Chapter 2

Reconsidering the Iowa Garden

Horticulturist Kelly Norris takes the long view of what a garden is and can ...

Linking the Land and Lake

An Okoboji lake home embraces family while enhancing the landscape.

Lake Effect

A metro Des Moines couple puts their remodeling acumen to work reimagining and revitalizing ...

In Full Bloom

For a Winterset couple, flower gardening has grown into a meaningful, sustainable lifestyle that ...

Painting the Town

Murals not only add visual appeal but also boost community pride.

Blurring Boundaries

Iowa’s astonishing depth of Haitian art spans realms of life, seen and unseen.

A Bird in Hand

A Storm Lake woman masters the competitive, male-dominated art of wildfowl carving.