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Garden travel, ideas, inspiration and great Buffalo, NY gardens by the well-travelled president of Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest garden tours in the U.S.

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  • Canned cannabis and the Amsterdam Flower Market

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 08:17 in travel, visit, cruise, belgium

    Back a couple years ago, on another barge trip, from Amsterdam to Bruges, we had a day to spend in Amsterdam. We spent an hour or two walking around the Flower Market enjoying the sights and marveling at the different options for purchasing your cann...

  • Getting a head in the garden

    Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 05:30 in travel, belgium, botanical garden, antwerp

    Found in the Plantentuin, a small, historic botanical garden in the heart of Antwerp, Belgium. In 1825, the vegetables in the hospital garden had to make room to cultivate plants useful for the biology classes in the medicine college & hospital ...

  • Brussels Christmas Market Carousel

    Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 08:07 in travel, holiday, christmas, belgium

    There's nothing like the Kerstmarkt in Brussels, Belgium, to put you in a holiday mood. Every year from the end of November to the end of December in Place Sainte Catherine, a Christmas festival/market is set up. The most fantastical thing (after the...

  • A Ruben-esque Garden

    Posted on Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 08:53 in travel, visit, cruise, belgium, antwerp

    On Wapper Street, Antwerp, Belgium, Peter Paul Rubens' home (Rubenshuis) is open as a museum. When he bought the house in 1660, after having lived in Italy for a spell, he added a palazzo to the already Italianate-style house. The house and garden we...