Gardening Guide
"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter."- Rachel Carson
The intoxicating waft ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui
Spring is definitely in the air, ruled by the wood element, and the "It" color of 2017 is emerald green, symbolizing new beginnings. Instead of beginnings, however, I'm going to the past, sharing some of my local client adventures to help illustrate fixing the ...By Michele Duffy
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Annual tour features six unique kitchens
The Lafayette Juniors 18th Annual Kitchen Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 and tour-goers will be treated to a look at six beautiful kitchens impeccably designed to reflect their homeowners' distinctive style and points-of-view.
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The Real Estate Quarter in Review
The first quarter of 2017 showed a continued fast pace in activity on the residential side of Lamorinda real estate. Supply remains very low so the resulting sales quantities remain low. The average sales price continues to increase in Lafayette and Moraga but not in ...By Conrad Bassett
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Orinda Garden Tour highlights outdoor living
Five Orinda and Lafayette gardens have been selected this year to showcase the best in elegant Californian suburban outside living in the biannual Orinda Garden Club Tour May 11.
This ...By Sophie Braccini
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April Gardening Guide
"Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire." ~Virgil
Yes, California passed Proposition ...By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions
How are you, Lamorindans? My heart hopes well. This spring has been such a precious time in Lamorinda, all the rains bringing blooms before their time. I am loving it.
This is my last ...By Ann McDonald
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Changing your garden, changing your life
Every year, the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour features new and mature gardens composed mostly of native plants. The three Lamorinda gardens featured here - and which will be on the tour - are each so different from each other, but all testify of how gardening ...By Sophie Braccini
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Digging Deep
"Blossom by blossom the spring begins." - AC Shinburne
It took exactly one full day of warm sunshine a week before the vernal equinox for the garden to spring into action. Everywhere I ...By Cynthia Brian
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Feng Shui
Why is the home's front entrance so, well, front and center in Feng Shui?
Here are some clues to divining the mystery of this all-important area and to critically review, enhance and ...By Michele Duffy
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Lamorinda trees are bursting with color
Driving or walking around Lamorinda in the weeks leading up to the first full day of spring has felt almost like stepping into a floral shop. The landscape is bursting with colors - the pinks, purples, whites and yellows of flowers blooming and the vivid greenery all ...By Diane Claytor
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March Gardening Guide
"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rain fall softly on your fields." -- Irish Blessing
Although I don't ...By Cynthia Brian
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Stylish Solutions
Welcome to March! While the sun is peeking through rain clouds, we are tackling an update of inside style this month. Depending on how long you have been in your home, it might be a good idea to look hard at what should stay and what should go.
 By Ann McDonald
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Create living sculptures with Kokedama
Transforming average house plants into living sculpture was the goal at the recent Kokedama String Garden Workshop held at Orchard Nursery and Florist in Lafayette.
Gardeners from all ...By Kara Navolio
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Gardening Guide for March
"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to just let it rain." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rain, rain, and more rain! With the many years of drought experienced in California, how ...By Cynthia Brian
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA