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Baltimore, MD


Temperature: 70F (21C)

Humidity: 88.4%

Conditions: mist

Wind: from the NW at 3 mph



MAY/JUNE 2002


FEATURES

LIVING LEGACY
Investor Pete Calhoun tends the Green Spring Valley garden his mother, the late Ella Spear Colhoun, planted nearly five decades


FERTILE GROUND
Essayist Marianna Russell unearths lessons in humility, friendship and patience as she shapes the land around an old farmhouse i

YARD ART
Oversized abstract sculptures populate the colorful gardens around artist Mary Ann Mears' Poplar Hill home.


GARDEN SPOTLIGHT
The leafy legend of Hosta Sue.

WEB EXTRA
Check out our list of garden resources, as recommended by some of the area's top gardeners.

THE FIND'S THE THING...
At the annual Smith College Club used book sale.

LIGHT HOUSE
A former garage gives way to an airy contemporary home on a narrow alley in Federal Hill.


RIVER ROMANCE
Paddling down the Mississippi on a riverboat with writer Dee Hardie.

AT HOME WITH: SALLY MICHEL
Baltimore's "Model Citizen" talks about volunteering, civic pride, and leaving no child behind.

DEPARTMENTS

SAVVY SHOPPER
Our roundup of retail news.

TIMES OUT
On the town.

THE DC PAGE
What to do in Washington.

GET OUT!
Events, shows, galleries.

TOWN CRIER
Little happenings of local interest.

STYLE KIDS
Helping kids save.

SPOTLIGHT
F. Scott Black, back in the Cockpit.

GOOD TASTES
Cooking with fresh herbs.

SOLUTIONS
Drought-defying tactics.

THE BACK PAGE
The bad boy.