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(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Morven Museum & Garden will be closed from Monday, January 24, 2022 through mid-February, 2022 while the floors of the main galleries are being refurbished. During this time, the public can still visit them via online exhibitions and virtual programming. This restoration was made possible through support from the Save Americas Treasures grant program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, as well as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

A group of UK-based designers are given a simple brief to design DIY-inspired furniture for this Ishinomaki Laboratory x SCP collection.

Get prepared for spring with Bunny Guinness top jobs to do this March  Credit: Andrew Crowley I am often asked about good home soil-testing kits. When I was studying horticulture at Reading many years ago, I seem to remember we tried out several kits and compared them with accurate lab tests. The conclusion was that the kits were really not accurate enough to be useful. Talking to Tim O’Hare (top soil scientist – toha.co.uk), he says this is still true today. In laboratory tests, demineral...

Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, is famous for roses Credit: Marianne Majerus Roses, the nation’s favourite flower, have been grown in beds for hundreds of years – and rose replant disease has been a thorn in the flesh of gardeners for just as long as we have been growing them. However, until now, the cause has never been identified. Rose replant disease (RRD) is so-called because, if new roses are planted in ground where roses have been growing previously, they not only fail to thrive, they lo...

Why a Tiny Island Created the Biggest Marine Sanctuary in the South Atlantic Tristan da Cunha was first inhabited to keep an eye on Napoleon; now residents are looking out for lobsters. Why a Tiny Island Created the Biggest Marine Sanctuary in the South Atlantic Copy Link The town center of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the islands only town. Dmitry Malov / Alamy Like most places, the British Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha is a community made up of teachers, accountants, mechanics, and g...

Linn County Leader The Linn County Commission met on Feb. 2 with Commissioners Dick King, Glen Murrain, Josh Muck and Clerk Suzan Stephenson present. Presiding Commissioner King called the meeting to order. The agenda was reviewed. The minutes of the Jan. 26, meeting were reviewed. Commissioner Murrain made a motion to approve and sign the minutes. Commissioner King seconded the motion and the motion was passed. Vote recorded: King-yes, Murrain-yes and Muck-yes. Commissioner Muck made a motio...

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The South African hake trawl fishery is one of 409 fisheries around the world that have been certified to the MSC’s sustainability standard.

The terraces in November, now awaiting replanting in spring Credit: Anna Omiotek-Tott It is now more than 20 years since I moved to Sandhill Farm House, near Petersfield in Hampshire. I was immediately attracted to the one-acre property, divided into two halves, as it had the potential of being turned into several different spaces. Sandhill is my fourth real garden. Having been a tenant of a National Trust property – Stoneacre in Kent – for 11 years, I wanted a change and the freedom to cre...