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Botanists’ Alley will highlight regional species such as Mexican white oak, Muhly grasses, pink skullcap and false red agave (Beschorneria spetrentrionalis) discovered by Ferdinand Lindheimer (the 18th century father of Texas botany), Peckerwood Garden founder John Fairey and the late, renowned plant hunter Lynn Lowery. Also in the subtropical realm, the Upland Forest will have an array of pollinator plants (13 species of asclepias!) and a seasonal display field.

This indoor-outdoor retreat in Portugal is easy-breezy. Capping a rehabbed 1973 hotel, suffused in the era’s earthy neutrals, a slanted roof in laminated pine also shades a deck for drinking. Read more

Another corner will hold a serene Mediterranean oasis — a paradise garden with a collection of date palms and a tunnel of bright orange cape honeysuckle that leads under an existing tree, along a stepping-stone trail, through collections of agapanthus and crocosmia. And in the Confetti Garden, the small flowers of loropetalums (Chinese fringe flower), day lilies, spirea, weeping redbud and gingko will summon thoughts of Pointillist paintings.

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One small anecdote: During a recent game, I was in the clubhouse waiting to talk to a player who had already been pulled (you can do that in Arizona). Several other veterans also out of the game were glued to the television broadcast, animatedly cheering on Dan Altavilla as he pitched in relief. You don’t always see that.

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Everything old is new again. Yup .just like a GOP pretending to be a fiscal conservative until its his/her turn to line up at the pig trough.

"Getting Garden of the Month, that encouraged (Heather) and gave her something to work toward. She is making all these improvements. She is adding more flowers and shrubs and all of it," Block said. "That isn't what we expect of our Garden of the Month winners, but that is definitely the excitement it can spur in these homeowners."

From hotels to jewelry, Gulla Jónsdóttir crosses all boundaries. The marble fire pit at the beach bar at Chileno Bay in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico blends natural elements with the outdoor furnishings. Read more

"The rust and corrosion and previously repaired damage had made this cast iron piece holding the heavy large bowl structurally unsound, and the horse trough was literally about to collapse under its own weight," he wrote. "That piece is stabilized now, but thought should be given to replicating (the) original horse trough."

But now my work on 726 miles of stone walls provides an independent check on magnetic declination between 1685 and 1910.