Construction firm to help beautify grounds at The Christmas Box - Deseret News
25 May 2012, 5:44 pm
Staker Parson Companies will donate gravel and mulch for The Christmas Box International's main entrance and beds surrounding the building while other local companies will provide trees and shrubs. A group of 60 employees will participate in the service. 

Feng Shui garden for your soul - Examiner
25 May 2012, 4:11 pm
Creating a garden is often viewed as simply planting grass, a few shrubs and may a flower or two and while that is a garden it’s often also a garden without a connection, a garden without a soul. When you incorporate Feng Shui into your ...

What's shaking in the cocktail scene? Shrubs. - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 2:10 pm
Shrubs — they're not just for hiding in! Tart, acidic and weirdly, wonderfully refreshing, drinking vinegars known as "shrubs" are finding a savory home on a growing number of Los Angeles drink menus. Sometimes they're added to soda water as ...

Golden Gate Gardener - San Francisco Gate
25 May 2012, 1:48 pm
Such dreams are what we need when we are starting an arduous task. Trees and shrubs: Arbutus unedo, buddleja, callistimon, ceanothus, cistus, escallonia, fuchsia, grevillia, toyon, hydrangea, lantana, michelia, nandina, oleander, pomegranate ...

The grande dame of glamour: Cap d’Antibes is once again the ultimate in Riviera chic - Daily Mail
25 May 2012, 12:29 pm
She was snapped in one of the cabanas hidden among trees and shrubs along the rocks near the water. These wooden beach huts remain today exactly as they were 50 years ago. We have lunch in one and conclude that honeymoons in the Maldives or Bali must be ...

Activists Bring Trash From Foreclosed Home To Chase Bank - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 6:10 am
A group of Miami activists brought a present to Chase Bank: their trash. Members of 1Miami collected garbage and overgrown shrubs Thursday on a foreclosed property in Little Havana owned by Chase, then dumped the bags at a branch on SW 27th Street.

Chelsea Flower Show 2012: Sir Harry Veitch, the plantaholic’s hero - The Independent Blogs
25 May 2012, 4:16 am
A time when no one had seen a begonia or many of the magnolias that now grow in our gardens? Not to mention many of the conifers, shrubs and climbers that we now take for granted? For these, we have to thank Sir Harry Veitch, who ran the James ...

Poison oak and ivy out and about - Salisbury Post
24 May 2012, 11:29 pm
SALISBURY — With above average temperatures approaching, many will be concerned about keeping their plants, trees and shrubs irrigated. When temperatures rise above 90 degrees, plants are going to wilt. Hydrangeas, rhododendron, tomato plants and bedding ...

McCREARY: Finding the right shrubs to replace a lawn - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
24 May 2012, 3:19 am
Home gardeners who replace their lawns are looking for savings of one kind or another, but often have difficulty finding a pleasing variety of species that require only minimal maintenance. So is it worth it to take out the lawn? Absolutely.

Bartenders revive the tang of old-time 'shrubs' in modern cocktails - Sacramento Bee
21 May 2012, 6:58 am
Sour is an essential cocktail component. That's why, every day, bartenders squeeze mounds of lemons and limes. But look closely and you'll see another ingredient quietly adding its own tang to drinks - shrubs. These complex and bright syrups are ...