Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Williams Bros. Pharmacy Offers Home Solutions to Age in Place
According to AARP, about 90 percent of Americans want to continue living in their own homes as they age. âOne change at homeâa chairlift…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Landscape Artists
Landscape gardening has always been a form of visual art, and, like painting, it has evolved over time. During the past century traditional formal…
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Indoor Places for Little Kids To Play
BY PETER DORFMAN Bloomington is known as a playful city, but it isnât always easy to find spur-of-the-moment activities for small children, especially when…
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Endwright Center Offers Garden Programs & Trips
A short drive up West Ind. 46 in Ellettsville, The Endwright Center offers educational programs for active adults, including many on gardening. âWeâve had…
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Master Gardener Program Celebrates 30 Years Here
Monroe Countyâs Master Gardener program celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2019. Begun in the greater Seattle area in 1972, the Master Gardener program came…
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InBloom: Ancient HelleboresâYou Canât Have Too Many!
The hardy Helleborus plants, both those that bloom at Christmas (Helleborus niger) and those that bloom during Lent (Helleborus orientalis) are wonderfully well-behaved citizens…
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Stone Belt: Serving People With Disabilities for 60 Years
Today, Stone Belt is a $21 million nonprofit agency that supports 1,300 people with disabilities in three counties. Sixty years ago, Stone Belt was…
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Toddlers & Seniors Learn Together at Jillâs House
Every weekday morning, small groups of preschoolers at Jillâs House Intergenerational Preschool take field trips from their lower-level classrooms up to the first-floor common…
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MCPL Sensory-Friendly Films Mean No âShushingâ Allowed
With the lights up and the volume down, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) Autism & Sensory-Friendly Movie program flips all expectations of what…