Marketplace - May 23, 2009
Guide to local, independent gardening centers
It's tempting to garden shop at Wal-Mart and Home Depot, but a garden gnome once said that the smaller "mom and pop" centers blow away the chains. Perhaps he was on to something.
Tags: gardens, garden centers, Steins, Kellner, Sweet Earth, Milaeger's, Batzler's, Bluemel's, Weber's, Garden Room, garden gnomes

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 22, 2007
Process takes precedence for local painter Kovac
It's something discrete hiding out in the details of The Kovac's paintings that make them stand out as truly her own.
Tags: thea kovac, garden room, exhuberant landscapes, atrium gallery, painter, miad, west side art walk, underwood gallery, art and soul gallery, charlene's gallery 10

Dining - April 20, 2007
Tess opens its garden room
In an e-mail to customers, Mitchell Wakefield of Tess, 2499 N. Bartlett Ave., says that beginning this weekend its garden room area is open for business.
Tags: Tess, garden room, patio, outdoor dining, outside eating

Marketplace - Feb. 7, 2002
Unusual approach distinguishes The Garden Room
This new Shorewood shop has a Pottery Barn-meets-Martha Stewart ambience. Not only does it have beautiful handcrafted pottery, but it also stocks all the necessary do-it-yourself equipment, from pruning shears to gardening clogs, and has a free reference library for Wisconsin gardeners.
Tags: Garden Room, Shorewood, greenhouse, plants, gardens, lawns, decor, nursery