Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 2, 2018
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Maria Gulley is the horticulturist at Gardens of Growth, a full service landscape design, build and maintenance firm, where she also manages the company blog. She guests blogs about her experience volunteering as a Tree Tender for KIB and her passion for the value of urban trees and greenspaces, and enhancing our communities. We love […]
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Eduardo Luna is one of the founders of NOPAL Cultural, one of the organizations behind the Purpose Park in the Hawthorne Neighborhood. His passion for community and the Latino-American heritage is inspiring. Eduardo was kind enough to answer some questions about NOPAL Cultural, with hopes to spread the word about this awesome community organization, and hopefully […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 1, 2018
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Maria Gulley is the horticulturist at Gardens of Growth, a full service landscape design, build and maintenance firm, where she also manages the company blog. She guests blogs about her experience volunteering as a Tree Tender for KIB and her passion for the value of urban trees and greenspaces, and enhancing our communities. I know it’s […]
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As we celebrate 40 years of keeping Indy beautiful, we know you have been by our sides the entire time—we couldn’t do it without you! We also know you love a free t-shirt (who wouldn’t) and we know we’ve handed out thousands of them; some super colorful and some sparkling white. The time has come […]
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On October 20, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful will host the 2016 RUN(317) season finale. Like KIB, the RUN(317) series highlights everything we love everything about the (317). Three cheers for all of this year’s participants! I am a runner. I have run races and trained in different cities around the world. I experienced all kinds of […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 31, 2018
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To achieve full plant nerd status one must try to use the scientific name (sometimes called the Latin name) when speaking about plants. Every plant has one scientific name that consists of the genus name, species name and when necessary, the cultivar name. Scientific names are important because the common names are very often are […]
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We are now in the thick of the holiday season. For many, this time of the year is filled with joy, laughter, and delicious foods enjoyed with family and friends surrounded by warmth and love. For others, it can be a little bit harder to fully embrace the holiday spirit. Entertaining long-lost Aunts and Uncles, […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 26, 2018
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When the students at IPS’ Eleanor Skillen School #34 look out the window, they see more than just traffic whizzing by. They see apple trees.And raised vegetable beds.And coming this fall, sunflowers. It’s quite an improvement from the day when first grader Ariana Rebeles looked out her classroom window, and saw litter. She recruited a […]
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Here’s one thing you need to know about Ruth Shaw:Don’t ever tell her you “don’t have time” to help out. Ask anyone in her St. Clair neighborhood: for the 40 years she’s lived there, Ruth has made the time. Ruth and Darrell Shaw bought their house in the St. Clair Place neighborhood on the Indianapolis Near Eastside […]
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Sister Angela Jarboe tiptoes into a garden bed, making sure not to step on the emerging crown of Black Eyed Susan. About eight feet in from the winding path of the Peace and Nature Garden, she spots what she’s looking for: a stick containing the husky egg sac of a praying mantis, right where she […]
