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Whether you are wishing for a greener thumb or looking for ways to liven up your home, local home and garden writer Megan Swoyer may have an answer for you. Have an idea for Megan? Write her: megan@waterloogroup.com.Soon, the Junior League of Detroit (JLD) will open the doors to its 2012 Designers’ Show House, located at 22 Webber Place in Grosse Pointe Shores. The massive 10,304-square-foot house, which was built in 1928 as the home of Oscar Webber, nephew of Joseph L. Hudson, is undergoing a magical transformation, thanks to design specialists who hail from everywhere from Ferndale, South Lyon, Plymouth, Royal Oak and Birmingham to Rochester, Clinton Township, Grosse Pointe and Troy. For several weeks, dozens of interior designers, painters, electricians, power washers, boutique staff and more have …
Having just returned from a trip to Ireland, I am especially excited about this Saturday’s “Small Giants” seminar at Heavenly Scent Herb Farm in Fenton. the event is all about miniature gardening with gigantic possibilities and will draw everyone from dwarf-gardening enthusiasts to faerie fans. I wasn’t a true faerie believer until recently strolling the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Arboretum in County Wexford, Ireland. There, I stumbled upon a tiny faerie fort without knowing it. A little moss-covered opening at the base of a towering tree beckoned me to come closer. Up against the …
