Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna is the kind of place that makes a regular Tuesday feel like a special occasion. The ...

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Mary Alice Russell is a Southern Living fellow who is starting her career in lifestyle journalism. Primarily focused on social media and digital production, Mary Alice is excited to hone her skills ...

Robb Nestor and Bill Reynolds cultivate an 11-acre New England farm into a botanical kingdom of evergreen sanctuaries, charming structures, and blooms galore.

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging the long-accepted “dual origins” theory. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Food can be a source of contradiction in American life. While it brings pleasure, ...

Boxwood has a long history in garden design, from ancient Rome to modern-day suburbia. A tidy boxwood hedge is a staple in traditional formal gardens, but landscape designers are also using the ...

A combination of low-growing boxwood hedges, conical columns, and shapely globes gives garden designer Jon Carloftis' Kentucky yard its traditional look. Boxwood thrives in full sun to part shade, ...

The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the ...

Outside of trade and geopolitics, one source of market volatility could very well come from Japan, as its currency undergoes sharp moves. The Japanese yen lost more than 13% against the U.S. dollar in ...