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Orchids in a pot | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Orchids in a pot | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Garden Travel

Garden Trippers at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

This is the year I get back to my favorite place: in a garden, any garden, anywhere. Early in the year, I gathered my tribe of garden & travel writers, The Garden Trippers, and we crafted
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Purple and yellow flowers in a hanging basket

Garden Travel

A Visit to the UGA Trial Gardens

In Athens, Georgia, champions conquer in many venues. Sanford Stadium at the heart of campus, is the home of the
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Red camellias in Oakland cemetery

Garden Travel

Historic Oakland Cemetery in Spring

I spent a few days in March and April soaking up history in the warming spring weather at Historic Oakland Cemetery in
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Abra Lee standing beside memorial at Oakland Cemetery

Garden Travel

Walking with Abra Lee at Oakland Cemetery

"Conquer the Soil" author Talks History and Horticulture I stood on the path watching while Abra Lee knelt and
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Hat display | Photo by Lucy Mercer | A Cook and Her Books

Art Travel

A Stay at the Woolworth Lofts in Selma, Alabama

When you go to Selma, my friend said, you need to stay at the Woolworth Lofts. These renovated rooms atop the old
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Air plants in a frame with a vase

Art Garden Travel

Flowers, Poetry and Light at Selby Garden

I am starved for gardens and art. Two years of the homebound life has meant experiencing these worlds through screens on
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Buildings by the Alabama river | Photo by Lucy Mercer | A Cook and Her Books

Art Travel

Walking Around Selma, Alabama

“Selma is a place where we injected something very meaningful into our democracy. We opened up the political process and
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Biscuit on a black plate and a blue napkin

Food Travel

Back to the Biscuit Kitchen with Chef Scott Peacock

Driving in central Alabama in October with my daughter Laura riding shotgun in the Subaru, the cosmos were in bloom and
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Food Travel

Chicken & Dumplings with Chef Scott Peacock

On the kind of crisp October day that makes you long for good friends and good food, pandemic be damned, I found myself
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Food Travel

How to Bake Biscuits with Chef Scott Peacock

Biscuits are containers of memory and emotion.~ Chef Scott Peacock In March 2019, when the camellias were fully
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