Merrifield Garden Center
CULTIVATING A FAMILY LEGACY
50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Cover photo by Bryn Wallace
From Garden to Kitchen:
A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO GROWING HERBS
SUBMITTED BY ERIN VANDER WEELE
Fresh herbs can make all the di erence when cooking a flavorful (CA: flavourful) meal. It’s not only easier to have herbs on hand for making tasty dishes but also rewarding to grow your own ingredients. If you’re just starting your culinary and gardening journey, this guide will help you begin growing herbs at home.
Let's start with the most popular: basil, parsley, and mint. These herbs are commonly used, easy to grow, and versatile to add to a variety of dishes. For indoor gardening, you can use windowsills or countertops that receive ample sunlight (at least 6 hours a day). If you're growing outdoors, create a small herb garden in your yard or use containers on a balcony or patio. The beauty of container gardening is that you can move your herbs around to find the perfect sunny spot!
BASIL
Basil loves warmth, so it's best to plant it in spring after the last frost when temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees. You can start growing indoors about eight weeks before transplanting outdoors. Use a small pot (about 6 inches) with good drainage. Fill the pot with potting soil, leaving some space at the top. Sow seeds about ¼ inches deep and water gently. Once the first six leaves grow, prune to encourage the plant to start branching. Repeat pruning every time a branch has six leaves.
PARSLEY
Parsley is a bit slower to germinate, so be patient! Start with seeds by soaking them in water overnight to speed up the process. You can start seeds indoors or directly in the garden if weather allows. Use a pot or container at least 6 inches deep and fill it with moist potting soil. Sow seeds about ¼ inches deep. Keep the soil consistently moist, and once seedlings appear after a few weeks, let them get a good amount of light for best growth. Harvest outer leaves when the stems have at least three segments, allowing the inner leaves to grow.
MINT
Mint is a vigorous grower, and for good reason—it's delicious in drinks and dishes! It's better to start growing mint from cuttings or seedlings. Choose a pot with plenty of room (about 12 inches deep) because mint will spread. Fill it with rich potting mix and plant your cuttings or seedlings. Water regularly, as mint loves moist soil, and harvest leaves as they grow. Mint can take over, so keep it in its pot to prevent its invasion of other plants in your garden. This perennial plant comes back every year.
The best part of growing your own herbs is the harvest! To encourage growth, always snip o leaves instead of pulling them. Enjoy your fresh herbs in dishes, teas, or as garnishes.
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With winter behind us and spring upon us, we’re delighted to bring you a fresh April edition filled with warmth, joy, and inspiration. As flowers start to bloom and the days grow longer, we’ve gathered stories of growth, community, and renewal to help you celebrate the season of new beginnings. Here’s to embracing the vibrant energy of spring and all the possibilities it brings!
We’re thrilled to feature the Warhurst family and their incredible story this month. At Merrifield Garden Center, their team travels across the country, hand-selecting only the highest quality plants, gardening products, and home décor items. Their spacious, lush outposts are a gardener's dream, offering a wide variety of plants and trees, along with all the tools and supplies you need to make your garden thrive. We’re excited to share their story and the passion they have for both their craft and the community they serve.
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This month, we’re also highlighting a special non-profit that’s helping local families in need—Family PASS. They provide vital assistance to families in Fairfax County who are facing homelessness or are at risk. By offering emergency rental support and connecting families to resources, Family PASS is helping people take steps toward self-sufficiency. We invite you to learn more about their mission and join us in supporting their work.
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Here’s to a season of renewal and growth—both in our gardens and in our hearts.
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BY CATHERINE HARDMAN
ABOUT FAMILY PASS
Family Preservation and Strengthening Services (Family PASS) became a program of Shelter House in January of 2023. Since 2006, Family PASS has provided critical support services to low-income working families at risk of homelessness in Fairfax County. As a program of Shelter House, Family PASS will continue to provide families with a path to economic self-su iciency through intensive case management and comprehensive support services.
Family PASS's Self-Su iciency Program provides case management and financial assistance. We work with families to stabilize a housing crisis and support them in their e orts to achieve self-su iciency.
Our goal is to assist families with increasing their skills that would lead to higher earnings and provide greater stability for families. Our program is voluntary, and goals are client-driven. Clients may participate in our program for up to three years.
WE PROVIDE:
• Short-term assistance with rent to prevent eviction
• Short-term assistance with utilities to avoid disconnection
• Financial assistance with costs associated with education and jobskills, including but not limited to tuition, course materials, books, technology, and exam fees
• Financial assistance with transportation and childcare as it relates to helping clients maintain employment
• Food pantry/grocery assistance
• Referrals for other services and resources in the community
• Other financial assistance may be provided on a case-by-case basis
PROGRAM CRITERIA:
• Must be a Fairfax County resident
• Must have at least one minor child in the household
• Household must have at least one working adult, or able to work and actively seeking employment
• Household income must be below 50% Adjusted Median Income for Fairfax County
• Head of household or other adult must have educational and/or job skills goals, including but not limited to: collegelevel courses, certification or licensure programs, GED, or ESOL classes
CLIENT EXPECTATIONS:
• Must sign a release of information and share certain personal identifying information with your Case Manager
• Be willing to maintain open and regular communication with your Case Manager, a minimum of twice per month
• Be willing to work with your Case Manager to develop educational and/or job skills goals, and take steps to achieve them
• Be willing to work with your Case Manager on financial matters including budgeting and debt reduction
THE HISTORY OF SHELTER HOUSE
Shelter House came into being in 1981 as a grassroots responder to the homelessness crisis in Fairfax County. Community volunteers from several ecumenical groups joined together to help address the needs of their homeless neighbors. They started by providing direct, emergency assistance – items such as food, blankets, and warm clothing were distributed from the trunks of their cars.
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The tragic hypothermia death of a homeless man on Christmas Day in 1983 in the Bailey’s Crossroads area galvanized the community to do even more. Churches opened winter shelters, and Shelter House volunteers and others advocated to Fairfax County Government to devote more public resources to the homeless.
As a result of this advocacy, Shelter House secured a County contract in 1985 to open one of the first homeless shelters in Fairfax County. Over the last 40+ years, Shelter House has continued to expand to meet the needs of the Northern Virginia community.
In April of 2020, Shelter House opened Fairfax County’s first Quarantine, Protection, Isolation, and Decompression (QPID) shelter in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comprised of over 210 beds, this shelter served individuals experiencing homelessness or unstable housing who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, were exposed to the virus, or who were at high-risk for negative outcomes due to age or medical condition. This shelter, which played a critical role in the community's response to COVID-19, closed in March of 2022 after serving nearly 900 individuals.
In February of 2022, Shelter House also expanded into Loudoun County to meet the needs of Loudoun's most vulnerable residents. Through this expansion, Shelter House has established itself as a premier regional provider of homeless services and evidence-based housing solutions.
MISSION AND VISION
Shelter House’s mission is to prevent and end homelessness and domestic violence by engaging the community, building e ective relationships and providing crisis intervention, safe housing and supportive services. We envision a community free of homelessness and domestic violence where everyone has an equal opportunity
to thrive. Our team stays up to date on the latest methodologies to help stop the cycle of homelessness and domestic violence. One such example is the implementation of rapid re-housing. Rapid Re-housing is the provision of housing location support, rental assistance, and intensive case management services to help those experiencing homelessness return to housing as quickly as possible. When we initiated this approach in our community, it helped us reduce the length of stay in our shelters by 55% and allowed us to serve more families per year.
ABOUT US
Shelter House, Inc. is a community-based, non-profit organization that provides crisis intervention, safe housing and supportive services to our neighbors experiencing homelessness and victims of domestic violence in our community. All of our shelters use a rapid re-housing approach, which is the provision of housing location support, rental assistance, and intensive case management services to help those experiencing homelessness return to housing as quickly as possible. Our dedicated sta is committed to providing life-changing and sustainable housing solutions by empowering those we serve to become self-su icient and safe. Do you want to learn more or to join our team? Visit the Shelter House website: www.shelterhouse.org. The direct Family Pass website page is: FPReferrals@shelterhouse.org.
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CULTIVATING A FAMILY LEGACY 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
BY LYNDSEY BRIDGERS
PHOTOS BY BRYN WALLACE
Picture this: It’s the early 1970s and you're sitting around the dinner table with your husband and five kids under the age of 13 when your husband announces, “I’m going to open a nursery.” His wife, Billie Jean looked over the table at him in confusion saying, “A nursery? You aren’t home enough to take care of your own children!” Bob chuckled and went on to explain that it was a plant nursery, not a kid’s nursery. Then, in 1971, he did just that and opened Merrifield Garden Center at the intersection of Route 29 and Gallows Road.
At the opening, it was just a small roadside stand with less than an acre of plants. But over the last 54 years, it’s turned into three locations throughout Northern Virginia with an extended family of over 600 employees during the peak seasons. What started with the power of a dream is now one of the largest nursery and landscaping companies in the country.
Bob Warhurst grew up in the small, rural town of Russellville, Alabama in a modest house with no running water or electricity. With his father traveling for the railroad company and his older brothers already out of the house, Bob became the man of the household at the young age of 7. He took care of his mother and three younger siblings
by working at the local grocer and growing their food in his backyard vegetable garden. His dream of creating a better life for himself and his family started taking root in 1955 when Bob followed his older brother, Lee, up to Virginia. Lee taught him how to lay brick and together they built many houses throughout Northern Virginia—including the Ridgley Estates neighborhood in Mantua.
Always a showman, Bob rode his prized Palomino horse Goldfinger through the new neighborhoods that he helped build to drum up business for his next venture. He would go up to the new homeowners and say, “Hello, I’m Bob Warhurst and I’m your trashman.” Not asking if they wanted or needed such service. With his trash service, Bob helped customers in Stonewall Manor in Vienna, Greenbrier in Chantilly and other areas of Fairfax County.
The trash business took o and Bob loved his customers and being outside. With a friendly personality and strong work ethic, Bob got to know his customers well and considered them friends. Because of this close relationship, Bob began collecting items from them that they no longer wanted or needed, but that still had value—items
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like used clothes, tools, furniture and other household necessities. Bob put these items to good use for his growing family, including a silver tea jug that still holds the iced tea today. Once Bob had more items collected than he could personally use, he decided to open a second-hand store called the Trading Post. It was at the Trading Post that Bob first started to sell plants to complement his household o erings.
Thanks to his upbringing working in the vegetable garden, Bob was a natural when it came to caring for the plants he sold. He quickly saw that they were a big hit with his customers, so he increased the amount and types of plants he carried. That’s when Bob realized he wanted to start his next venture and open a nursery.
With the decision made, Bob asked his good friend, neighbor and then firefighter, Buddy Williams, if he wanted to go into business with him. Buddy immediately said yes. The two friends–along with their wives–became business partners and opened Merrifield Garden Center on April 9, 1971. They slowly built the business over the years with an emphasis on quality, selection and service.
As they could a ord it, they bought more property and expanded their growing operation. Merrifield Garden Center opened a second location on 7 acres in Fairfax, Virginia in 1988, while building a 33-acre location across the street, which eventually opened in 1992. Then, 15 years later, they opened a 35acre facility in Gainesville, Virginia. In addition to carrying annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, tropicals and edible fruits, herbs and vegetables, Merrifield Garden Center also added landscape design and installation services and a contractor’s line of the business to support other local independent landscapers.
At Merrifield Garden Center, the procurement teams travel the country hand-selecting the highest quality plants that will thrive in our Northern Virginia conditions. Merrifield Garden Center has also worked to develop
a line of custom formulated grass seeds, fertilizers, potting mix and planting mix that all thrive in our local soil and weather conditions for optimal growing success.
Over the years, Merrifield Garden Center has continued to expand its selection of native plants. The team celebrates native plants for the benefits they provide to the local ecology and how they support birds, insects, butterflies and other pollinators. Every year, the Merrifield Garden Center team celebrates National Pollinator week and Native Tree Week, o ering events and educational seminars on incorporating natives into your own landscape throughout every season. Merrifield Garden Center also partners with the NOVA Natives group to tag and clearly mark plants that are native to the Northern Virginia area, helping customers select these options and educating them about their benefits.
As a family business with deep roots in the Northern Virginia area, Merrifield Garden Center supports local schools, athletic clubs, community organizations and charitable fundraisers through its community programs, donating gift cards, gardening products and o ering discounts. In addition to the community involvement program, Merrifield
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Garden Center has also been a longtime supporter of the Fairfax County Master Gardener program, which is the largest gardening program in the state.
The Master Gardener partnership was forged in the mid-1990’s when state and local budget cuts impacted the Virginia Cooperative Extension programs. Bob o ered the Master Gardeners the large meeting room at the Fair Oaks location to conduct training sessions. He also gave the group space for its Plant Diagnostic Lab and o ices at that location. Merrifield Garden Center and the Fairfax County Master Gardener Program continue to have a thriving partnership today, serving as an example to other counties on how government, community and private entities can partner to better the local community.
While Merrifield Garden Center serves the entire Northern Virginia and Washington, DC metro area, it all started with an idea around the dinner table in Vienna, Virginia, back when some streets were two lane dirt roads filled with horse hooves. Today, Merrifield Garden Center is proud of its Vienna roots and is honored to have recently worked on the streetscaping project on Maple Avenue and Church Street. Some of its other clients local to Vienna include Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts, Navy Federal and Westwood Country Club. Merrifield is also a proud member of the Vienna Business Association where the team enjoys connecting with other local business owners.
One of Merrifield Garden Center’s favorite Vienna events is the annual Vienna Halloween Parade. The team enjoys participating each year and coming up with creative displays that go with the di erent themes while showcasing the Merrifield Garden Center collection of vintage cars and trucks. The town of Vienna really makes the Halloween parade a fun family a air.
Buddy passed away in 2011, Bob in 2015, and Buddy’s wife, Doris in 2021. Today the Warhurst family continues to work hard to deliver the highest quality plants and gardening materials to all Merrifield Garden Center customers. All five of Bob and Billie Jean’s children, two of their spouses, all 11
grandchildren—and three of their spouses— and Bob’s youngest brother and his family are all actively working to continue the Merrifield way.
The Warhurst family is proud to carry on the legacy that their mom and dad and Buddy and Doris started 54 years ago, and they are committed to operating the business with the same principles and values that it was founded on: always keeping the focus on o ering the highest quality plants and striving to make their customers happy.
“This business has always been a labor of love for our family, which all started with Mom and Dad and Buddy and Doris and the families,” said company Vice President Kevin Warhurst. “They worked so hard and sacrificed so much to make it happen, and
we are honored to carry it forward, side by side with our own children.”
While Merrifield Garden Center has always been a family-owned business, there are so many members of the extended Merrifield family that really make it special. The company celebrates the fact that many of its employees have been there for 25+ years, with several celebrating 50-year anniversaries this year and next.
Now that the spring season has arrived, it’s a perfect time to visit Merrifield Garden Center and see all the amazing plants that it has on display, and the beautifully decorated stores that have everything for the home and garden. And if you do, be sure to say hello to one of the members of the family, because at Merrifield Garden Center, everyone is family.
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NATURE’S REMEDY: A Physician Cultivates Joy, Resilience & Legacy in Her Garden
BY KAROLYN KABIR, MD
PHOTO BY KAROLYN KABIR, MD
Ican’t tell you when it happened, I’m just so glad it did. Sometime over the past 35 years, I cultivated a love for gardening that grew from planting pots on my wooden deck in North Carolina during medical school to landscaping my home gardens when I relocated to the higher elevations of Colorado in 1994.
What I do know is that placing my hands into the earth and planting perennials, vegetables or bulbs grounds me, drawing forth a deep sense of connection and peace. “Why on earth do you spend so much time digging and planting?” my neighbors would ask as they watched me, shovel in hand, working away on good weather days. I’d stop digging, resting my hands atop the metal handle and respond with a smile, “gardening is my therapy.” Then, shaking their heads in bemusement as they continued walking, they’d invite me to enjoy some “therapy” in their yards anytime I wished.
It was in Denver that I began to visit garden centers regularly with my children, their natural curiosity around plants, flowers and trees keeping them happily occupied, while I learned about amending clay soil, four-season trees and which blooming perennials were native to Colorado’s dry climate.
Often after a long day in clinic, I’d look forward to quiet moments in my garden, hand watering plants while slowly rinsing o the day’s stressors, before picking the
prettiest blooms and arranging them in a glass pitcher on our dinner table. In the mornings, I’d frequently hand pick fresh flowers and bring them to work, placing them on a counter in the nurses’ station. There, fragrant blooms would entice busy physicians, literally running from room to room, to pause and “smell the roses,” their delighted smiles–inhaling deeply with eyes closed–showcasing a shift in mood and perhaps even, a momentary shift of perspective.
One of the hardest things about a sudden divorce that unfolded over a decade ago was moving from our family home. Not only were my children and I uprooted from a structure we thought we’d live in much longer, we were also forced to say goodbye to our lush garden, which encircled it, and treasuring so much time spent over the years lovingly creating it. A garden where my children, prompted endlessly in school to wash their hands, were allowed and encouraged to get them “dirty”--so good for our immune system! A garden where they learned to grow and tend to vegetables, which when ingested, would grow and nourish their bodies in return. And most exciting of all, a garden where ladybugs would be released with much fanfare when those darn aphids popped up uninvited. Today, when reflecting on past challenges we’ve successfully overcome, I relish the joyful memories of gardening alongside my children, floppy hats on our heads and mud on our shoes, laughing, creating, and growing stronger together.
How heart warming it was to receive a handwritten letter several years ago from the woman who’d moved into our family home, thanking us for the beautiful garden views she enjoyed from each window. Views I’d once thoughtfully designed for my family’s enjoyment with flowering trees surrounded by colorful perennials, blooming in shifting rhythm as each season unfolded. Though I recognized at the time that cultivating a garden was nourishing my spirit, I had no idea back then that its blooms would later expand to nurture someone else’s. Nor did I imagine in August of 1984, when I left for college, big dreams packed into little suitcases, that I’d be returning someday to Vienna, VA, my hometown, some 37 years later. Never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate the courageous leap of faith I’d be inspired to take when in the Fall of 2021, lured by the beauty and fragrance of love, I returned to the idyllic garden of my childhood.
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One-Pan Salmon with Roast Asparagus
BY BARNEY DESMAZERY
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 50 mins
Easy
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
• 14oz. new potatoes halved if large
• 3 tbsp. olive oil or butter
• 8 asparagus spears, trimmed and halved
• 2 handfuls cherry tomatoes
• 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• 2 salmon fillets about 5oz. each
• handful basil leaves
METHOD
Step 1
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Tip the potatoes and 3 tbsp. of olive oil into an ovenproof dish, then roast the potatoes for 20 minutes until starting to brown. Toss the asparagus in with the potatoes, then return to the oven for 15 minutes.
Step 2
Throw in the cherry tomatoes and vinegar and nestle the salmon amongst the vegetables. Drizzle with the remaining oil and return to the oven for a final 10-15 minutes until the salmon is cooked. Scatter over the basil leaves and serve everything scooped straight from the dish.
April Events in Vienna
April 1-2
Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road Time: 8 PM
Cost: start at $58 www.mpv.tickets.com
April 4
Mozart, Grieg, Faure, Prokofiev: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $51 www.mpv.tickets.com
April 4
Girlfriend in a Coma Capital One Hall—The Vault 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Time: 8 PM Cost: $15 www.capitalonehall.com
April 5
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami & The Saami Brothers With Special Guest Zeb Bangash
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 8 PM
Cost: $38 www.mpv.tickets.com
April 5
Bollywood Backstage: The Making of a Show
Capital One Hall—Main Theater
7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Times: 9:30 AM, 2 PM Cost: $34 www.capitalonehall.com
April 5
Rt. 123 Comedy Ft. Violet Gray
Capital One Hall—The Vault 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Time: 7:30 PM Cost: $15 www.capitalonehall.com
April 6
Girls Gone Bible: For God So Loved the World Tour
Capital One Hall—Main Theater 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Time: 7 PM Cost: $43.75 www.capitalonehall.com
April 11
Family Flashlight Egg Hunt Glyndon Park 300 Glyndon St NE
Children under 5 arrive at 6:45 for egg hunt
Children 6 and over arrive at 7:45 Bring basket and a flashlight Cost: Free www.viennava.gov
April 11
John Grant
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road Time: 8 PM Cost: $41 www.mpv.tickets.com
April 11
Mr. Tambourine Man: A Symphonic Electronic Tribute to Bob Dylan
Capital One Hall—The Vault 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Time: 7 PM Cost: $50 www.capitalonehall.com
4/12-13
BalletNova Presents Don Quixote
Capital One Hall—Main Theater
7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Times: 4/12, 7 PM; 4/13 7 PM
Cost: $49.75 www.capitalonehall.com
4/15-16
The Thorn
Capital One Hall—Main Theater
7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons Time: 7 PM
Cost: $49.75 www.capitalonehall.com
4/15-16
The Fixx
Jill Sobule
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 8 PM
Cost: $50 www.mpv.tickets.com
4/17
Brad Tursi of Old Dominion
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 8 PM
Cost: $50 www.mpv.tickets.com
4/18
Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road Time: 8 PM
Cost: $28 www.mpv.tickets.com
At the time this magazine went to print, all event details were accurate to the best of our knowledge, but please check event websites or call ahead for the most current information.
4/18
Blippi – Join the Band Tour
Capital One Hall—Main Theater
7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons
Time: 6 PM
Cost: $38.50 www.capitalonehall.com
4/23
John Lloyd Young
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 8 PM Cost: $40 www.mpv.tickets.com
4/24
John McCutcheon
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 8 PM
Cost: $38 www.mpv.tickets.com
4/24
Green Expo
Town of Vienna Community Center
120 Cherry St NE
Time: 7-9 PM
Cost: Free www.viennava.gov
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4/24-27
The Washington Ballet
Alice in Wonderland
Capital One Hall—Main Theater
7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons
Time: 4/24-25 7:30 PM; 4/26 12 PM and 5:30; 4/27 2 PM Cost: $44 www.capitalonehall.com
4/26
Arbor Day Celebration
East Creek Trail
Intersections of East St NE and Ayr Hill Ave NE Time: 5 PM
Cost: Free www.viennava.gov
4/26
Kala Ramnath, Abhijit Manerjee & Christylez Bacon
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road Time: 8 PM Cost: $38 www.mpv.tickets.com
4/30
Wine & Dine at Wolf Trap 2025
The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road
Time: 6 PM
Sponsorship Cost: start at $5,000 www.mpv.tickets.com
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4 Beds 2/1 Baths 2,196 SqFt AGF 0.28Acres
$1,550,000 1841 Batten Hollow Rd
5 Beds 4/1 Baths
2,828 SqFt AGF 0.48Acres
APRIL IS STRESS AWARENESS MONTH!
Try this 15-Minute De-Stress Reset
SUBMITTED BY LEXI BREUNIG
April is here, bringing with it Stress Awareness Month—a perfect reminder to take a step back and prioritize our mental and emotional well-being. Stress is an unavoidable part of life, but how we manage it can make all the di erence. Try this simple 15-minute reset to unwind and regain balance:
The 15-Minute De-Stress Reset
1. Find a Quiet Space (1 Minute): Step away from distractions and find a peaceful place where you can focus on yourself without interruptions.
2. Deep Breathing (3 Minutes): Close your eyes and take deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. Focus on your breath, allowing your body to relax with each exhale.
3. Gentle Stretching (3 Minutes): Release physical tension by stretching your neck, shoulders, and back. Gentle movements can improve circulation and reduce sti ness.
4. Mindful Meditation (5 Minutes): Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and bring your attention to the present moment. Focus on your breath, a mantra, or calming background sounds to clear your mind.
5. Gratitude Reflection (2 Minutes): Think of three things you’re grateful for. Shifting your focus to gratitude can improve your mood and reduce stress.
6. Hydrate and Refresh (1 Minute): Drink a glass of water to rehydrate your body and take a few deep breaths before returning to your day with renewed energy.
