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Help Wildlife by Gardening

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: National Wildlife Federation, Organic Gardening, Gardening, Backyard Habitat, Garden for Wildlife Month, Wildlife, Garden, Video, Green News
David Mizejewski

May is Garden for Wildlife Month! Now is the perfect time to take a look at how your garden fits into the natural ecosystem and whether or not it's helping out the local wildlife.

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Better Nutrition, Healthier Communities

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Feeding America, Diabetes, Hunger, Healthy, Low-Income, Public Health, Garden, Food, Obesity, Overweight, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Nutrition, National Nutrition Month, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

How can someone who faces hunger also be obese? The fact is that the two can and do co-exist.

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Astoria Characters: The Fake Flowers

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Astoria, St. Louis, Fern, Daffodil, Iris, Pink Flamingo, Garden, Lamb, Black-Eyed Susan, Silk, Tulip, Virgin Mary, Green Thumb, Lily, Plastic, Miracle-Gro, Rose, Circus, Dahlia, Carnation, Grotto, Geranium, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

I moved to Astoria on a February day, when the daffodils were in full bloom and the snow was on the red, red roses. I didn't need a green thumb to figure out what had been staring me in the face: These flowers were fakes.

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The Greenest Garden in Washington

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: UK, British Embassy, Nigel Sheinwald, Beekeeping, Washington, Food, Greens, Green Living, Greenhouse, Green, Dc, Fruit, Kitchen Garden, Bees, Garden, White House Kitchen Garden, Ukinusa, Environment, Diplomacy, British, Water, Gardeining, Environmental, Chesapeake Bay, Green News
Nigel Sheinwald

The British poet Alexander Pope once observed that, "All gardening is landscape-painting." But today's gardeners need to be environmental stewards as well as aesthetes.

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D.C. Middle School To Get Wetland And Garden (PHOTOS)

Patch | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Public Schools, District of Columbia, Hardy Middle School, Garden, Wetland, District of Columbia Public Schools, Georgetown, Schools, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Plans for a new wetland and gardens at Hardy Middle School will provide an outdoor classroom for students and could serve to better conn...

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Andrew Lenoir

Middlebury Students Ensure A Garden Flourishes In The Bronx

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Lenoir | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Education, Middlebury College, Jacob Udell, Garden, Bronx Academy of Letters, Gardening, School, Kenny Williams, Students, Janet Rodrigues, Education News

NEW YORK -- When the Bronx Academy of Letters opened in 2006, its aging building was part school and part machine shop. "We're a school that wasn't...

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Plastic Fantastic: Fake Plants Are the Latest Design Trend

Meredith Barnett | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Garden, Rag & Bone, Home, The Inside Source, Indoor Plants, Interior Design, Plastic Plants, Fake Plants, Style News
Meredith Barnett

The Rag & Bone design team isn't the first to adopt artificial greenery as a hip form of decor.

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Sensory Architecture In London's Hyde Park

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Stage, Serpentine Gallery, Peter Zumthor, Kensington, Garden, Architecture, Design, City, Piet Oudolf, London, Swiss, Architect, Pavilion, Space, Spiritual, Building, Sensory, UK Arts, Serpentine Pavilion, Slidepollajax, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's latest creation wills people to stop for a minute and think. This year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is constructed un...

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Celebrate Tomato Season, Part 2! Broiled Cheesy Tomatoes

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Maria Rodale, Garden, Organic Gardening, Organic Food, Tomatoes, Dinner, Food News
Maria Rodale

Part 1: Tomaquet, Catalan Tomato Bread When people interview me about my childhood growing up on the first organic farm in America, they seem to have...

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Steven Hoffer

Charges Dropped In Front Yard Gardening Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Dumb Crime, Weird News, Julie Bass, Garden, Julie Bass Charges Dropped, Julie Bass Jail Vegetable Garden, Weird Michigan, Weird Crime, Vegetable Garden, Michigan, Oak Park, Crime News

The city may not have the dirt it needs on Julie Bass's garden, so it's going after the farm animals instead. Prosecutors in Oak Park, Mich., have ...

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Woman Faces 93 Days In Jail Over Garden

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Video, Dumb Crime, Julie Bass, Garden, Julie Bass Jail Vegetable Garden, Weird Crime, Vegetable Garden, Weird Michigan, Michigan, Oak Park, Weird News News

This post has been updated with new information and quotations since it was first published on Friday, July 8. This isn't your typical, garden-vari...

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Urban Spring Foraging: Harvesting Wild Greens in NYC Parks w/Leda Meredith, Part 1

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Food Videos, Dishes, Wild Greens Pesto, Skeeternyc, Fun, Vegan, Kitchen, Garden, Food Curated, Featured, Liza deGuia, Park Slope, How to Make Pesto, Recipes, Cooking, Wild Greens, Vegetables, Parks, Pesto, Food, Leda Meredith, Urban Foraging, Prospect Park, Foraging, Food News
Liza de Guia

Meet Leda Meredith, author of The Locavore's Handbook and one of New York City's most well-known urban foragers. We visited Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...

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Hello, Spring

Jessica Keener | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mystery, Garden, Flowers, Signs, Spring, Father, Healthy Living News
Jessica Keener

Since my father's passing in December 2010, and his wintry memorial in January in Boston, I've been waiting for spring's warmth and release. It came i...

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A New Generation of Victory Gardens: NRDC's Sustainable Food Awards Show Emergence of Urban Farming

Jonathan Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc Growing Green Awards, Growing Green Awards, Garden, Gardening, Sustainable Food, Victory Gardens, Victory Garden, Green News
Jonathan Kaplan

During World War II, Americans planted over 20 million victory gardens, producing 8 million tons of food. With a 21st century revolution in urban farming, the victory garden may be making a comeback

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The Freezer Saves the Day

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Garden, Winter, Fresh Food, Cooking, Frozen Food, Dinner, Food News
Maria Rodale

This time of year, I'll admit it, I don't feel like cooking much. Everything in the garden is dead as a doornail. The farmer's market won't open again...

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Exploring the Hudson Valley: A visit to Pepsico-Kendall Sculpture Garden in Purchase

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PepsiCo Gardens, Manhattan Getaway, Sculpture, Garden, Landscape Design, Three People on Four Benches, Purchase, Contemporary Art, Neuberger Museum, Travel, Westchester County, New York, Irene S. Levine, Edward Durrell Stone, Breaking Travel News, Hudson Valley, Donald W. Kendall, Travel News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

If you're considering a weekend getaway from Manhattan to enjoy the fall foliage, drive about 45 minutes north into Westchester County and stop at t...

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PHOTOS: 7 Tips For Fall Gardening

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daffodils, Birch, Lavender, What to Plant in the Fall, Bulbs, Crocuses, Blue Flax, Seeds, Garden, Prairie Coneflower, Autumn, Fall, Delphinium, Preparing Your Garden for Winter, Trees, Columbine, Pansies, Foxglove, Japanese Maple, Black Eyed Susan, Echinacea, Shrubs, And Fothergilla, Bee Balm, Gardening, Penstemon, Coreopsis, Sumac, Slidepollajax, Nature, Green News

You've been weeding until your back hurts all summer, but your job isn't over yet. Before the frost sets in there is plenty to do in your garden to ke...

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Sensing Four Seasons at a Tokyo Office Building

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rice, Newspaper-Pots-Seedlings, Experience, Vegetables, Nature, Office, Garden, City, Tokyo, Landscape, Japan, Season, Pasona, Grow Light, Habitat, Vertical, Business, Green News
Jared Braiterman

What roles can corporations play in transforming urban landscapes? This year a Japanese company constructed a bold new building in Tokyo's central business district that brings nature into the work environment and out to the street.

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What's Worth It: Twin Farms - Vermont

Suzanne Aaronson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biking, Farm to Table, Top Food & Wine Pairings, Spa, Vermont, Garden, Shoeshoeing, Skiing, Travel News
Suzanne Aaronson

Twin Farms is a countryside idyll on 300 acres that is incomparable on the East Coast (as a combination) in property, style, 'luxe-ness,' food and wine.

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Katie Stagliano Uses Over 4,000 Pounds Of Vegetables To Feed The Homeless

Tonic | Diane Herbst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katie's Krop, Volunteering, Giving Back, Garden, Homeless, Feeding America, Gardening, Vegetable Garden, Impact News

When Katie Stagliano was in third grade, she planted a cabbage in her family's small garden. When it grew to an astounding 40 pounds, she donated it t...

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Mothers and Others

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parenting, Motherless Mothers, Mother's Day, Garden, Home, Lily of the Valley, Healthy Living News
Susan Sawyers

I can still hear my mother's voice: "Honey," she said, knowing that her death was near, "you will always have your memories."

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Grow a Conscience: How to Garden Green

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manual, Soil, Pets, Fungi, Weeds, Packets, Appliances, Children, Grow, Agriculture, Green, Flowers, Million, Lawn, Emissions, Hand Fork, Animals, Products, Front Yard, Dill, Cilantro, Trowel, Grass, Ecosmart Technologies, Weeder, Flax, Farm, Salad, Plastic, Insects, Materials, Gardening, Olive Barn, Gas, Leed, Cultivator, Motor, Bugs, Local, Garden, Antibacterial, U.S. Green Building Council, Planet, Paper, Home, Organic Herb Garden Trio Kit, Plants, Nontoxic, Gloves, Chives, Certified, Green Thumb, Exercise, Tips, Gizmos, Fibers, Batteries, Wildlife, Fuel, Pesticides, Produce, MCR Safety, Basil, Electric, Hands, Natural, Acres, Seeds, Earth, Eco, Recycled, Pollution, Organic, Backyard, Exxon Valdez, Concentrations, Herb Garden, Kids, Killer, Hand-Powered, Vegetables, Devices, Spill, Fitness, Grip, Sierra Club Radio, Push, Herbs, Human Power, Gallons, Cordless, Energy Star, Window, Toxic, Essential Oils, Cotton, Packaging, Multipurpose, Memphis Green, Homeowners, Pots, Offset, Implements, Carbon Footprint, Fertilizer, Made in the U.S., Refueling, Yard, Fruit, Hoe, Mower, Rugged, Farmers, Oil, Environment, Bamboo, Pulp, Biodegradable, Items, Dibble, Razorcut, Ecomowers, Brill, Cobrahead, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Whether your farm fits in a window box or spans several acres, ensure a truly green thumb with these Earth-friendly gardening gizmos.

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Cultivating A Meditation Garden (VIDEO)

Growing Wisdom | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Garden, Zen, Video, Healthy Living News

Need a place where you can escape the stresses of your daily routine? In this video, Growing Wisdom's David Epstein talks with landscape artist Gary K...

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Japan's Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable Post-Industrial Future

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tree, River, City, Future, Azby Brown, Japan, Sustainable, Culture, History, Satoyama, Farm, Urban Food, Nature, Edo, Tokyo, Houses, Garden, Architecture, Food, Tree Canopy, Global Warming, Books News
Jared Braiterman

Azby Brown's Just Enough is a compelling account of how Edo Japan confronted environmental problems similar to ours, and how it created solutions that connected farms and cities, people and nature.

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From Lemons to Lemonade: Clevelanders Find New Uses for Abandoned Spaces

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Civic Innovation Lab, Bike Park, Urban-Biking, Social Entrepreneurship, Cleveland, Grants, Garden, Greenhouse, Entrepreneurship, Organic, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Halle Tecco

Although Cleveland's Galleria Eerieview has lost nearly all the retail shops, two fruitful things remain: the barrel-shaped glass ceiling and resourceful, dedicated employees.

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