by Lissa Edwards | Apr 9, 2018 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
This Torch Lake Home reflects a family’s love for the lake and for each other. This home is featured in the April 2018 issue of Northern Home & Cottage, a bi-monthly home publication included in all subscriptions to Traverse, Northern Michigan’s...
by Khristi Sigurdson Zimmeth | Apr 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Touring the old stone courtyards of Italy inspired a Northern Michigan couple to re-create that sense of earthy, outdoor living at their own home. The resulting backyard makeover is beautiful! This home is featured in the April 2018 issue of Northern Home &...
by Jeff Smith | Oct 26, 2017 | Counties, Farm and Agriculture, Live Here
From our fruit-blessed realm, there arose a woman with a helpful idea: write books so everyday people can grow fruit like experts. Meet Stella Otto, author of The Backyard Orchardist, and the hero of gardeners nationwide. In the farming world, they call it “the...
by Carly Simpson | May 4, 2017 | Counties, Towns
This Michigan city is famous for its annual cherry blossom explosion, when more than 2 million trees in the region’s cherry orchards burst into bloom for several weeks in mid-May. But the city and its neighbors are also a wonderland of smaller gardens. Wander down the...
by Janice Binkert | May 23, 2016 | Counties, Live Here, Outdoors, Towns
How does their garden grow? With persistence, endurance and resoluteness. Come inside the nearly 20-year journey of the Traverse City Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park. Planning and creating a garden takes research, organization, patience, perseverance and,...