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How to Grow Dahlias that Dazzle
Experts from Two Boots Farm in Hampstead share tips on caring for this magical, stunning flora.
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Essay: Remembering Summer Days Away from the City in Long-Gone Shore Homes
For ages—until hurricanes wiped out many of them—blue-collar families in Baltimore City owned or rented shore shacks in Bowleys Quarters, Millers Island, Sue Creek, and other places feeding into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Washday Floral and Schoolhouse Offer Personalized Flowers and Gifts in Fallston
Honoring the history of an early 20th-century school building, sisters Cortney Rudez and Tiffany Rueckert have have converted it into a boutique, floral shop, and community hub.
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A Beloved Rehoboth Beach House Gets a Refresh
How the design team brought new life to a family's summer headquarters, while paying homage to their late matriarch.
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Take a Look Inside This Lauraville Victorian Filled with Bold and Vibrant Colors
The Yukna family—Jenny, Ethan, Santi, and Sinjin—decorates their circa 1915 home with vintage, free-spirited finds.
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Camp Directory
A comprehensive resource guide including a list of camp experiences, from sports to academic to religious, in the Baltimore area.
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Baltimore Home & Design Award Winners 2025
We salute the best in local architecture and interiors.
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Hello, Neighbor: Hampton
Much of the former 25,000-acre Hampton historical site—once owned by Maryland’s Ridgely family—is now filled with tree-lined streets, ample suburban properties, and a mix of largely Colonial and ranch-style homes.
Arts & Culture
The Maryland Daffodil Society—The Oldest in America—Prepares for its 100th Show
The display is one of the nation’s largest, with as many as 210 horticulture classes, as well as others for design and photography.
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Step Inside This Butchers Hill Home Filled With Unique Artifacts
Mike Weikert, the co-executive director of MICA's new Center for Creative Impact, displays items that are unique in their form, function, and history.
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All the Tips You Need to Start Your Spring Yard Cleanup
Your yard is part of a larger ecosystem. Think before you purge.
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Essay: When a Kitchen Renovation Means Starting From the Ground Up—Literally
Here’s the thing about old houses. If you watch enough home renovation television, you will be led to believe they are charming. Lies.
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Hello, Neighbor: Arcadia/Beverly Hills/Parkside
Residents of this cluster of Northeast Baltimore neighborhoods prize the wooded escape of Herring Run Park, the increasingly lively main commercial strip in neighboring Lauraville, and proximity to several schools.
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Downtown’s Dede.shop Brings Much-Needed Joy to Decorating
The Howard Street home furnishings store comes from owners Ellen Odoi and Yvette Pappoe of interior design studio Décorelle—whose ethos is that luxury decor should be within reach.
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Filled With Art by Her Father Who Fled Nazi Germany, Eileen Koenigsberg’s Towson Home is Part Museum
After living with the pieces for 50 years, Koenigsberg is ready to release her father’s paintings.
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Rats: Baltimore’s Long History With Its Most Polarizing Pest
Here, rats have an omnipresence, invading everything from our vacant buildings to our fanciest restaurants, our nightly news to our national headlines, our pop-culture zeitgeist to our personal psyches. And as far as relationships go, it’s complicated.
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Good Neighbor’s Shawn Chopra Uses His Creative Powers for Good
Chopra's vision—which sparked his Falls Road coffee shop, home goods store, and boutique hotel—has become revered in the local design community.
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How to Throw a Themed Holiday Party That Your Friends Will Talk About For Years to Come
Ours was a cookbook club potluck, but when you're the host, you can pick any theme you want—from an ugly-sweater party or holiday comedy roast to a cookie swap or Christmas carol-oke.
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A Classic 1970s Ranch Gets a Reboot
Laurie JB Stubb, principal of Place Architecture: Design, shows us around the fully renovated home filled with natural light and rich colors and textures.
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What Does a Warming Climate Mean for Home Gardeners?
Maryland’s growing season is getting hotter and drier, and the number of warm months is on the rise.
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This Charles Village Home Mixes Nature with Comfy Midcentury Kitsch
Blue Water Baltimore’s Michelle “MJ” Jenkins shows us around her house filled with color, greenery, and retro relics.
