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No-Fuss Annuals

Now that your beds have sprung to life, it’s time to fill in the bare spots. I’m providing a list of no-fuss annuals that provide pops of color, attract pollinators ...Read More

Top 10 To-Dos for June 2019

Through June 30 | Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival Franklin Square This spectacular festival is a celebration of light and culture that features magnificent steel-framed and silk-wrapped giant lighted sculptures, created by ...Read More

Discover the Barrens

Hidden along the southern border of Pennsylvania are four preserves with a feature that might be unfamiliar to you. These preserves are known as serpentine barrens, and they are unlike ...Read More

Tweaking the Party Table

If you’re bringing out the same linens and napkins you’ve used year after year, it’s probably time for a refresher. We know just the place ... Special Occasions & Queen Street ...Read More

FROM MINING TO MISSILES

How does one go from laboring deep in the earth to designing technology that’s capable of powering missiles into space? Al Kashner of Elizabethtown did just that and says tenacity, ...Read More

Amaro … A Bittersweet Adventure

My personal discovery of amaro led to the revelation of an entirely new course in dining, an experience I never knew was missing, but one that I now consider to ...Read More

Trails to Tables

June is the perfect month to explore the many trails that now exist in Lancaster County. Marietta restaurant owner Freddy States is of the opinion that Lancaster County’s trails and ...Read More

Guarding Against Invasive Shrubs

Native plants are doing battle with harmful invasives that are taking over natural areas. Some have even radically altered the ecosystems they have taken over. This month’s focus is on ...Read More

Susan Gottlieb – The World is Her Palette

Inspiration for this Lancaster artist’s landscapes, figures and still lifes “grows” out of wherever her travels may take her. Susan’s garden follows suit and is a microcosm that reflects her ...Read More

A Decade O’ Keys

The 10th installment of Keys for the City, a summer-long Lancaster City tradition and fundraising event that benefits Music For Everyone, kicks off on May 18. Only in Lancaster A few years ...Read More

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Unveils Top 10 Gardening

With a snowy and blustery week in the forecast, avid gardeners will no doubt be taking solace in the catalogues

It’s Wedding Show Time!

Yes, winter tends to be a slow time for wedding-related venues and vendors, but that doesn’t mean they go into

It’s December!

Regarded as the most wonderful time of the year, December is packed with events that celebrate this season of holidays.

Two Weddings, Lancaster-Style

There’s nothing quite like a summer wedding, and the two we are presenting are quite different, as are the stories

Savannah Graybill and Chris Strup: Sliding Into Marriage

A winter Olympic sport known as skeleton led Savannah and Chris to become members of Team USA. While they didn’t

Jill Distler and Zachary Weire: Opposites Attract

When Jill met Zach, she lived on a farm; doted on her horses, dogs and cows; worked for a veterinarian

Dan Wecker: A Dutchman at Heart

In 1989, Dan and Donna Leigh Wecker took stewardship of an historic iron forge property that consisted of decaying buildings and 16

Growing Fruit With Climate Battery Technology

Greenhouses are magical places, as they envelop you in warmth and provide visuals of lush plant life. This is what