Ashland homes opening doors for Garden Week

May 19, 2012 | Historic Garden Week in Ashland will feature six historic homes in the downtown Ashland area, none of which has been open for Historic Garden Week before. 23, 2011, it became evident that the beautiful and historic properties in Cuckoo that were slated to be on this year’s Historic Garden Week tour would not be in condition for tourists. Members of The Ashland Garden Club rallied around and offered their own homes for this year’s Ashland area tour. Jane and Percy Wootton’s home and The Gilboa Church, two of the Cuckoo properties that were scheduled to be on this year’s Historic Garden Week tour, were badly damaged by the quake and are still undergoing recovery and restoration projects. This year, the tour will be presented from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Saturday, April 21. It will be walking tour format. From adversity and necessity, however, came innovation and invention. Read more »

WEEKEND COLUMNISTS Susie Boyt

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Ask the bird folks: Oologists and eggers

May 19, 7338 | Since robins are my favorite birds I decided to keep the egg and placed it on the mantel above my fireplace. Today my cousin told me that what I did is and more »

Jean-Jacques Taylor Needs To Lighten Up

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