June/July 2016

Articles from this Issue

Sometimes you get a feeling and just know something is meant to be. That is exactly what happened when the homeowner of the classic stately Georgian Revival-style home in west St. Louis County drove...
Over the river (okay, what you ford is really a shallow stream) and through the woods…down a long gravel road that turns into a steep gravel driveway…but what you come to on top of a high hill in...
Planting particular varieties of vegetables or flowers together can be beneficial to both plants. Companion planting ensures your garden will thrive. Build a plant community with a happy garden that...
The Milles Sculpture Garden consists of three large reflecting pools that span the Missouri Botanical Garden's central axis from the Spink Pavilion to the Climatron.  Built in 1913, the pools have...
That old saying about there being nothing new under the sun may just be coming true under the sun in your back yard. Back in Medieval times monks combined flowers, vegetables and medicinal herbs in...
It’s a joy to drive through the Italian wine region in Italy’s Northeast, known as the Piedmont. Especially in early summer, when the landscape looks like an Impressionist painting – the poppy fields...

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