CALLING ALL HANDS
Spring skin, solved
The clay that makes cuticles crack. The sand that scrapes. Coddle the hands that get into Colorado soil with the Green Thumb Gift Set, $24, from natural beauty brand Lather available April 1. It includes an SPF 15 lip protector, AHA hand creme with evening primrose, a sore muscle cream, rosemary-and-peppermint soap and a packet of lavender seeds. $24,
ARMCHAIR TRAVEL
Literary shout-out to DBG’s Shofu-en
If you were entranced by the new Bill Hosokawa Memorial Bonsai pavilion and the renovations to Shofu-En, the Garden of the Pine Winds at the Denver Botanic Gardens, check out “Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America,” by Kendall H. Brown (Tuttle, 2013). You’ll get an armchair visit to 26 Japanese gardens in North America, from coast to coast and Fort Worth to Quebec.
