Coty Farquhar is a professional creative director, visual artist and photographic stylist whose career began and grew within the Australian Vogue stable of magazines, Vogue Living, Vogue Entertaining Guide and Vogue Children and as the Fashion Editor and the Beauty Editor of New Woman Magazine with Murdoch Magazines. Her magazine career culminating with her own digital magazine Styling Magazine that is read worldwide. Coty carries with her more than 35 years experience in magazines, styling, and designing & creating events. Coty has the rare and unique combination of magazine experience, media, visual art and marketing across many industries, including fashion, food & wine, interior design, theatre and corporate events. Coty has lived in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia for 25 years with her husband, cabinetmaker & restorer Andrew Farquhar of Farquhar’s Furniture whose extraordinary work is housed in many famous Australian buildings & private homes.

Employing tweezers to place each bit of paper, London-based artist Lisa Lloyd (previously) meticulously assembles birds and butterflies. Her realistic sculptures feature geometric pieces that are arranged in a pattern by color and then glued in place. Lloyd’s birds are constructed internally with a card, paper, and tissue paper skeleton before they are outfitted with more than 4,000 individual paper pieces that the artist hand-scores and fringes. Wire covered in tissue paper creates the birds’ feet, and the eyes are Filmo with a high gloss varnish. More

Learn how to turn your yard into a more welcoming and sustainable place for wildlife & pollinators and become a Certified Wildlife Habitat!

While summertime usually brings the onslaught of pesky critters that munch on our skin and ruin our garden tomatoes, summer is also the time when the pollinators of the world – the bees, birds, bats, butterflies, and the other small…Read More

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Learn how to recognize burr comb in your hive and what to do about it. When to remove burr comb and the possible risks to the colony.

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From the essential base to the telescoping top, learn the names and functions of the parts of a beehive necessary for success.