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Floral Arrangements
Enjoy a Collection of Indoor and Outdoor Floral Arrangements Created by Monica Sabella
Monica Sabella
Apr 271 min read


Spring Has Sprung: Sweet Syrup, Seedlings & Seminar Prep
Published March 2025 Just like that, the cozy, lazy days of winter are behind us. Honestly, it felt like it happened overnight. I’ve...
Monica Sabella
Apr 272 min read


February – the season of love and romance.
Published Feb, 2025 February – the season of love and romance. This year, Ford House celebrated Valentine’s Day with a delicious dinner,...
Monica Sabella
Apr 273 min read


Wake-Up Call for the Inspiration Garden
Published Jan. 2025 Short winter days can sure feel long without a bright sun and a flash of color to boost your mood. But don’t...
Monica Sabella
Apr 272 min read


Little Fish in a Big Sea
As a child, Hannah Ayrault was blessed with the gift of music. “I’ve been singing since I could remember,” the 24-year-old, Grosse Pointe...
Monica Sabella
Sep 25, 20244 min read


Pests in the Garden: Cabbage Moths
Cabbage “worms” aka the larvae are small green caterpillars with yellow stripes and a large appetite.
Monica Sabella
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Pests in the Garden: Flea Beetles
Although plants can survive some damaged leaves, flea beetles carry bacteria, viruses and other diseases from one plant to the next.
Monica Sabella
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Pests in the Garden: Rose Sawfly
There are six different sawfly varieties, some attack hibiscus, roses, and trees like the pear, ash, oak, pine and dogwood.
Monica Sabella
Sep 7, 20231 min read


Pests in the Garden: Japanese Beetles
Likely transported in soil to western nurseries this invasive species is notorious for eating everything and anything in its path.
Monica Sabella
Sep 7, 20232 min read


Pests in the Garden: Aphids
These pests are known plant suckers that feed on juices of plants with their piercing beaks, causing plants to shrivel or mutate.
Monica Sabella
Sep 7, 20232 min read


Detroit's Own 'Lyricist' Raps to Save Lives in National Competition
“It’s just part of who I am. I believe in giving and giving without expectation,” hip-hop artist and producer David 'Lyricist' Young said.
Monica Sabella
Sep 3, 20232 min read


Floristry's Five Principles
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist, Journalist As the summer months set in and the weather begins to change, spring blooms and cut flowers...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Handmaid Gifts: Letting Mother Earth Take the Reigns From Father Christmas
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist and Journalist Nature is filled with a vast supply of resources and with the holidays closing in, I’m...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Nasty Winter Pests and How to Avoid Them
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist and Journalist Frosty winter winds blow in and send the trees to sleep and, unfortunately, the bugs to...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Roses and Winter Prep
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist and Journalist I work as a rosarian and horticulturalist at a beautiful estate in southeast Michigan....
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Foraging in the Modern World
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist, Journalist The art of foraging has existed since the stone age, traveling through the centuries from...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Stripes in the Garden: Handling the Four-Lined Plant Bug
By Monica Sabella, Horticulturist, Journalist A newb to vegetable gardening, imagine my surprise when I walked out to the garden and...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20232 min read


Tropical Michigan: Transforming Outdoor Gardens with Indoor Plants
By Monica Sabella, Master Gardener, Horticulturist, Journalist Sprays of native grasses, colorful perennials and dazzling annuals are a...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Protecting Our Environment and What to Do With Pesticides
By Monica Sabella - Master Gardener, Journalist With the season springing into gear, the anticipation of a healthy harvest can drive...
Monica Sabella
Apr 16, 20233 min read


Ecuador Relives Christ's Passion in 'Semana Santa' Procession
Thousands of religious devotees filled the streets of Ecuador's capital in a final public display of faith and devotion before Easter Sunday
Monica Sabella
Jan 7, 20202 min read
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