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Dirt Therapy: It’s Time to Toil in the Soil; The Abundance of an Autumn Garden

By Marianne Taylor Sept. 23 marked the first day of autumn. Although the scorching heat is still upon us in many parts of Southern California,…

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Dirt Therapy: Flutter-on over to the Festival of the Butterflies

 By Marianne Taylor August marks the 10th anniversary of the Los Rios Park and the Los Rios Garden Angels, a volunteer group started by Goin’…

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Dirt Therapy: The Bounty the May Garden Brings; Flowers and Love

By Marianne Taylor May is the peak month of spring gardening. Blooms are vigorously pushing forth into the fresh spring air. Vegetable gardens are productive,…

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Dirt Therapy: Try a Scavenger Hunt to Connect Children to Nature

My favorite game growing up as a child was a scavenger hunt, often times played at a birthday party. What made this game fun and…

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Dirt Therapy: Enjoying Life’s Simple Pleasures, Friends, Family, Graciousness

By Marianne Taylor Visiting a friend recently I was introduced to a Scandinavian way of life called hygge (pronounced “HUE-gah”). Hygge is a Danish word…

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Dirt Therapy: A Sensory Garden is A Place to Relax, Reflect and Restore

By Marianne Taylor A sensory garden communicates to the individual in a quiet way. It seeks to stimulate the sensory nerves through careful arrangement and…

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Dirt Therapy: Spring is Here, Grow an Edible Garden

By Marianne Taylor “You need to eat more vegetables,” mom always told me as a kid. I must admit the selection was not that great…

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Dirt Therapy: Join the Los Rios Park Garden Angels, No Wings Required

By Marianne Taylor On any given hot summer day, the colorful native gardens at the Montanez Adobe in Los Rios Park are the headquarters to…

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Dirt Therapy: Gifts that Keep Giving

Uproot your kids from boredom with an upcycle holiday garden project By Marianne Taylor The holidays are here, which means lots of excitement in the…

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Dirt Therapy: Seasonal Comfort with Homemade Apple Cider

By Marianne Taylor Oh, the joy of fall—the crisp morning air, the golden lighting, the leaves changing, kids back in school. It’s a time to…

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Dirt Therapy: Respite Care—Unplug and Connect in the Garden

By Marianne Taylor In this rapid world of stressful news and a constant barrage of email and text messages, there’s never been a more important…

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Dirt Therapy: Preparing Your Cooler Crops Vegetable Garden

By Marianne Taylor Summer is traditionally the peak time for harvesting the abundance grown from the vegetable garden. Sharing our delicious summer crops with friends…

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Dirt Therapy: Butterflies in Decline

Monarch butterflies are disappearing, and we’re part of the problem By Marianne Taylor Where have all the Monarchs gone? This past summer and fall our…

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Dirt Therapy: Cultivating a Nation

A passionate gardener, Thomas Jefferson believed plants can transform society By Marianne Taylor “No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the…

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Dirt Therapy: Take a (Healing) Hike

The restorative power of the great outdoors shouldn’t be underestimated By Marianne Taylor “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks”…

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