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Round is in at the Architectural Digest Home & Design Show

Kim Cook | For The Associated Press

urves have been all over the

fashion and celebrity magazines,
and are finding their way into
design and decor too.
Theyre sensuous and inviting,
New York designer Barry Goralnick
said at the Architectural Digest Home
Design Show, held in late March.
Curved sofas that bring people closer
together; rounded dining tables that
are easier for conversation; round
cocktail tables that are cozy and
forgiving to shins. Arcs, circles, boat
shapes all kinds of curves.
Examples of the trend included Matt
Huttons walnut or cherry coffee table,
a group of connecting circles. The
Portland, Maine, furniture designer calls
the table, which is available in three
sizes, Crop Circles. (studio24b.com)
Aaron Scott, a New York furniture
and lighting designer who hails from
Oregon, blends his affection for Pacific
Northwest topography with an interest
in geometry and the engineered form.
His curvy, oiled-oak pendant lamp
somehow managed to evoke a tree burl
and a ships propeller; at once organic
and mechanical. The same was true of
a round table lamp crafted of layers of
bleached wood circles, with cutouts to
reveal the light beneath.
A sleek circle of glass was perched on
a sinuous wood base that looked like
a weathered, waxed whale vertebra,
and the juxtaposition made for a piece
that was as much sculpture as furniture.
(aaronscottdesign.com)
Justin Teilhet, a ceramicist from

Yellow Springs, Ohio, showed an

arresting collection of porcelain
objets dart. Concentric circles formed
vessels that were glazed in gunmetal
and given 24-karat-gold-leaf interiors.
The pieces were simple and dynamic.
(jteilhetporcelain.com)
Hubbardton Forges Flux pendant was
a studied tangle of LED-lit aluminum
bands that created a cool, contemporary
fixture. (hubbardtonforge.com )
Spin Ceramics showed Chinese
designer Qi Qiong Qiongs elegant
Mobius Strip porcelain vase, with
multiple apertures for flowers and an
unglazed finish that showed off the
interplay between the soft contours and
crisp edges. (www.spinceramics.com )
Canadian Kino Guerin manipulates
panels of walnut, wenge, cherry or
zebrawood veneer into curled and
knotted ribbons that become art, shelves
or tables.
To get this overall effect, the panel
must be bent as if this had been done
naturally. It must reflect equilibrium
between the curve and the straight
line, between exuberance and purity,
the Montreal-based designer said.
(kinoguerin.com )
Designer Alexa Hampton is also a
proponent of mixing curves with linear
shapes. She created a relaxed and
pretty Library space for show guests
that incorporated voluptuous ceramic
table lamps, inviting round tables and
comfy chairs with curved arms.
Shape and silhouette are always
major considerations when designing
an interior, she said. Much like any
essential duality yin and yang, hard

and soft, masculine and feminine

when a room has straight and curvy
elements, the result is more complete
and, therefore, more successful.
Straight lines are a given in any
room, she said: think walls, windows,
table legs.
But curves should always be added
as well, she added. In architecture, the
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Age-old art finds contemporary edge

Kim Cook | For the Associated Press

all it subversive stitchery.

Alternative embroidery. Todays
home samplers include everything
from Kanye West tweets to tattoo designs.
Jamie Chalmers, a burly, bearded fellow
who lives in Bedford, England, calls
himself a manbroiderer. He runs a blog
and wrote a book, Push Stitchery: 30
Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched
Art (Push Stitchery/Lark Crafts, 2011).
About 12 years ago, I bought a crossstitch pattern as something to do while
on a long plane journey. I was motivated
by the juxtaposition of being a big man
doing a tiny little cross stitch, but once
I got into it, I really enjoyed it, he
says. I started Mr. X Stitch as a way of
showcasing contemporary embroidery
from around the world, challenging the
common paradigm that stitching is just
for little old ladies.
One of the reasons people like
learning from me is that Im big, bald,
straight and tattooed, and if I like
embroidery, then anyone can like it, he
says. (mrxstitch.com)
Pop culture translated into cross stitch
may be edgy, irreverent and funny.
Picture a sampler stitched with lyrics
from Stephen Sondheim or Snoop Dogg;
scenes from Poltergeist or Harry Potter;
portraits of Lena Dunham or Grumpy
Cat; cross-stitched burgers, asparagus,
cupcakes or kimchi. You get the idea.
Singapore-based artist Teresa Lim
stitches scenes from her travels a
bridge in Prague, a park in Tokyo, a field
of German sheep.

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Embroidering a place instead of taking

a photo makes a difference. When you
take a photo, you dont notice the small
details. But when you draw or embroider,
your eye picks out so much more detail,
she says. After I complete a piece, I
feel like I actually know the place.
(teeteeheehee.com)
Jacqueline and Christopher Gable of
St. Catherines, Ontario, run a blog called
Wee Little Stitches. Theyve found a niche
rendering the casts of movies and TV
series like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings
and The Big Bang Theory into pixels for
cross stitching.
Why pixels? The neat thing about
pixels is that they translate exactly in to
cross-stitch designs in fact, it could

be said that cross-stitching is the original

pixel art, laughs Jacqueline.
I think my favorite is the Golden Girls
pattern. I have such fond memories of
watching the show with my grandmother,
she says. (etsy.com/shop/weelittlestitches )
Emily Peacock stitches alphabets and
phrases like Think Happy Thoughts,
using colorful, groovy typefaces with a
happy-go-lucky vibe. The artist, based
in Buckinghamshire, England, says her
background in graphic design, and
fascination with fonts and uplifting themes
inform her ideas.
I love the vibrancy of folk art and the
simplicity of mid-century design. I have
an idea, sketch it out and then turn up
the volume so that the effect is eye-

catching and immediate I like designs

that demand your attention as you enter
a room, she says. I play a lot with color
and can feel a sort of yes moment when
the color balance is right. Then I know
I can start stitching. (etsy.com/shop/
emilypeacocktapestry )
Want the entire Game of Thrones
Westeros map in cross stitch? Thats
the top-seller at Jen Egglestons Etsy.
com shop. Eggleston, of Vancouver,
British Columbia, also has riffed
on National Lampoons Christmas
Vacation and Mad Men. She recently
completed an ambitious design that
shows the self-destruct sequence on the
spaceship in Alien. (etsy.com/shop/
randomlygenerated )
There are lots of downloadable patterns
like these online for a nominal cost
designers provide color and measurement
guidelines. Online tutorials show how to
design your own chart.
If you just appreciate the cross-stitch
motif without picking up needle and
thread, consider the Stitches collection
from Danish firm Menu. Theres a pretty
jar, candlestick and vase done on white
porcelain with gray stitch trim. Here too
is Gry Fagers vine and leaf cross-stitch
pattern printed in soft gray on a crisp
white plate. (allmodern.com)
Hungarian artist Zsanett Szirmay uses
cross stitch to create multimedia art.
Using a laser, she transfers old-style,
Eastern European, folk-art embroidery
patterns onto fabric strips, which can
then be played in an old punch-card
music box. She calls it soundweaving.
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The origin of the Souths most recognized landscape shrub

Kat Bergeron | Biloxi-Sun Herald

long, long time ago, an Asian

king was violently assassinated
and turned into a cuckoo, a bird
known for its repertoire of calls. But
the king-turned-cuckoo sang so bitterly
that blood ran from his bill. This was
springtime and the flowers in profuse
bloom turned red from the dripping
blood.
The azalea was born.
Nothing says Spring in the Deep
South more colorfully than blooming
azaleas. Writers, poets and film
producers use this flower to impart a
sense of place, a uniquely Southern
identity. In fact, the shrubs that produce
these ubiquitous spring flowers are
grouped as Southern indica.
Indica, however, is a throwback
to that Asian legend, which takes
place in China, and like so much
folklore is adapted in other nearby
countries in what was once known
as the East Indies. Ironically, this
evergreen, flowering plant so beloved
by Southerners does not hail from our
Southland.
But we certainly have made it ours,
lock, stock and bloom.
A native American azalea does exist,
but few recognize it unless they are
woods hikers or adventurous gardeners.
I grew up calling them honeysuckle
azaleas, and many is the time I
tromped through woods with my Mom
in search of them. The native flowers
are fragrant, look more like honeysuckle
blossoms, and the leaves disappear in
winter.
Moms yard had lovely examples of
these natives, as well as the indicas, but
later owners of her Gulfport property
didnt realize what they had and

The Nezu Shrine in Bunkyo, Tokyo, holds a Tsutsuji Matsuri (Azalea Festival) from early April
until early May every year. | Photo by nahcco/flickr

relandscaped. Katrina took everything

from my Biloxi yard, but drive across
the Mississippi Coast, and youll realize
that many old azaleas survive.
Bare spots, left by storm, neglect
and redevelopment, slowly get filled
in again, if were lucky, with azaleas.
We should never let these beauties
disappear. We should be like Miss
Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird.
When the big house burned, she found
happiness because she could plant and
tend to more azaleas in a smaller house
that didnt require so much indoor work.
The coastal South provides a perfect
home for the indica azalea, in soil,
nutrients and climate, but our Coast
wasnt much into planting them until

the 1920s. Early editions of the BiloxiSun Herald, even in the 1890s, mention
azaleas, but most people displayed
them in pots instead of in the ground.
In the U.S., indicas were first
introduced as outdoor landscape plants
in the 1830s at a Charleston, S.C.,
plantation, according to the records
of flower historian Fred C. Galle, late
director of Callaway Gardens. A decade
after the Civil War, that plantation, now
known as Magnolia Gardens, opened
to the public. But Southerners remained
slow to catch on to planting landscape
azaleas.
Mobile was among the first cities
near us to take the azalea seriously, and
social news pages of the early 1900s

document numerous March day trips

to Mobile to admire blooming azaleas.
A few plants likely colored South
Mississippi, but they remained most
popular in pots.
Then on Sept. 28, 1927, this appeared:
W.A. Cox, local nurseryman,
announces the purchase of 4,000
azaleas from a dealer in Mobile, these
plants to be brought to the Coast
by truck for delivery about Nov. 1.
These wonderful flowering plants,
which are so noted in North Carolina
and in Mobile have been found most
successful in growth along the Coast
and Mr. Cox is most desirous of seeing
many of them planted here.
He states he is bringing the plants
to the Coast at a very nominal price in
order to see the section beautified with
this lovely plant which blooms in the
spring.
Cox, the Coasts biggest agricultural
promoter of that area, already had
orders from Gulfport, which planned to
put them in parks and neutral grounds.
Gulf Park College (now Southern MissCoast), Gulf Coast Military Academy
and numerous homeowners also had
advance orders.
Did Coxs experiment work?
Obviously, as this from April 6, 1929,
shows:
Interest in the culture of azaleas is
growing on the Coast as is evidenced by
the many handsome specimens of this
popular spring flower now growing in
the gardens of the Coast flower lovers.
Many of the plants of the azaleas are
quite small, but this flower has the
charm of blooming even when but a
few inches high.
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Help the planet and look good doing it

Katherine Roth | For the Associated Press

rom the biggest botanical gardens to the smallest

backyard plots and terraces, theres a movement
underway to make gardens work harder for the
environment.
Its no longer enough for a garden to just look pretty.
Every garden needs to do more and every garden matters, said Douglas Tallamy, a professor in the department
of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of
Delaware.
Because of global warming and habitat destruction,
he said, today, gardens need to support life, sequester
carbon, feed pollinators and manage water. Its a lot to ask,
but it doesnt have to look messy and it may be the key to
our survival.
For many people who arent sure what they can do
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nity to make a palpable difference.

That sense of purpose is creating a change in garden
aesthetics, with a more natural look and more emphasis on
drought-tolerant and wildlife-friendly plants.
Its one of the few things an individual can do to
mitigate climate change. The cumulative impact on the
environment is huge, plus its easy, affordable and fun,
said Ann Savageau, who ripped out most of her lawn in

drought-parched Davis, California, a year ago and replanted with desert grasses and other native plants.
The increase weve seen in pollinators, butterflies and
birds at our house is really exciting, and we reduced our
water usage by two thirds, she said.
Whereas there used to be enough land for wildlife and
humans to exist separately, its become essential that we
share habitats, Tallamy and Rick Darke argue in their book,
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden (Timber Press, 2014).
Unless we share our space with nature, the plants on
which bees, caterpillars, butterflies, birds and other wildlife
depend will not survive, Tallamy said.
Earth-friendly gardens consist mostly of native species,
on which local wildlife depends, experts say.
Gardening for wildlife, especially birds, is really the hot
thing now in horticulture and gardening. The trend is
toward naturalistic garden design, with native plants. Its a
High Line kind of a look, said Kristin
Schleiter, associate vice president for
outdoor gardens and senior curator
at the New York Botanical Garden.
The High Line, the New York
City park and garden which runs
along a strip of old elevated track,
does symbolize a newer aesthetic
in purposeful, naturalized gardening, said Tom Smarr, its director of
horticulture.
About half the plants are natives and
the other half are self-seeded species,
which require relatively little maintenance and water. Theres way more
forgiveness and durability about it,
he said.
A lot of people have totally been
inspired by the wild look and have
tried it on their own at home, Smarr said.
A few specific ways that home gardeners can go easy on
the planet:
PLANT AN OAK TREE
Oaks sequester lots of carbon, have enormous root
systems that help manage water and, according to
Tallamy and Darke, are fantastic at supporting wildlife.

There are 557 species of caterpillars in the Mid-Atlantic

states, and theyre all bird food. The birds eat all the
caterpillars to support their young, so you dont need to
worry about defoliation.
FEED THE POLLINATORS
Tallamy warns that without pollinators, 80 percent
to 90 percent of all plants would be lost, and that
gardeners should focus on plants that feed the estimated
4,000 species of native bees. Pollinator-friendly gardens
feature a sequence of native flowering plants, so that
from April through September somethings always
blooming. Mountain mint, sunflowers, native holly,
sweet pepper bush and goldenrod are all great for
pollinators, Tallamy said. Further west, blazing star
and milkweed are good choices. Schleiter said that
early spring can be especially tough for bees. For early
bloomers, she recommends Lyndera, a native bush with
great fall color, and also dogwood.
MINIMIZE LAWN, CONCRETE AND NON-NATIVE
ORNAMENTAL SPECIES
Around 92 percent of our suburban lots are lawn,
and thats the worst you can do, Tallamy said, adding
that concrete seems to be our default landscaping
and ornamental Asian plant varieties have little to offer
native wildlife.
In the typical American yard, 80 percent of the
plants are from China. Thats not a functioning ecosystem, he said.
Even apartment dwellers can help, by planting native
species on roofs and terraces.
Schleiter said: Really think about the amount of
chemical thats put on our lawns. If youre not using all of
your lawn, just let the grass grow out and maybe put in
some native perennials. It all adds up.
AVOID PESTICIDES
If youre planting a garden for bees and butterflies,
dont use pesticides that will kill bees and butterflies,
warned Schleiter. It sounds obvious, but people do it
all the time. You have to be extra sure that when you
buy a plant at the nursery, it hasnt been sprayed with
any pesticides. Nurseries do it a lot and you need to be
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Gardening with air, water and fish fertilizer

Dean Fosdick | For the Associated Press

ho needs soil to sow a

sustainable garden? You can
cultivate plants in mid-air,
float them in mineral-enriched water or
add nutrients for an organic harvest by
using your own fish for the fertilizer.
All of these methods can be done
indoors and year-round.
Hydroponics may be the most familiar
soil-less gardening technology. It
involves growing plants by floating their
roots in chemically enhanced water.
The operation can be automated with a
timer. Some systems are portable.
Aquaponics blends aquaculture
(feeding fish in tanks) with hydroponics.
Water heavy in organic animal waste is
pumped from a fish tank into grow beds
where plants filter out the nutrients. The
purified water is then recycled back
into the fish tank, where the nitrateproduction sequence is renewed.
Aeroponics uses no growing
medium. Instead, plants are strung over
containers and their roots are misted
with a nutrient-heavy solution.
The technology that is accelerating
this (soil-less) trend is the proliferation
of extremely effective and increasingly
energy-efficient grow lights, said Sylvia
Bernstein, owner of The Aquaponic
Source in Longmont, Colorado.
With todays grow lights, any space
can become a year-round garden. Ive
worked with people who are growing
in basements, garages, laundry rooms,
warehouses and classrooms, she said.
The systems are easy to learn and to
maintain, Bernstein said.
First, there is no weeding involved.
And because you can set your grow
beds at whatever height works best for

you, stooping and bending can also be

minimized, she said.
Watering also is easier, especially with
aquaponics. You simply top off your
tanks once every week to 10 days, versus
the nearly daily watering that an outdoor
garden requires, Bernstein said.
Hydroponics is an uncomplicated way
to raise vegetables, said Richard Tyson,

Orange County (Florida) Extension director.

The floating system is one of the
most inexpensive, low-tech systems
around, and as long as you stick with
leafy salad crops and herbs, it is one of
the best for beginners, Tyson said.
As for aeroponic gardens, they need
little space, making them popular
with apartment dwellers. Their moist

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environment is vulnerable to bacteria

growth and disease, though, so they
must be kept clean.
Nearly any freshwater fish that thrives
in captivity can be used for aquaponic
gardening, from goldfish to catfish, trout
to crayfish. The fish can be purchased
from licensed hatcheries, while
aquaponic, hydroponic and aeroponic
kits are available at specialized supply
stores and online.
The best fish to grow in aquaponics
are the fish that best suit your needs,
whether those be for food or fun
or both, and that are conducive to
growing the plants you are interested in
growing, Bernstein said.
Fast-growing tilapia are the most
commonly used. Bernstein has
trained her tilapia to eat from a baby
bottle, which provides a degree of
entertainment. And, she noted, You
always can eat the full-grown fish.
In the not-so-distant future, I believe
that indoor, aquaponic gardens will
become more the norm than the
exception, Bernstein said. Homeowners
will start to think of them as a part of their
food preparation environment, much like
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Tis the season for garden-to-table dining

Andrea Yeager | For the Biloxi-Sun Herald

ow that spring finally has arrived, folks are eager to work in their yards, whether planting ornamentals or edibles. Few things are as tasty
as homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers; they just have so much flavor.
Readers share their favorite green tomato recipes from green tomato sweet pickles to green tomato mincemeat pie.

GREEN TOMATO MINCEMEAT PIE

OVEN-FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

(Submitted by Mary Beth Greenleaf)

(Submitted by Nedra Baldwin from Mama Dips Kitchen)

2 cups green tomatoes (chopped)

2 cups Granny Smith apples (pared, chopped)
cup raisins
orange (seeded, chopped fine)
cup suet (chopped fine)
1 cups brown sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
teaspoon cinnamon
teaspoon nutmeg
teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon allspice

4 green tomatoes, sliced

stick butter or margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup self-rising flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together all ingredients,

put into prepared 9-inch crust. Cover with full or lattice
crust. Bake about 40 minutes.
GREEN TOMATO RELISH
(Submitted by Steve Leonard from The Gasparilla Cookbook)

1 quart green tomatoes

1 quart ripe tomatoes
2 bunches celery
2 sweet peppers, preferably red for color
2 large onions
1 small cabbage
2 cucumbers
1 pound brown sugar
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 quart vinegar
Chop (It is important to chop vegetables rather than grind
them.) tomatoes, celery, peppers, onions, cabbage and
cucumbers; mix and add cup of salt. Let stand 2 hours.
Drain off all excess liquid.
In large pot, mix sugar, mustard seed, pepper and vinegar.
Heat and when sugar dissolves, add chopped vegetables.
Bring to slow boil and fill sterilized jars (7 pint). Chill
before serving.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter in baking pan.

Stir in salt and pepper. Coat tomatoes with flour and
place in pan. Bake on lower rack of oven for 8 minutes.
Then turn the oven up to broil in order to brown the
tomato slices. Serves 6.
MISS MEL ROBERTSONS GREEN TOMATO PICKLES
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
(Submitted by Nedra Baldwin from Naomis Home Companion)

3 medium firm green tomatoes, about 1 pound

teaspoon salt
teaspoon black pepper
cup white cornmeal
2 cups solid shortening or bacon fat, for frying
Cut tomatoes into 4 (-inch) thick slices. Season with salt
and pepper. Dredge slices in cornmeal, coating well on
both sides.
In a large heavy skillet, add enough shortening or
bacon fat to a depth of -inch and heat on high until
shimmering and starting to smoke a little. Add half of
tomato slices, lower heat to medium-high. Cover skillet
and cook until bottoms of tomatoes are browned and
sizzling stops, about 4 minutes.
Turn tomatoes over. Cover and cook second side, about
2 minutes. Should be slightly soft around the firm edges.
Remove tomatoes to paper towel to drain. Taste, if tart,
sprinkle with sugar while still hot. Serves 4.

(Submitted by Steve Leonard from The Gasparilla Cookbook)

1 peck (8 dry quarts) green tomatoes

6 large onions
cup salt
2 quarts water
4 quarts vinegar
2 pounds brown sugar
2 tablespoons whole cloves
2 tablespoons white mustard seed
2 tablespoons whole allspice
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons cinnamon
Slice tomatoes and onions. Sprinkle with salt and let stand
overnight. In the morning, drain well. Put them into a
porcelain kettle (modern aluminum best) with water and
1 quart vinegar. Boil 15 minutes; drain them dry.

In kettle, combine the remaining 3 quarts of vinegar, sugar

and spices. Boil slowly for 1 hour, taking care not to burn.
When cold put in stone crock and cover. a

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