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GETTING OUT

Gardening Tips: May in the Garden

By Marianne Taylor Although we’re at the end of spring, it’s not too late to plant your vegetable and flower garden. Ideally, March and April…

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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

Dirt Therapy: A Walk of a Lifetime

By Marianne Taylor Sometimes in life you just want to take a break and go for a long walk. I found that to be true…

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LIVING, SJC Living

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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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Dirt Therapy: March in the Ordinary Garden

By Marianne Taylor I love March! Okay, a shameless plug: it’s my birthday and my granddaughter’s as well, and I have just celebrated my sixth…

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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

Dirt Therapy: Sprucing Up The Garden After Summer Heatwaves

By Marianne Taylor  The latest summer heat wave has not only wore me out, it’s clearly worn out my numerous perennials and succulents throughout my…

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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

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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LIVING, SJC Living

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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EYE ON SJC, LIVING, News, SJC Living

Inaugural Fall Fest Draws 1,200 to Reata Park for Bluegrass Music, Autumnal Activities

  By Allison Jarrell More than 1,200 people gathered at Reata Park and Event Center on Oct. 15 for Goin Native Therapeutic Gardens’ inaugural Fall…

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EYE ON SJC, LIVING, News, SJC Living

Fall Fest to Debut This Weekend

Local nonprofit to bring autumn fun to Reata Park this Saturday By Allison Jarrell Goin Native Therapeutic Gardens has branched out from its annual Eco…

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LIVING, SJC Living

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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