The TurfMutt Foundation Predicts “Backyarding” To Become Permanent Trend “Backyarding,” the new trend to move many indoor activities–from working in an office or classroom to dining and recreation–to the great outdoors, is growing. Under pandemic conditions, yards and other managed landscapes became a safe haven for social gatherings, celebrating milestones/holidays, working, studying, playing, exercising, relaxing. […]
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Backyarding is Here to Stay
Backyarding is Here to Stay & It Has a Purpose. What’s Yours? By Kris Kiser, President & CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute What once only happened indoors now happens outdoors. It’s called “backyarding,” and it’s a trend that’s here to stay. From office work to working out, from eating to entertaining, if these […]
Cherry Blossoms Celebrated
FROM HUMAN CHESS TO PADDLEBOARDING: UNIQUE WAYS CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT JAPAN With the much-anticipated arrival of their delicate pink flowers, the cherry trees blossoming in Japan is a yearly spectacle. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, cherry blossoms in Tokyo are expected to bloom on March 15th this year. Associated with renewal and the […]
USDA Forest Service Reflects on 2020
Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, the USDA Forest Service today announced it surpassed goals and set records in 2020. “2020 was a challenging year, with record wildland fire activity and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the Forest Service, we have risen above these challenges and set our minds, hands and hearts to carrying out our […]
Snow and Ice Tips to Protect Your Yard This Winter
With the pandemic keeping people sheltering at home, more people are extending their outdoor time in the winter by adding fire pits, outdoor heaters and other features. Even in the wintertime, it’s important to take care of your yard. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, an international trade association representing power equipment, small engine, portable generator, […]
Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa partner
THE NIGHT LEAGUE, USHUAÏA AND HÏ IBIZA PARTNER WITH DANCE FOR 1 METER FOR RAINFOREST CONSERVATION Leading Ibiza clubs Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa partner with Dance For 1 Meter, the largest conservation initiative in electronic music history, to help combat rainforest deforestation Today, Ibiza events giants The Night League announce their 2018 partnership with conservation […]
Freewheel Holidays
Curious about castles? A UK company specializing in self-guided bicycle vacations throughout Europe offers itineraries from Italy to Denmark that reveal secrets of courtly lives on the other side of the moat. Freewheel Holidays’ self-guided tours include, among others, inn and/or bed and breakfast accommodations, bike rental, luggage transfers, route maps and notes, services of […]
NYRP 21st Annual Hulaween Event
SAVE THE DATE! Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project to Host 21st Annual Hulaween Event October 30th at NYC’s Majestic Cathedral of St. John the Divine JOIN NYRP FOUNDER BETTE MIDLER, MUSICAL GUEST JON BON JOVI & FRIENDS, AND SPECIAL GUEST DITA VON TEESE As one of the City’s Most Iconic Cathedrals Transforms Into a Garden of […]
Joy Moser
Night Cloud #11, Joy Moser Teachers College, Columbia University to Exhibit Abstract Sky-scapes by Faculty Member Joy Moser WHAT: “Night Clouds,” an Exhibit of Abstract Paintings of the Natural World WHO: Joy Moser, Artist and Adjunct Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University WHEN: September 5-28 Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. WHERE: Teachers College, Columbia […]