House and Garden News
 Volunteers have been helping drive the success of Gage project (The Post-Standard) The rehabilitation of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Home and gardens is a community effort, with many people giving their thought, time and resources. Here are the stories, in their own words, of three people who are working on the landscape.
Volunteers take on roofing project at Bacon Log Cabin (West County Journal) About 10 volunteers with the Old Trails Historical Society took on a roofing job not often done these days.
Garden Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) A look at upcoming gardening events.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: I was a real gin jockey...but not any more (Daily Mail) Design guru and TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, 43, lives in the Cotswolds with his wife, Jackie, and their daughters Cecile, 13, and Hermione, 10. Here he reveals his health secrets.
Fountains Make a Big Splash in Your Garden (Palatka Daily News) (ARA) - Ponce de Leon spent his life searching for the "fountain of youth." Fortunately for us, we only have to search a local garden store to find that special fountain which will transform our own backyard into a private oasis.
Brisbane bakeries to close (The Courier Mail) FOOD giant company Goodman Fielder will close two of its bakeries in Brisbane and job losses are expected among the plants' 300 employees.
Events in Westchester (New York Times) Comedy.
Hachette shuttering Home magazine (Crain's New York Business) Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. shuts down a middle-market shelter magazine citing tough ad climate and housing crisis. It follows Blueprint and House and Garden.
Help John McCain count his houses (Los Angeles Times) How many houses is too many for one couple? And what about the ecological impact of maintaining that many homes?
Garden Notes / News of area clubs and events (The Buffalo News) The Buffalo Area Daylily Society and the Western New York Hosta Society will hold a combined daylily and hosta sale from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturday at the Harvey D. Morin Post 2940, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 965 Center Road, West Seneca. The event also will feature lectures, auctions, raffle. Open to the public; free admission.
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