CEDAR RAPIDS – Offering local, organic and all-natural products, prepared foods, custom cuts of meat and bulk spices, The Fresh Market will open its doors Oct. 1 in Cedar Rapids. The store has been remodeling the former Kmart location, 180 Collins Rd. NE, at the same time that New Pioneer Food Co-op has been renovating […]
Learn how to take plant cuttings at Noel...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The landscape at Noelridge Park constantly evolves, giving park-goers something new to see, no matter how often they go. At this time of year, the fall flowers are at their height of beauty, and if that wasn’t reason enough to stop by the park – at Council Street and Collins Road NE […]
New Uptown Fall Marion Market scheduled ...
Marion has an ideal, centrally located site for its farmers market at City Square Park, with a depot pavilion providing cover against the backdrop of the historic Main Street District. It was disappointing to hear the decision to end the Wednesday markets earlier this summer, but the Saturday markets continue, and a new Uptown Fall […]
Galaxy 16 in Cedar Rapids to host open a...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Opening night – and the day after – for a Midwestern-shot movie will coincide with open auditions for another new film. Ted Trent Studios and Circa 87 will hold open call auditions for their new movie shooting in the Midwest next summer at 13 Wehrenberg Theatres, including the Galaxy 16, 5340 Council St. […]
“Virtual farmers markets” use modern tec
By Cindy Hadish/for Edible Iowa River Valley magazine Kim Burnett-Hanssen is passionate about local foods, but can do without the chaos sometimes found at large farmers markets. “I work nights and I’m not a big crowd person,” said Burnett-Hanssen, a communications specialist at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. When she heard about the […]
September events in Eastern Iowa: wild f...
So many wonderful eco-events are happening during September that I wanted to highlight a sampling so you can plan your month. These events are from Backyard Abundance, the Indian Creek Nature Center, Prairiewoods and Noelridge Park. Check out each group’s website for further events and find details of these September activities here:
Edible forest movement grows in Iowa: Qu...
By Cindy Hadish/for Radish Magazine Rhonda Dunn is interested in growing food, but not the way her mother gardened. “She’d till every spring and hoe it and weed it,” said Dunn, an Iowa City nurse practitioner. “That was the way she knew and it worked for her, but I don’t want to be out hoeing […]
Greene Square Park moving into the futur...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The city’s oldest park will retain some of its past in the future. Renovation of Greene Square Park is targeted to begin next spring, with the previous design plan scrapped after public input. See the preliminary concept here. Heather Lynxwiler, an architect with OPN Architects, said that initial plan, with a curved […]
Mystery insect ID at the farm
Many Eastern Iowans know my sister, Margaret Wolter, from her years as a naturalist at the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids. While she is now dedicating her work to teaching preschoolers, she still keeps nature at the forefront.
Brucemore photo gallery and awesome, eas...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Gardeners are generally hardy people who don’t mind a little rain, but a steady deluge slowed the usual crowds that flock to the Brucemore Garden & Art Show, at least in the morning. By afternoon, those crowds started to show up, just in time for educational sessions on Midwestern garden grottos, healthy […]