Get Fresh Produce, Gifts and Good Advice at Fresh South Market

We live in such a great community in Fayette County and the addition of the Fresh South Market makes living here just that much better! Each Wednesday and Saturday through November, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., local vendors are selling their goods at our newest farmer’s market, located at the Peachtree City Crossings Center [...]

Garden Ideas at the Southern Living Idea Home

Last week I headed over to historic Senoia, Georgia to visit the Southern Living Idea House – a charming 3.5-story brownstone on the site of the former McKnight Cotton Gin. This is the first time that Southern Living has featured a brownstone property as an idea home.  The model is an expanded end unit and [...]

A Kid-Friendly Garden

Several years ago when my nieces and nephews were small, I hosted an annual holiday scavenger hunt in my
garden right before Christmas. My husband and I spent many hours buying little gifts and treats, wrapping them up and hiding them in the garden.  Boy did I miss an opportunity! Instead of toys and treats, I [...]

Have Fun Designing a Theme Garden

Gardening should be fun, not a chore, and your garden should reflect your personality and interests. If you want to update your garden but lack inspiration, why not create a theme garden based on what you love?
A “theme” garden can represent almost anything – a color you like, an activity you enjoy, a mood you [...]

Garden Junk: Recycled Items Add Personality in your Garden

Savvy gardeners rarely throw anything away – rather they choose to reclaim, recycle, salvage and reuse
vintage materials in new and inventive ways. That “junk” collecting in your attic and garage can be repurposed in your garden to add personality and highlight your family history.
There is something deeply satisfying in reclaiming an object and giving it [...]

Sometimes Gardening is NO Fun!

Yes, I know that I write the Fayette Woman blog and magazine articles about the joys of gardening. But to be
perfectly honest, sometimes gardening is more chore than fun. Right now I am battling seven river birch trees that are dropping yellow leaves like it was the middle of autumn. I have been out raking [...]

Get Outside – Dirt Makes Your Kids Smarter

If you still aren’t convinced that children who spend a good amount of time outside are healthier, then you need to consider the new study that reveals bacteria found in the soil not only lowers depression and anxiety but can also make your kids smarter! This new research, according to Science Daily, indicates “exposure to [...]

Lisa’s Garden

One of the first things Lisa Szydzik did after moving from Michigan to Peachtree City eight years ago was to pull up the plastic palm trees around the pool and begin to design a real garden. Since the pool area is in full view of the golf cart path, Lisa planted a perennial garden as [...]

Creating A Bird-Friendly Garden

Is a garden really a garden without birds? Birds add movement, color, sound and entertainment to your outside space. You can encourage more birds to make your garden their home for a season or as a permanent resident. To get the lowdown on how to attract birds to your garden, I talked to local Georgia [...]

A Tour of Gardens in the Columbus GA Historic District

During our first summer heat wave, my mother and I traveled 85 miles south to Columbus, Georgia to tour seven private downtown Columbus Historic District gardens on the 2010 Keep Columbus Beautiful Tour of Gardens. All the private gardens were on Broadway, so we parked our car and enjoyed a walk along the brick roadway [...]

Sky-High on Atlanta Botanical Garden’s New Canopy Walk

Make plans now to visit the new Canopy Walk that just opened in May and is considered on of the biggest events in Atlanta in 2010
This summer you can stroll through the tree tops, 40 feet in the air, along the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s new Canopy Walk. This 600 foot long concrete pathway will give [...]

A Garden Party

I went to a garden party but Ricky Nelson was not singing and was not even in attendance. (If you don’t get the reference to Ricky, you are way younger than any of the women at the garden party!) Actually, I hosted
the garden party for Verie Foster to celebrate her milestone birthday. Women of a [...]

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