Garden

A moment for ourselves: The balcony becomes a sanctuary of calm and breath

Ahead of Passover, the balcony takes on a new meaning: A personal space where one can pause, breathe, and enjoy the outdoors without losing privacy, with greenery and layered heights creating depth.

Balcony, Carcom Landscape Design.
Gazebo.

How to design your yard without a tree and without maintenance – Keter’s new solution

 Red-bellied Black Snake. (illustrative)

Sydney homeowner finds over 100 red-bellied black snakes in garden mulch pile

 THE WINTER Dreams Festival at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.

Winter Dreams Festival beams light into the darkness


Iran, terror financing, can be stopped by growing saffron - MK Hauser

Iran produces 90% of the world's saffron, the world's most expensive spice — Which New Hope MK Zvi Hauser is concerned is used to finance terrorism and Iran.

 Saffron

How were people buried 2,000 years ago? New evidence

The coffin, which was buried facing north — suggesting a pagan burial, contained one body in a prone position with partial remains of another person at the feet of the prone remains.

Remains of a roman bath in Bath, Somerset, UK

Chinese Pond Heron begins first molt in Israel

The Chinese Pond Heron, first seen in Israel earlier this month, has begun molting, according to Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

The Chinese Pond Heron.

National Library of Israel to get floral neighbor with new park

New park, covering 1.5 dunams, opening next to National Library of Israel's new headquarters

Idan and Batia Ofer

25% of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. Lechiot B'Kavod helps feed them

A recent study by the Holocaust Survivors’ Welfare Fund showed that many Holocaust survivors were forced to give up essentials to be able to buy food.


Jerusalem Botanical Gardens hosts fantasy festival for Passover

The festival is suited for children from age three to 10.

Jerusalem's Botanical Gardens will host a Fantasy Festival for Passover.

Lessons to learn from the garden

All the gardeners I have known are gentle people, maybe because a garden teaches patience and careful watchfulness.

‘IN THIS way, she would have a living souvenir of all the roses friends had given her.’