday season they are preparing gift baskets and stocking stuffers using ethically sourced products...
View ArticleGiveaway: BC Home & Garden Show Tickets
As the weather switches back and forth from sunny to rainy, you might be casting your mind ahead to spring and plans to develop your balcony or yard and redecorate your home. From February 20 – 24,...
View ArticleBC Home + Garden Show Discoveries
Test driving the Panasonic massage chairs at the BC Home + Garden Show. You can get deep discounts when you purchase one at any of the shows they attend year round. Pamela Chan, BCFamily.ca Take one...
View ArticleSpring Gardening Workshops
If you or you and your family enjoy gardening, you will want to get on the Amsterdam Greenhouses’ E-mail list or follow them on Facebook. As the weather has started to improve, there can be many...
View ArticleEpic Sustainable Living Festival 2013
If the idea of spending a day in a gorgeous botanical garden: exchanging ideas with others about sustainable living; walking a maze; playing bocce and garden games; sipping drinks and checking out food...
View ArticleSpring Has Arrived in BC
Spring has come early here in British Columbia. How is your garden looking where you are?
View ArticlePrince Charles, Gardening & Children
In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4, Prince Charles spoke about his garden at Highbury near Tetbury, Gloucestershire; his childhood experiences with gardening; and, some of his new ideas about...
View ArticleSimple and Healthy Lifestyle Options: Small Holding
This is a four part series about the Blue Zone lifestyle, trying new exercise choices, the Norwegian concept of Friluftsliv and vertical gardening. The post Simple and Healthy Lifestyle Options: Small...
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