Why We Love Live Oaks
Vero Beach is unique for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it straddles the Carolina temperate zone and the Caribbean subtropical zone.
Home & Garden
Timeless Elegance In A Windsor Row House
They say that good things come to those who wait. Nancy Lesher will tell you it’s true.
From The Ocean To The Mountains
From the window of his home office, Charlie Sheehan looks down a steep mountain landscape toward a distant valley.
In The Garden
It’s not a pleasant subject but hey, somebody has to do the dirty work.
A Mediterranean Jewel In John's Island
It’s amazing the wonders you can discover once you turn off a main road. In John’s Island there’s such a turn, one that takes you down a shadowed lane lined with rows of podocarpus columns, sculpted sentries surrounded by pink begonias.
A Pastoral Riverfront Landscape
When Jill and Paul Kaneb purchased a pristine property on the east side of the Indian River Lagoon, siting the residence and guest house was of paramount importance.
The MacTaggart's Enchanting Garden
The Barry MacTaggarts found Vero Beach via a wildly circuitous route.
There Is A Season
When it comes to planting flowers in Florida, there appears to be some confusion, especially among transplanted northerners.
Callaway Gardens
What more propitious a place for a land trust meeting than Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia?
A Short Primer on Hurricanes and your Landscape
When I was 5 years old and the eye-wall of Hurricane Betsey, 1965, hit my parents’ home in New Orleans, my most vivid memory of the storm was that my favorite pecan tree split in half and disappeared forever.
Holiday With The Hallstroms
God Jul! It’s a Merry Christmas at Hallstrom House where the halls have been decked, the tree trimmed and the table set.
A.M. in Toronto, P.M. in Vero Beach
After happily commuting between Toronto and Vero Beach for nearly 20 years, Canadian broadcaster Valerie Pringle looks back with a smile on her initial journey south.
