Planning, Patience and Purpose

Artist and landscape designer Jan Kirsh inherently knows the process to sculpting Eden-like gardens for her clients
Written by Joe Willey  |  Photography by Jill Jasuta
Healthy things grow but need a watchful eye and experienced touch to be tamed. Creating a garden is a labor of love and purpose that requires collaboration, planning and patience.

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Fire and Fragrance

Honey Water Candles founder Natalie Blanton uses her creative energy to turn candle-making into a sensory art form
Written by Olivia Minzola  |  Photography by Megan Steele
Nestled deep in the woods of Berlin is a lone wooden cottage. Inside sits the workspace of 34-year-old Natalie Blanton, owner and creator of Honey Water Candles.
For as long as she can remember,

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Wild, Wild West

Sussex County photographers Pam Aquilani and Tony Pratt take Coastal Style along on their not-so-leisurely tour of the West Coast, covering 1,300 miles in 10 days
Written by Tony Pratt
We humans are fundamentally programmed to travel and explore. How else would our ancestors have walked, sailed, rode or flown to virtually every square foot of the Earth?

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Driven By Family

H&M Bay celebrates 40 years as an award-winning logistics provider
where families grow careers together
Written by Kristen Hampshire   |   Photography by Grant L. Gursky
Walt Messick III was about 14 years old when he started working in the family business his father cofounded in 1982 out of their hometown in Federalsburg, MD. On weekends, he’d unload and pack trucks for H&M Bay,

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