Articles for tag: Columbine, Cottage Garden, Hummingbird Garden, Secret Love

Karla News

Pink Columbine Flowers: A Secret Love Potion

While taking a walk through the tree lined streets in our city, I remember coming across a flower that I could not stop looking at for its unique shape and gorgeous salmon and white color petals. It was a flower that I knew I had to have however I was not sure what it was ...

Karla News

Columbine and Virginia Tech Massacre Similarities

The date of the latest school shooting was not a coincidence, evidence is mounting that the shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior and English major at the school, planned the attacks to satisfy demons within, just as did the killers of Columbine, Eric Harris and Dan Kleibold. The Columbine killers left a detailed video tape, ...

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Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, starring Michael Moore, Michael Caldwell, and Charlton Heston, is a great documentary film about the school shooting at Columbine High School, which is in Colorado, and about our nation’s gun violence in general. Moore begins his quest in finding out the real cause for the Columbine shooting and why America’s ...

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How to Grow Columbine

Aquilegia, also known as columbine, is an old-fashion favorite that looks great in the garden and makes decorative cut flowers. These hardy, herbaceous evergreen perennials are found in the wild throughout North America, Siberia and other northern temperate regions. The columbine is known for its beautiful, distinctively spurred flowers that are produced in the summer ...

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Are Public Schools Safe?

Through the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting many emotions and thoughts are buzzing through my head. Are public schools really that safe and what are administrators and the government doing to ensure children are safe and able to learn in a secure comfortable environment? This event brought back a lot of emotion back to ...

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Growing Columbine Flowers

The columbine is a delicate yet hardy flowering plant. It is a very easy to grow perennial and makes a beautiful addition to any flower garden! Columbine is native to Asia, Europe, and North America. It grows best in partial shade and well-drained soil, though it will tolerate a variety of sun and soil conditions, ...