Tag: Nature

Summer 2018: ‘Welcome to The Lavender Patch’ Sneak Peek!

Welcome to The Lavender Patch Fort Scott family farm features 1,000+ lavender plants When you enter Davin and Betsy Reichard’s home, you can’t miss it: that familiar, unmistakable scent of lavender. It’s inevitable. The Reichards are surrounded by lavender, from the hundreds of lavender plants that are blooming just...

Summer 2018: ‘Summit Hill Gardens’ Sneak Peek!

Fall in Love at Summit Hill Gardens There’s just something about Summit Hill. It captivated Patsy Smeed from the very beginning. She moved there – one acre of land south of Chanute, the site of an old one-room schoolhouse – more than 40 years ago with her late husband...

Get the 2018 Adventures & Day Trips issue now!

  Every other year, we publish this special tourism issue to give Southeast Kansas readers ideas for places to go and things to do right in their own backyard — and this one is our best yet, packed with more than 150 ideas! Southeast Kansas Living subscribers received the 68-page...

Summer 2015: “Little Ozarks” sneak peek!

Little Ozarks Galena’s Schermerhorn Park stands out in Southeast Kansas Of the 11 designated geologic areas in Kansas, the Ozark Plateau is the smallest. But don’t let size fool you. Nestled in the extreme corner of Southeast Kansas, the impressive 55-square-mile region is one of the most biologically and...

Summer 2015: “Kalida-Scope” sneak peek!

Kalida-Scope Hidden ‘castle’ keeps ghost town’s colorful history alive You might expect an old 1800s community, one with a history of just five short years, to be relegated to not much more than a fable – nothing to prove its existence other than memories and a few stories passed...

Spring 2015: “The Mysterious Morel” sneak peek!

The Mysterious Morel Where the beloved mushrooms grow – and how to find them This time every year, Logan Martin sees an influx of visitors to state parks and wildlife areas. But many of those Southeast Kansans aren’t out to simply relax and enjoy the scenery: Hundreds are actually...

Fall 2014: “Vogel Family Vineyards” sneak peek!

Vogel Family Vineyards Vines flourish on Galena family’s land Ten years ago, Steve and Sheryll Vogel took a trip to Napa Valley. Like millions of wine enthusiasts, they were impressed with the beautiful northern California landscape. Unlike many of those other visitors, however, they decided to try to replicate...