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C O M M U N I T YSpotlights
Jim Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Rosiland Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ganesha CenterFive Physical Senses Br ing Mindfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C U LT U R EThe Smith Center Carillon BellsThe Sound of a Dream Coming True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Kevin CardiffMaking Music by Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Upcoming EventsCheck Out the BLVDS Events Calendar for Upcoming Local Events . . . . . . . . . 30
D E S I G NWater Smart LandscapesWhere Beauty Makes Cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tivoli VillageNew Development Exudes Old-School Charm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F L A V O RServing the SensesCoffee Cafés to Call Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
An Altered State of DesignLas Vegas Fashion Designer Re-designs the Old and Makes it New . . . . . . . . . 44
Garden FarmsBringing Fresh Vegetables Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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LEARN ABOUT ARTIST AND ZEN PRACTITIONER JIM STANFORD’S
WORK WITH THE ZEN CENTER TO CREATE A PLACE FOR OTHERS
TO QUIET THEIR MINDS. ROSILAND BROOKS IS TURNING A PATCH
OF DIRT INTO A PEACEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY
GARDEN. THE GANESHA CENTER OFFERS A FEAST FOR THE
SENSES AND PROVIDES A SANCTUARY FOR MINDFULNESS, WELL-
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Jim StanfordCreating A Place To Quiet Minds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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SPOTLIGHTS
JIM STANFORDCREATING A PLACE TO QUIET MINDS
Las Vegas can be pure sensory overload. Not just the shimmering lights and jangling slot machines of the Strip. Even the stop-and-go traffic, strip malls, and sunshine of suburbia can be enough to stimulate an overwhelming desire for inner peace. What if there were a place where the sights and sounds of the city could be left behind? Thanks to the tourists who buy shot glasses and ashtrays, there is.
Born-and-raised Las Vegan Jim Stanford began his own search for inner peace as a teenager. His parents, who moved to Las Vegas in 1936, “were Christians. They were true humanitarians. They helped people. My father was the first president of YMCA in Las Vegas. They showed me that love was the most important thing,” he recounts.
But Stanford, a self-described hippie, yearned for different answers to his spiritual questions. As a student at UNLV, Stanford found a like-minded group and began his practice of Zen.
A former chair of the Las Vegas Arts Commission, gallery owner, and supporter of the community’s visual arts scene, Stanford received his B.F.A. from UNLV and his M.F.A. from the University of Washington. After graduate school, he returned to Las Vegas and worked and taught at UNLV and CSN.
During that time he also did a stint as a casino dealer, during which he discovered the act of dealing blackjack could be meditation in itself. “What a wonderful Zen meditation dealing 21 is. You have to be in the moment and you have to deal with one thing at a time. If you let your mind go ahead, you’re lost. If you react to people, you’re lost. That was a big lesson,” he says.
Along with his wife, Stanford owns Bonanza Gifts, “The World’s Largest Gift Shop,” (hence the shot glasses and ashtrays). Because of that financial success, he is able to offer his monetary support to help others with their own practice at The Zen Center of Las Vegas.
With a schedule including daily meditation practice, weekly yoga, chi gung classes and monthly lectures, the center is a welcoming place for beginning Zen practitioners. The facilities include winding paths surrounded by rustling bamboo for walking meditation, a pond and a Dharma room for sitting meditation practice. Stanford has been instrumental in the refurbishment and its design. “For two years I’ve been very occupied with this,” he says.
Stanford hopes that his efforts have created the right environment for others seeking a place to quiet their own busy minds. “That’s what this is all about. It’s one person’s attempt to give this community an opportunity to come and rest—to come and rest their weary minds, and weary thoughts, to give up thought entirely.” he explains.
Why do you get out of bed every morning?Well, I get out of bed to continue on with this practice, learning. It’s exciting. I get up and I make art—I still want to make art.
Where would you most like to travel?I’ve always wanted to go to Asia, and I’ve never been to Asia. I’d like to go Korea; I’d like to go to Singapore, China, Japan.
What’s next? The next is to see it through. It’s one thing to start something—that’s one kind of energy. But it’s another kind of energy to keep it going.
“What a wonderful Zen meditation dealing 21
is. You have to be in the moment and you have
to deal with one thing at a time. If you let your
mind go ahead, you’re lost. If you react to people,
you’re lost. That was a big lesson.”
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Rosiland Brooks is trotting across the property at 711 N. Tonopah Drive, chasing two billy goats out of the community garden. The five-acre piece of dirt donated to her last year is slowly but surely turning from beige to green.
Following a donation of property and water for a year from local businessman Frank Hawkins, Rosiland rented a U-Haul last March and started clearing the property, located on Tonapah just off Bonanza, in the center of town in a mostly industrial area. The garden she has created on the property consists of raised beds filled with soil and seed that will
produce seasonal fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, strawberries, eggplant, squash, chard, onions, garlic and peppers.
Fifteen months into this project, she talks about how delighted she is with the progress and, at the same time, overwhelmed at what the future might bring. There is much to do to keep the garden going, and Rosiland spends most mornings picking the produce, planting new crops and performing the other myriad chores a garden of this magnitude requires. Afternoons are spent fundraising and friendraising.
Rosiland is a native Las Vegan and retired school teacher (she taught at Joe Mackey and Fitzgerald Elementary), who says that when she grew up there was nothing like this in the Valley. She wants the kids growing up here to know where their food is coming from and to be a part of the process.
The five-acre community garden is divided into little raised beds where volunteers pull weeds and bring in the ripe produce. Rosiland points to a place farther out on the property where the walking path is going to go. There
are colorful illustrations on the walls from a local artist who design walls in honor of donors and supporters of the garden, along with other vibrant art, just to make it more visually fun.
If the garden continues to grow at this pace, Rosiland believes she will be able to provide over 90 families a week with fresh produce. Besides the fruits and vegetables, the garden also has ten chickens, and fresh eggs are available.
Her hopes for the garden are coming true. Southwest Gas recently donated a truck that will be very helpful for picking up compost and other donations, and other corporations are providing support by leasing small spaces for their employees to spend time and enjoy some camaraderie in the garden.
Garden boxes are available for rent. If you’re looking for a project that you can see grow, come on out to the garden. And don’t forget your hat and your gloves!
What’s for dinner? I will probably walk through the gardens and see what vegetables are ripe and then add some of our fresh herbs and make a stir fry.
If you could only have one book to read which one would you take? I would take my Bible.
ROSILAND BROOKSGROWING A GARDEN, GROWING COMMUNITY
There is much to do to keep
the garden going, and Rosiland
spends most mornings picking
the produce, planting new
crops and performing the other
myriad chores a garden of this
magnitude requires. Afternoons
are spent fundraising and
friendraising.
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Now is your most powerful moment. Focus
on what the senses are doing right now,
researchers say, and fear will release its grip
on your thoughts.
As with academic study and physical
exercise, you may need a coach to help
you stay focused. To support the practice
of mindfulness, staff members at Ganesha
Center offer classes, consultations, and items
that engage the senses.
Quiet yourself. When life moves so fast that
you’re barely aware of your surroundings,
stop what you’re doing and engage in an
action that relaxes you.
“Present-moment focus is more about intent
than it is about any particular practice,” says
Steven Hickman, Psy.D. at the UCSD Center
for Mindfulness.
“Daily activities such as meditation, walking,
or yoga all can help.”
Now that you’ve relaxed, notice what the
senses are telling you. Maybe the muscle
in your shoulder stops burning as it lets go
of tension. Or the mind’s eye stops seeing
what might happen when you meet a certain
person; instead, the physical eye sees a
tree outside, swaying in the wind. Long-
term, conscious decompression of this kind
delivers many benefits.
“I’ve been researching and writing about
mindfulness—from a Western scientific
perspective—for over 35 years,” says Ellen
Langer, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry
at Harvard University. “The findings are
clear: increasing mindfulness results in
improvements in health and well-being.
We’ve even found that when we increase
mindfulness, we increase longevity.”
If you seek Ganesha Center’s assistance in
improving your well-being, you can practice
greater attentiveness before you even arrive
there. In fact, you may need to; for some, the
site is difficult to find.
“Several people have come here and said,
‘I don’t know why I’m here, but I need to be
here,’ ” says Lee Papa, founder of Ganesha
Center. “They find us because they’re meant
to find us.”
FACING PAGE: Healing through touch ©Mike Weintz
GANESHA CENTERFIVE PHYSICAL SENSES BRING MINDFULNESS
J O Y C E G O R S U C H
Quiet yourself. When life moves
so fast that you’re barely aware
of your surroundings, stop what
you’re doing and engage in an
action that relaxes you.
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Intuitive newcomers use internal homing
mechanisms, she says, and discover a
meditation and wellness center they
hadn’t known existed. By contrast, logical
newcomers track street signs while driving
along Warm Springs Road, looking for the
blue and white sign that says “Longford
Plaza East Office Park.”
In the end, everyone arrives. Coming from
the I-215, drive toward Pecos Road, and
then before you reach Pecos, turn right to
enter the village-like complex. Ganesha
Center likely will relocate within the
complex by September 1st, so call (702)
485-4985 for directions.
Papa says she named her business for the
Hindu deity because of his mythological
ability to overcome obstacles, not because
of any religious affiliation. “This is a living
center, a platform for seekers to come and
get connected within themselves, whatever
that is for them… the Divine, God, the
Source, the Universe,” she says.
Now enter the center. Step from the hot,
brightly lit outdoors into cool quietness.
The calm space holds physical vehicles that
promote mindfulness. Statues of Ganesha
and vials of essential oils attract your eyes.
Fragrant incenses and oils find their way into
your nostrils.
Papa’s business partner, Paul Isensee
welcomes you at the front desk. He greets
you again indirectly, in the center’s various
rooms, through his arrangements of artwork,
books, candles, flowers, glass beads, and teas.
Along with aromas and icons, Ganesha
Center offers other stimuli for the
senses, says Isensee. For hearing, try the
Vibroacoustic Sound Therapy Bed. For taste,
eat organic foods and drink Ayurvedic
teas. For touch, you can opt for a Oneness
Blessing or a Reiki Session, or join a Drum
Circle. Some visitors also exchange hugs on
the way out.
Papa calls these consultations “energy work”
and “vibrational healing.” “Through energy
work we get to the core of who we are,” she
says. “We become quieter, more connected
to our true life path.”
“This is a living center, a
platform for seekers to come
and get connected within
themselves, whatever that is
for them… the Divine, God, the
Source, the Universe.”
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Papa cites her life as an example of
successful energy work in progress. She
describes her previous work as a real estate
agent as “very control-oriented,” making
lists, organizing, and planning.
Papa says she learned the hard way the
importance of letting things come to her,
rather than trying to force the outcome.
Without a conscious outlet, negative feelings
and thoughts found physical expression—
through illness.
“Dis-ease,” as Papa calls it, took the form of
low energy, sinus infections, stress, and other
painful experiences. Ultimately, she says,
a near-death incident put her fully in the
moment, where she needed to be.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Papa says her
physical health improved dramatically after
she spent more time living in the moment.
Her experience as a practitioner of Reiki—a
relaxation technique that promotes healing—
inspired Papa to open Ganesha Center.
Decades of empirical research echo Papa’s
own personal discovery, and point to a
positive link between mindful living and
good health.
“Studies show that the practice of
mindfulness boosts the immune response,
improves attention, helps with behavioral
change like sticking to a diet, exercising, or
reducing unhealthy habits like smoking,” says
Susan Smalley, Ph.D., Director at the UCLA
Mindful Awareness Research Center.
“Most importantly, mindfulness reduces
stress and increases one’s sense of overall
happiness and well being in life.”
Namasté.
THIS PAGE: Healing through sound; meditation ©Mike Weintz
Ganesha Center3243 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 105Las Vegas, 89120485.4985www.ganeshacenter.com
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“Studies show that the practice of
mindfulness boosts the immune
response, improves attention,
helps with behavioral change
like sticking to a diet, exercising,
or reducing unhealthy habits
like smoking. Most importantly,
mindfulness reduces stress and
increases one’s sense of overall
happiness and well being in life.”
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CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY’S NEWEST
CULTURAL TREASURE. KEVIN CARDIFF FOLLOWED HIS HEART
FROM ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN TO VIOLINMAKER. NOW HE
REPAIRS AND RESTORES BOWED INSTRUMENTS AND MAKES
VIOLINS AND VIOLAS, LOVINGLY, BY HAND.
THIS PAGE: The Smith Center © Jonathan Patrick Logan
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The Smith Center for the Performing Arts,
a modern adaptation of art deco design in
downtown Las Vegas, recently celebrated
the arrival of a bell carillon, considered the
capstone of the Center’s five-acre campus
and signifying the completion of the
development’s exterior.
A carillon is a musical instrument comprised
of a set of bells commonly housed in a
freestanding tower or in a belfry of a church,
university or other civic building. The bells
are played by a carillonneur who controls the
striking of the bells through a piano-like set of
keys called a baton console.
The Smith Center carillon consists of 47 cast
bronze bells that were placed into the Center’s
17-story tower this June. This four-octave
concert carillon was purchased with the help
of more than 32 Southern Nevada individuals,
families, and businesses, who were able to
witness their respective bell’s placement in the
tower. Each bell is inscribed with the name of
its donor.
Said a representative of donor Kirvin Doak
Communications, “. . . Once raised into the
tower, no one will be able to see our name or
that of the 47 others that supported the
bell fundraising campaign. But we’ll know
it’s there, and when it rings, it will be playing
our tune.”
Carillons are the heaviest of all existing
musical instruments, and the Center’s bells
are no exception, weighing in at over 29,500
pounds of cast bronze musicality. The bells
were cast in the Netherlands and supplied by
the Verdin Company, based in Ohio. Verdin
has supplied cousins of The Smith Center’s
bells to more than 35,000 installations world-
wide, including the Smithsonian Institute, the
Mayo Clinic, the University of Notre Dame,
the Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, the World Peace Bell
and Walt Disney World.
Those in the downtown area will be able to
hear melodies throughout the day, just as
residents hear in other great cities around the
world. The bells will chime on the hour during
the day and before performances at The Smith
Center’s Reynolds Hall.
According to Myron Martin, president and
CEO of The Smith Center, “The carillon tower
will be a civic icon, a place for the community
to celebrate and share in jubilation when we
open in less than eight short months.”
The carillon bells will ring out from a
sustainably-designed building. The Center
expects to achieve Silver certification by the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System,
a nationwide standard for the design,
construction, and operation of sustainable
buildings. The Smith Center will be the only
Silver LEED-certified performing arts center
of its size, and will include such sustainable
features as ample natural lighting, cutting-
edge energy efficient windows, and water-
conserving restroom fixtures.
The architecture and design of The Smith
Center revolve around the venue’s acoustical
needs, first and foremost. In particular, the
theaters were designed by theater consultants
Fisher Dachs Associates and acoustical design
FACING PAGE: Raising the bells ©Geri Kodey Photography
THE SMITH CENTER CARILLON BELLSTHE SOUND OF A DREAM COMING TRUE
A L L I S O N B . C R A D D O C K
“The carillon tower will be a civic
icon, a place for the community to
celebrate and share in jubilation
when we open in less than eight
short months.”
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firm Akustiks to provide optimal sightlines
and refined acoustics. As a result, performers
and patrons will experience a new, intimate
connection both in sight and sound.
“The quality of the Center’s acoustics will
also significantly expand opportunities for
our city to attract world-class orchestras
that previously might not have come to Las
Vegas,” said Paul Beard, vice president and
chief operating officer of The Smith Center.
“Acoustics is one standard of measurement
which separates mediocre performance halls
from great ones, and for The Smith Center, we
are striving to be one of the best.”
It is the vision of The Smith Center to become
the centerpiece for culture in Southern Nevada.
The Center is being built to serve our community
and plans to set pricing for programs that
will be comparable with other cities similar in
size to Las Vegas. For example, prices for the
Center’s Broadway Las Vegas series, consisting
of a selection of full-length touring Broadway
performances, will start at $24 per ticket when
they go on sale in November. Programming will
provide something for all tastes and budgets in
order to off er artistic variety and complement
the live entertainment options available
on the Strip.
Thanks to our generous community, The Smith
Center is well on its way to opening with all
of its capital funding in place. This remarkable
achievement will allow the Center to focus
on delivering the best cultural and artistic
programming in Southern Nevada and the
most comprehensive education and outreach
program for children and adults in the region.
The Smith Center hopes to be an aesthetic
living room for the Las Vegas Valley, with the
peal of bells calling our neighbors to come
together in the spirit of arts, entertainment,
and education.
THIS PAGE: The bells arrive at The Smith Center carillon ©Geri Kodey Photography,
“The quality of the Center’s
acoustics will also signifi cantly
expand opportunities for our city
to attract world-class orchestras
that previously might not have
come to Las Vegas.”
The Smith Center241 W. Charleston, Suite 111Las Vegas 89102982.7805
The Smith Center Ticket Office241 W. Charleston, Suite 155Las Vegas, NV 89102982.7805
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Door prize: 2 season tickets to the Smith Center’s Broadway show series.Transportation to be provided from Sun City Anthem and Sun City Summerlin for a nominal fee.
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Friday, September 9, 2011 at 7 p.m. with a pre-performance “Opera Talk” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 1 p.m. with a pre-performance “Opera Talk” at 12:30 p.m.
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If Las Vegas with its dancing fountains, faux
sphinx, pirate ships and leaning buildings is
a magnificent non sequitur, then violinmaker
Kevin Cardiff is part of that milieu, but one that
adds class to the kitsch.
Cardiff is a repairer, restorer and maker of fine
violins, one of a handful in the country who
creates from scratch this sublime, complicated
and beautiful musical instrument. Step into his
tidy workshop tucked away in an everyman’s
southwest Las Vegas home, and step back in
time more than three centuries to the golden
age of Italian violinmaking.
The instruments of the masters are there:
Antonio Stradivari, Nicolo Amati, Guameri del
Gesu, Andrea Guameri, and Giovanni Rogeri,
as well as those of more contemporary makers
including Andrea Postacchini.
They hang from a wire strung across the
workshop. Cardiff has made each in the precise
style and with hand tools and finishes similar
to those used by the world’s greatest violin
makers. No computer-aided design, no laser-
directed cutters here—just metal templates
made from the masters’ instruments.
Completing his violins, Cardiff uses no power
tools. He makes woodworking tools from
scratch using file steel and a hand grinder.
He makes his own varnish using linseed oil,
turpentine and Japanese dryer, formulas
that might approximate those of the Italians
working from the 1600s to 1700s. And no super
glue. His glue is made from animal hides in the
way it originally was made centuries ago.
Each instrument is a labor of love, affection
immediately apparent as Cardiff takes
one after another from the wire or from
its case and begins to play. He describes
the differences in tone the way a master
sommelier might describe variances in
taste and character of fine wines. They are
nuances so subtle to the naïve listener as to be
KEVIN CARDIFFMAKING MUSIC BY HAND
J A C K C H A P P E L L
THIS PAGE FROM LEFT: Kevin Cardiff, violin maker; body templates ©Alex Rodriuez
Each instrument is a labor of love,
affection immediately apparent
as Cardiff takes one after another
from the wire or from its case and
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unnoticeable, but to Cardiff they are as huge
as a neon-lighted entrance to a Strip property.
He began playing at age 10 and, following
rigorous musical education—bachelor’s
degree from the Eastman School of Music and
a master’s degree from Yale University—played
with distinction in the symphony orchestras of
Rochester, Newhaven, and Baltimore.
Then, he made his first violin in 1987. “I had
always had a side interest in violinmaking and
repair,” he said noting that performance in
a symphony orchestra “is not the dream job
that some people might think it is” with 100
performances typically scheduled during a
year’s time.
He was taught and mentored over five years
by Michael Weller, a preeminent East Coast
violin restorer and maker. “I found I liked the
work,” Cardiff said. It is work that demands
patience, precision and a deep understanding
of an instrument’s soul as inanimate maple
and spruce woods come alive under the
maker’s hands.
It takes months for him to make an instrument.
Weeks are spent just carving the neck and top
scroll from blocks of raw wood. Then the body
is formed and glued. Small, flat, sharp scrapers
are used to shape and smooth the wood. The
scrapers are used in place of sandpaper which
didn’t exist when violins were first developed.
Finish alone will likely take two months as
the developing instrument is repeatedly
stained, finished, then rubbed, then finished
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It is work that demands
patience, precision and a deep
understanding of an instrument’s
soul as inanimate maple and
spruce woods come alive under
the maker’s hands.
and rubbed by hand again. In addition to the
varnish, there may be three to four coats of
French polish applied to give the instrument a
spectacular luster.
Getting the proper color can be tricky
business. “Sometimes the wood does it to you
rather than you doing it to the wood,” he said.
When completed, a Cardiff violin will sell in the
range of $13,000. (The record for a Stradivarius
is $15.9 million for the “Lady Blunt” made in
1721 and auctioned June 20, 2011 in the Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal.)
At this spring’s, “Art of Sound,” a major
international showing and sale of instruments
in Omaha, Nebraska, a Cardiff was the first
instrument to be sold from the collection of
more than 150 fine violins and violas up for
sale. “It was great to know that I was in that
class,” Cardiff said.
Cardiff ’s work is a balance between making
instruments and repairing or restoring them.
“If you’re lucky things even out.“ When he first
came to Las Vegas, he had 50 repair clients.
Now he has 150. Repairs take precedence, of
course. “A violin can wait,” he said noting that
the Art of Sound instrument was three years in
the making.
Rather than accept commissions to build a
particular instrument, Cardiff has built one
of each based on the Italian masters from
his repertoire of templates, old woods and
finishes. They wait for the right musician to
come by and, in this most improbable city,
acquire one of its most improbable products
and give it voice.
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Las Vegas Young Entertainers Present: Broadway VignettesAUG. 19 – 20, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Pavilionhendersonlive.com/tickets
Southern Cross RoadsAUG. 20 – 27, 20118 p.m.Tanner AmphitheaterSpringdale, Utahdixie.edu/tanner/artists/index.html
India Day ParadeAUG. 20, 20117 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Pavilionhendersonlive.com/tickets
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Power 88 Presents: New York City Fresh FestSEPT. 03, 20115 p.m.Henderson Pavilion267-4TIXhendersonlive.com/tickets
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Marine Corps Ironman World ChampionshipSEPT. 08 – 11, 20116:30 a.m.City of Hendersonhendersonlive.com
Opera Las Vegas presents Giacomo Puccini’s ToscaSEPT. 09 – 11, 20117 p.m. on 9th and1 p.m. on 11thOpera Las VegasNicholas J. Horn Theatre651-5483
Masterworks ISEPT. 10, 20118 p.m.Las Vegas Philharmoniclasvegasphilharmonic.com
God Lives in GlassSEPT. 10 – 11, 2011Nevada Conservatory TheatreJudy Bayley Theatrenct.unlv.edu
21st Annual Ho’olaule’a Pacific Islands FestivalSEPT. 10 – 11, 20119 a.m. - 6 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Events Plaza267-2171, hendersonlive.com
“Vegas Vaudeville” Performed by “The Lion King” CastSEPT. 16, 20117 p.m.CSN Performing Arts CenterNicholas J. Horn Theatrevegasvaudville.comfacebook.com/vegasvaudeville
Corea, Clarke & White: ForeverSEPT. 16, 20118 p.m.UNLV PACArtemus W. Ham Concert Hallpac.unlv.edu
Miranda CosgroveSEPT. 16, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Pavilionhendersonlive.com
Peace Frog… Tribute to Jim Morrison and The DoorsSEPT. 16, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com
The Taming of the ShrewSEPT. 16 – 25, 2011Nevada Conservatory TheatreBlack Box Theatrenct.unlv.edu
Henderson Symphony OrchestraSEPT. 17, 20118 p.m.Henderson Pavilionhsorch.org
Super Run Classic Car ShowSEPT. 22 – 25, 2011City of HendersonHenderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com/special-events/super-run
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Uncensored Voices Celebrate Banned Book WeekSEPT. 27, 20117 p.m.Clark County Librarylvccld.org
AmbrosiaSEPT. 30, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com
O-Vino Wine Tasting & Oktoberfest to Benefit Opportunity VillageSEPT. 30 – OCT. 01, 20115-7 p.m.Opportunity Villageopportunityvillage.org
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OktoberfestOCT. 01, 20112-10 p.m.City of Las VegasHistoric Fifth Street School229-3515, artslasvegas.org
Art in the ParkOCT. 01 – 02, 20119 a.m. - 5 p.m.Boulder City Hospital FoundationBoulder Cityartinthepark.orgbouldercityhospital.org
Shakespeare in the ParkOCT. 01 – 22, 20117 p.m.City of HendersonVarious Henderson parksHendersonLive.com267-2171
Utah SymphonyOCT. 01, 20118 p.m.UNLV PACArtemus W. Ham Concert Hallpac.unlv.edu
First FridayOCT. 07, 2011Arts Districtfirstfriday-lasvegas.org
A Streetcar Named DesireOCT. 07 – 16, 2011Nevada Conservatory TheatreJudy Bayley Theatrenct.unlv.edu
Charlotte’s WebOCT. 07 – 16, 20112 or 7 p.m.Rainbow Company Youth Theatrerainbowcompany.org
Age of Chivalry Festival OCT. 07 – 09, 201110 a.m. - 10 p.m.Clark CountySilver Bowlclarkcountynv.gov
Musical Theatre Performance of Sweeney ToddOCT. 07, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com
Hispanic International Day ParadeOCT. 08, 201110 a.m. - 7 p.m.City of HendersonWater Street & the Henderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com
The Falla Guitar TrioOCT. 12, 20118 p.m.UNLV Classical Guitar SeriesDoc Rando Recital Hallpac.unlv.edu
2nd Annual Nevada Wild FestOCT. 12 – 16, 2011City of HendersonHenderson Pavilionhendersonlive.com
Chris Caswell - A Program of Celtic HarpOCT. 21, 201112 p.m.City of Las VegasLloyd George U.S. Courthouseartslasvegas.org
Jeanette JuradoOCT. 21, 20118 p.m.City of HendersonHenderson Events Plazahendersonlive.com
Bouelder City Health FestivalOCTOBER 22, 20118 a.m. - 12 p.m.Roseman UniversityBoulder City Rec Center968-2055, [email protected]
Odyssey Dance Theatre’s “Thriller” 2011OCT. 22 – 31, 2011Tuacahn AmphitheatreIvins, UTtuacahn.org
Lied Children’s’ Discovery Museum Fantasy GalaOCT. 22, 2011Lied Discovery Children’s MuseumMirage Resort & Casinodiscoverygala.org
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HSO AnniversaryOCT. 28, 20118 p.m.Henderson Symphony OrchestraHenderson Pavilionhsorch.org
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Fall Concert Series 2011NOV. 04 – 06, 2011Las Vegas Contemporary Dance TheatreWest Las Vegas Librarylvcontemporarydancetheater.org
Complexions Contemporary BalletNOV. 05, 20118 p.m.UNLV PACArtemus W. Ham Concert Hallpac.unlv.edu
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THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY’S WATER SMART
LANDSCAPES PROGRAM ENCOURAGES REPLACING THIRSTY
LANDSCAPING WITH WATER-EFFICIENT PLANTINGS THAT ARE
NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD, THEY’RE EASIER ON THE
WATER BILL, TOO. ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE FROM CENTURIES
GONE BY DEFINES TIVOLI VILLAGE, THE VALLEY’S NEWEST MIXED-
USE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PAGE: European inspiration in our own backyard at Tivoli Village ©Mike Weintz
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Water Smart LandscapesWhere Beauty Makes Cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tivoli VillageNew Development Exudes Old-School Charm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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A trip last summer to the botanical gardens at
the Springs Preserve—and a chance meeting
with a well-known and respected master
gardener—inspired Las Vegans James and
Cynthia Hughes to convert their once thirsty
landscape to a water-efficient oasis.
A few months later, their hard work and
concern for saving the community’s most
precious natural resource has paid off with
their selection as the first winners of the
Southern Nevada Water Authority’s (SNWA)
new Yard of the Month competition.
“Saving water was the biggest factor in our
decision to convert our landscape,” said James
Hughes. “I get upset when I see businesses and
homes with a thin strip of grass and sprinklers
watering sidewalks.”
When they decided to dig in and remove
their grass as part of the SNWA’s Water Smart
Landscapes (WSL) program, the couple visited
the Springs Preserve to research plants that
would work in a new landscaping. “We went
there with our notebooks and we saw this
gentleman sitting there, and he offered to take
us on a tour of the gardens,” Cynthia Hughes
said. “It turns out that man was Linn Mills.”
She said Mills, a longtime local horticulturalist,
provided them with invaluable advice on
plants, trees and shrubs that would provide
color and beauty while saving water. The couple
then returned home and scoured the Internet
to learn more about various plant species.
“Cindy selected most of the plants,” James said.
“She found a ton online that she liked. We also
planted some from seed.”
They hired landscape contractor DK Landscape
and lead designer Pete Battisti, who
completed the conversion last September. The
result is a landscape filled with such drought-
tolerant plants as Agave, Spurge, Pink Lady
WATER SMART LANDSCAPESWHERE BEAUTY MAKES CENTS
T O M B R A D L E Y
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“Saving water was the biggest
factor in our decision to convert
our landscape. I get upset when I
see businesses and homes with a
thin strip of grass and sprinklers
watering sidewalks.”
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Indian Hawthorne, Silverberry, English Ruellia
and Coral Fountain.
Battisti spared many of the couple’s original
trees, including large palms in the front yard
and olives and oaks in the backyard, and
incorporated them into the new landscaping.
He also converted an area in the backyard
where a trampoline once stood into a
vegetable garden, where the couple grows
tomatoes, peppers, turnips, arugula and
onions, among other produce section staples.
The front yard boasts an attractive riverbed
feature, along with various drought-tolerant
grasses and flowering succulents.
“A lot of people don’t realize how pretty
xeriscaping can be,” Cynthia said.
In total, the couple converted more than
2,800 square feet of grass to water-efficient
landscaping, keeping a small area of
functional grass in their backyard for their
two German Shepherds.
James said it didn’t take long for the couple to
notice the new landscape’s positive effects on
their monthly water bills. “The month before
we made the conversion, our water bill was
probably close to $300,” he said. “A month after
we finished it, our bill dropped to $60.”
“And some of them since have been about
$30,” Cynthia said.
Launched in 1999, the WSL program has
enabled the community to save 41.4 billion
gallons of water. The amount of grass
converted would cover more than 2,600
regulation football fields, and would wrap
around more than three-quarters of the earth’s
circumference as an 18-inch roll of sod.
WSL provides up to a $1.50-per-square-
foot rebate to qualifying businesses and
residents who convert lawns to water-efficient
landscapes. It is one of several aggressive
SNWA campaigns that have enabled Southern
Nevada to decrease its water consumption
by 26 billion gallons between 2002 and
2010 – despite several years of drought and
the addition of about 400,000 new residents
during that span.
The SNWA recently launched the Yard of the
Month competition, recognizing visually
appealing, functional landscapes that include
a variety of water-efficient plants, trees and
shrubs. Property owners may enter their own
landscapes, or those of friends, neighbors, or
even complete strangers, at snwa.com.
Property owners who convert their landscapes
also may enter them into the SNWA’s annual
Landscape Awards competition, which
recognizes residents, business and landscape
architects who have created water-smart
landscapes in Southern Nevada. Information is
available at snwa.com.
The SNWA is a regional agency that manages
water conservation, water quality and
water resources. Member agencies are Big
Bend Water District (Laughlin), the cities
of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson
and Boulder City, the Clark County Water
Reclamation District and the Las Vegas Valley
Water District.
“The month before we made
the conversion, our water bill
was probably close to $300. A
month after we finished it, our
bill dropped to $60. And some of
them since have been about $30.”
Tips on Preventing Water Waste
Most water waste is caused by improper or inefficient landscape irrigation.
By taking a few simple steps, you can improve the efficiency of your irrigation system and prevent water waste in your yard.
Here are some tips from SNWA.com:
• Because our dry desert soil cannot absorb large amounts of water at one time, give your yard several shorter drinks of water to allow for maximum water absorption so the water stays in your yard and doesn’t flow down the street.
• Check your sprinkler system after each mowing to make sure you are watering the grass and not your sidewalk.
• Avoid narrow strips of lawn that can be hard to water efficiently. Try shrubs or groundcover instead.
• Is one area of your lawn greener or wetter than others? You could have a leak. Check often for stuck valves, pooling water or bubbles. All these symptoms could be a sign of a leak in your irrigation system.
Check out the Las Vegas Valley Water District’s
“Curbing Water Waste” class, FREE to all SNWA customers.
Learn More at SNWA.com.
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J O Y C E G O R S U C H
Local developer Yohan Lowie is a doer, not a talker. The
visionary behind Tivoli Village—a mixed-use development that
evokes a centuries-old European neighborhood—says that his
formal training came from the Israeli military, not art school.
A capacity for disciplined vision made it possible for Lowie to
look at the mouth of a wash, 65 feet deep and 300 feet wide,
and see material sculpted by artists. Today the site combines
new material, such as flexible steel, with old-school detail, such
as intricate stonework newly created by 1,100 craftspeople.
Near the intersection of Alta Drive and Rampart, visitors will
find a stately fountain, now undergoing final touches. Lowie
says that Baroque-era sculptor Bernini—creator of Rome’s Trevi
Fountain—inspired him to design the fountain at Tivoli Village.
Lowie looks to more temperate climates for ideas, but he has
remembered that Tivoli Village is located in the Mojave Desert.
Elsewhere on the property another fountain—a button-activated
one—greets visitors to the Children’s Fountain and Play Area.
Here, the details all fit together. As in the towns of Europe,
eclectic architecture reigns at Tivoli Village. Over the centuries,
European communities have accumulated a mix of building
styles and materials. In a nod to this rich history, Tivoli Village
incorporates elements from many eras—Egyptian, Byzantine,
Renaissance, Baroque, and others.
“Visiting Tivoli Village is like viewing a great film,” says Tonia
Chafetz, manager of specialty retail and marketing for the
property. “Every time you see it, you notice something new.”
And in a city renowned for “more is more” sprawl and excess, a
compact, walkable space offers true novelty.
Tivoli Village440 S. RampartLas Vegas 89145570.7400tivolivillage.com
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DISCOVER FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE SHOPS WITH
TANTALIZING SMELLS AND DELECTABLE TASTES TO SATIATE
YOUR SENSES AS WELL AS YOUR APPETITE. LOCAL FASHION
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Serving the SensesCoffee Cafés to Call Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
An Altered State of DesignLas Vegas Fashion Designer Re-designs the Old and Makes it New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Garden FarmsBringing Fresh Vegetables Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Walk inside. You hear the familiar coffee shop
cacophony: the murmur of voices deep in
conversation, soft music, the bubbling and
brewing sounds of baristas at work. You see
people, tables and chairs, art on the walls,
and colorful cuisine carefully created to
tempt you. You smell rich coffee, something
baking, something sweet.
All our senses are engaged when we visit
our favorite neighborhood joint, and that’s
probably why it’s so easy to become a regular
once you’ve found a spot to call your own. It’s
more than just a place to eat and drink. It’s a
place to wake up and get ready for the day,
and a place to relax and refresh in the early
evening. And it’s our living room, the place
to meet and talk and be human, Facebook in
real life. With scones.
The west side of the valley is rich with
destinations like these, places that serve that
important community hangout function on
the strength of great coffee and food. Each is
different and has its own group of regulars,
and each leaves a distinct impression on your
senses the minute you walk inside.
At Bonjour, it’s the smell of bread baking.
This tiny café at the corner of Rainbow and
Flamingo is known as one of the city’s best
European-style bakeries, and you’ll recognize
that in the regulars’ accents, that quiet coffee
shop murmur.
But the smell is the thing here. It never
goes away, and it will lure you straight to
the beautiful, golden-brown selection of
fresh loaves of bread, baguettes, croissants,
beignets, and turnovers. If you’re spending
a lazy morning or afternoon here, don’t miss
the homemade French crepe suzette with
orange cream or a great croque monsieur on
a country baguette.
One of the newer additions to the area is
Patisserie Manon, located on West Charleston
at the former site of Bleu Gourmet. This
comfy, long and narrow café is a great
place to sip a cappuccino and seek refuge
from the bustling shopping centers nearby.
The impression at Manon is a visual one,
as a crystal clear case of rainbow-colored
French macarons, fruit tarts, éclairs and
other pastries is the first thing you see. It
will be impossible not to sample something
from this case, particularly the cream-filled
chocolate layer cake flecked with more
chocolate and strawberries on top. Savory
treats are available as well, as the back of the
space functions as a small lunch counter, but
you won’t be able to pull your eyes away from
the brilliant baked goodies up front.
SERVING THE SENSESCOFFEE CAFÉS TO CALL YOUR OWN
C H R I S C U T L E R
THIS PAGE: Heavenly desserts at Patisserie Manon ©Alex Rodriguez. FACING PAGE: Beans roast before your eyes at Leone Cafe ©Alex Rodriguez
It’s more than just a place to eat
and drink. It’s a place to wake up
and get ready for the day, and a
place to relax and refresh in the
early evening. And it’s our living
room, the place to meet and talk
and be human, Facebook in real
life. With scones.
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Just around the bend at Tivoli Village, Leone
Café will draw you in with a complete aural
experience. Designed as a traditional Italian
coffee shop and set perfectly in its pedestrian
environment, this space is wide open and
has a lot going on. If you can’t hear the hip,
uptempo music on the patio, it’s because
there’s a live band performing on the village
walkways nearby. Inside, families and
friends flutter around a central circular table,
laughing and sharing espresso-based drinks,
fresh lemonade and oversized, super-sweet
danishes. Behind the counter, the young staff
bounces between orders and coffee machines,
ready for action.
Across the street in Boca Park is Sambalatte.
A path cuts through the groups of dark
wood tables and leads you to the salvation
of the counter. A glass case holds salads,
sandwiches and sweet treats, including pear
tarts, a beautifully layered dacquoise of red
berries, and the decadent chocolate caramel
pyramid. Sambalatte is stylish and refined,
and the same can be said for the food and
especially the coffee. Beans are ground to
order, espresso is vacuum-brewed, hot coffee
is poured into simple porcelain china and iced
coffee is prepared in a tower of glass coils
that is more about a perfect product than a
speedy process. Here, you should take your
time to allow an immersive experience for all
the senses.
…take your time to allow an
immersive experience for all
the senses.
Bonjour Euro Bakers4012 S. Rainbow Blvd. Ste. JLas Vegas 89103889-0611bonjourbakerylasvegas.com
Patisserie Manon8751 W. Charleston Blvd. #110Las Vegas 89117586-2666patisseriemanon.com
Leone CaféTivoli Village, 400 S. Rampart Blvd. #165Las Vegas 89145684-5853
Sambalatte TorrefazioneBoca Park, 750 S. Rampart Blvd. Suite 9Las Vegas 89145272-2333sambalatte.com
THIS PAGE: Fresh from the oven at Bonjour; caprese salad at Sambalatte ©Alex Rodriguez
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Between a strong desire to save the earth and
an urgent need to survive on a tight budget
during a down economy, it is now hip to re-use,
recycle and re-purpose.
For Las Vegas fashion designer Susan Tosches-
Deneau and her brand, Altered Nation Designs,
the main reason she utilizes reclaimed materials
and mixes old with new to make one-of-a-kind
fashion, accessories and art is not necessarily to
impress the in-crowd, but rather because she
has a passion to create something unique.
“I’ve always had a thrill for finding things that
had another life before, and I like the idea of
recycling,” Tosches-Deneau explains. “I feel bad
buying a ream of fabric when there are already
so many other fabrics sitting in thrift stores.”
After graduating from the International
Academy of Design & Technology, Tosches-
Deneau started Altered Nation Designs. At
one point, she had a small boutique inside
Emergency Arts, but discovered it was
too difficult to maintain retail hours while
designing for her brand at the same time.
Today, the brand is available in a few Las Vegas
boutiques and online at Tosches-Deneau’s Etsy
shop. “I like selling online,” she states. “I make
stuff. I post it. And it’s available worldwide.”
Some of these worldwide customers include
shoppers in Australia, Canada and the
Philippines. “It’s so cool to know that someone
across the world is wearing my stuff. That, to
me, is just so magical,” she says.
All re-purposed Altered Nation Designs items
are one-of-a-kind, while some are treasured
vintage pieces. Most of the line is ready-to-
wear with prices ranging from $15 to $40.
However, this past spring Tosches-Deneau
debuted her new couture collection consisting
of red carpet-worthy dresses and accessories.
No two pieces are alike, and the designer is
currently working on adding more, with the
goal of having approximately 15 pieces total.
Prices range from $100 to $500, and the looks
are very avant-garde and whimsical.
As if designing and selling are not enough,
Tosches-Deneau joined forces with fellow
designer Jennifer Henry in October of last
year and put together a networking group
for Las Vegas fashion designers, models,
photographers, makeup artists and hair stylists
called Couture Community. The group act as a
resource for its members and also hosts design
challenges that double as fundraisers known
as the Couture Community Challenge.
“The idea that it’s sort of like Project Runway gets
people really excited,” Tosches-Deneau says. And
it truly is a challenge. For example, the Easter
event required participating designers to use
non-fabric materials associated with Easter, such
as candy or baskets to create the design. “Even
though there is a single theme, every designer
manages to come up with really diff erent
looks. It’s very interesting to see that on the
runway,” says Tosches-Deneau. The fi fth Couture
Community Challenge took place late June at
thrift store Dinosaurs and Roses and raised just
over $1,100 for DefendingFreedom.org.
On her web site, she encourages everyone to
“alter your style, alter your life, alter your nation.”
And she makes it sound simple to do with her
tips: “If you can’t sew, then cut it or cinch it.”
Anyone can easily alter an oversize garment by
using safety pins to cinch from the inside. This
can be done at the front or on the sides to create
a stylish ruched and gathered eff ect. If a hem is
too long, just cut it. There is no reason to create
a clean seam. “Raw edges, even fraying, are not
taboo anymore,” Tosches-Deneau confi rms.
AN ALTERED STATE OF DESIGNLAS VEGAS FASHION DESIGNER RE-DESIGNS THE OLD AND MAKES IT NEW
L A U R A C O R O N A D O
FACING PAGE: Fashion with a purpose ©Nicole Mehrman
“I’ve always had a thrill for fi nding
things that had another life before,
and I like the idea of recycling. I
feel bad buying a ream of fabric
when there are already so many
other fabrics sitting in thrift stores.”
To purchase from Altered Nation Designs, visit www.alterednationdesigns.com.
For more information on Couture Community Challenge and related fundraising events, visit the group’s website at www.couturecommunitychallenge.com.
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S H E R R I K A P L A N
“Wow, these beans taste delicious!” That simple statement
left my family dinner table in stunned silence. I’m not proud
to admit it, but I don’t really like vegetables. So when I said,
“Wow, these beans taste delicious!” it was something to raise
eyebrows.
Let me back up a bit. About six months ago I met Bryan and
Brittany Vellinga at Garden Farms, a local business based on the
premise that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home. I
fell in love with the concept and I just had to give it a try.
Garden Farms has many levels of service from the initial garden
set-up, to weekly maintenance plans to supplies delivery. I’ve
been unsuccessful at backyard gardening before, so I thought I
better start with the set-up and weekly service plan.
Bryan visited my yard and we found a sunny home for a 4 x 4
redwood planter box that would become my home garden. I
have to tell you, I was skeptical. How much could a garden that
size actually produce? I was shocked to watch him plant four
squash plants, three tomato bushes, carrots, beets, onions, five
kinds of lettuce, beans, and radishes.
It wasn’t long before we were eating radishes, and the
harvesting hasn’t stopped. I bring in something fresh from the
garden every day!
In addition to the fun of harvesting, I enjoy taking my morning
cup of coffee into the yard to visit my garden. In fact, I think it
just might be my favorite part of every morning. And the smell
of a tomato fresh off the vine…ahhhh!
The next big test will be winter crops, specifically brussels
sprouts. My family is anxiously waiting to hear me say, “Wow,
these brussels sprouts are delicious!” I’ll keep you posted!
Garden Farms529.3235 VegTip.com
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