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Merchandise Mart offers DreamRooms

When you spend thousands of dollars to buy a piece of furniture, you want to keep it for a while -- maybe generations.

Full Story published 5/3/2008 12:15 AM

Young sprouts learn their garden lessons well

Cultivating a garden at a school sounds like it would be pretty easy.

Full Story published 5/3/2008 12:15 AM

Plant outside the box to keep your garden fresh

Plant your angelonia in groups or drifts. Calibrachoa is a trailing plant available in a multitude of colors.

Full Story published 5/3/2008 12:15 AM

New interest in vegetable gardens taking root

Vegetable gardens are cool again.

Full Story published 5/3/2008 12:15 AM

Outdoors blossom during May

Robin Carlson/Chicago Botanic Garden Peonies are one of the joys of Spring gardening.

Full Story published 5/3/2008 12:15 AM

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