Gardens

PHOTOS: 10 Spectacular Gardens Around The World

Laura DiMugno | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Photography, Plants, Horticulture, Nature, Flowers, Green, Travel, Slidefreestyle, Botanical Gardens, Gardens, Slidepollajax, Travel News

What better way could there be to understand a place than to walk through a garden?

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PHOTOS: 20 Reasons To Visit Colombia

Jeanine Barone | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Hotels, Accommodations, Restaurants, Bogota, Bicycling, Colombia, Travel, Wine, Coffee, Gardens, Slidepollajax, Travel Blogs, Travel News

There are countless reasons to visit Colombia. Here are 20 just to get you started on discovering this sometimes misunderstood country.

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Teaching Gardens are Sprouting

Kelly Meyer | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: American Heart Association, The California Endowment, Mom Congress, Kelly Meyer, Teaching Gardens, Washington DC, Parenting, The Lorax, Los Angeles, Dr. Seuss, Gardens, Parents News

I draw an invisible circle around my body and say, "the environment starts here." To kids living in inner cities where trees and plants are scarce, personalizing the environment is crucial.

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PHOTOS: Top Photography Spots In San Francisco

offMetro.com | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Photography, Hiking, National Register of Historic Places, Adventure Travel, Outdoors, Slidepollajax, Gardens, Travel News

From a Frank Lloyd Wright House to a Japanese Garden to a Tuscan-style vineyard, enjoy a visit to one of these top 10 photography spots in the Bay Area.

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Video: Gardens That Teach

Kelly Meyer | Posted 05.28.2012

With a little creativity, vision and willingness to get our hands dirty, we can remake spaces defined by asphalt and dead grass into productive places of beauty.

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Chemical Marketplace: The Fine Print on a Common Pesticide, Writ Large

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.27.2012

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their stories. Do you we...

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PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Joins Kids For White House Spring Planting

AP | STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama on Monday planted vegetables and plants at the White House with children from across the country as part of her broader i...

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Julianne Moore's Garden and 6 Ways to Prevent Air Pollution in Your Garden

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Julianne Moore Gardens, Eco Friendly Gardening, Gardening, Gardens, Green Gardening, Green News

Gardens in full bloom need constant maintenance. How do you keep your outdoor space well tended, and also keep the garden air clean?

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Reconsidering Romania

Jeanine Barone | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Hiking, Medieval, Parks, Wine, Romania, Skiing, Lakes, Gardens, Video, Romania Travel, International Destinations, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Slidepollajax, Travel News

As countries go, Romania often gets a bad rap. But on a recent visit, I found a different Romania, one with bucolic valleys, scenic mountain villages, fine wines, verdant parks and chic boutique hotels.

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Caught in the Act: Malibu's Dirty Little Secret Cleaned Up (VIDEO)

Kathy Eldon | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Protection, Visions, John Sibert, Park, Malibu, Legacy, Pollution, Susan Nissman, Paul Herzog, Surfrider, Friendly, Environmental, Creative Visions Foundation, Legacy Park, Stormwater, Kathy Eldon, Foundation, Surfrider Foundation, Runoff, Creative, Ocean, Gardens, Clear Water Protection, Ocean Friendly Garden, Disinfection, Mayor, Ecological Threat, Run Off, Toxic, Irrigation, Polluted Stormwater, Environmental Project, Impact News

The glamorous city of 13,000 is now leading the way in stopping toxic stormwater and chemical-laden urban runoff from destroying its glamorous coastline.

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PHOTOS: World's Best City Gardens

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: City Gardens, International Destinations, US Destinations, Gotta See This, Best Public Gardens, Prettiest-Gardens, Gardens, Travel News

We're kind of obsessed with National Geographic's new book, "Secret Journeys of A Lifetime". The book, which came out earlier this week, has all sorts...

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Beautiful Gardens The World Over

Black Tomato | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Serpentine Gallery, Cape Town, Florence, Gardens, Kyoto, Canada, Shanghai, Travel News

Let us take you on a tour of some of the most magnificent gardens from around the globe. There's no window boxes here, just acres and acres of the grassy stuff.

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PHOTOS: Gardens of Death and Other Horticultural Marvels

Atlas Obscura | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Atlas Obscura, Plants, England, Svalbard, Slidepollajax, Gardening and Landscapes, Paris, Gardens, UK Environment, Travel News

Extraordinary flora and fauna abound in our round-up of the globe's most unusual gardens, greenhouses and Arctic Doomsday seed vaults.

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Walking on the National Mall

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: History, Nasa, Smithsonian Institution, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Museums, Collaboration, National Mall, Architecture, Gardens, College News

Early on during my time in DC, I found a book about the gardens of the various Smithsonian museums on sale somewhere.

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Botanists Up!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Organic Gardening, Living Walls, City Gardens, Garden Tips, Home Gardening, Gardens, Green News

One of the latest trends in gardening is to grow ornamental or edible plants vertically up a wall of a building or a backyard fence. Horizontal, low gardening on the ground, is so 20 minutes ago!

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Going All-Inclusive in Jamaica: Resort Convenience, Natural Ambience

Jeanine Barone | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Resorts, Golf, Caribbean, Tennis, Jamaica, Gardens, Travel News

Say all-inclusive and I felt like I was being corralled into a bland resort with bad food served buffet style. Then I found a resort that dripped with native foliage and offered top-notch cuisine, an all-inclusive escape from it all.

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Out On DVD, The Secret life of Gnomeo & Juliet Is Revealed -- As Told by Its Director

Brad Balfour | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Kelly Asbury, James McAvoy, Summer, Rob Sprackling, Gnomeo and Juliet, John R. Smith, Gnomeo & Juliet, Maggie Smith, Emily Blunt, Montague and Capulet, Dvd, Gardens, William Shakespeare, Entertainment News

Summer is almost upon us, so what a perfect time to release Gnomeo and Juliet on DVD. In this exclusive interview, Veteran Director Kelly Asbury tells his tale of the film's creation and all the in-jokes considered.

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The Genius of Design -- Frederick Law Olmsted

Geri Spieler | Posted 08.05.2011

Read More: Golden Gate Park, Central Park, Calvert Vaux, Landscaping, Design, Landscape Architecture, Niagara Falls State Reserve, Justin Martin, Stanford University, Frederick Law Olmsted, San Francisco, New York, Gardens, Books News

The gift of artistic vision on the large stage of life is rare. When witnessed it is so overwhelming few can appreciate its impact for years to come.

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PHOTOS: Most Beautiful Amusement Park

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2011

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JAMES CITY, Va. -- Amusement park enthusiasts are touting Busch Gardens in Virginia as the country's most beautiful amusement park. Busch Gardens E...

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The Lawn Chemical Ritual

McKay Jenkins | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Lawns, Environment, Toxins, Health, Gardens, Lawn Chemicals, Chemical Fertilizers, Pesticides, Weeds, Earth Day 2011, Lawn Care, Green News

It's not just our health that suffers from our cultural obsession with lawn chemicals; our environment suffers too. The Chesapeake Bay suffers catastrophic "dead zones" resulting from the excessive nutrients running off suburban lawns.

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The Legacy of Blooming Where You're Planted

Mary Daily | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Daffodils, Family Heritage, Legacy, Gardens, Healthy Living News

My mother said to my grandmother, "I'm not going to plant flowers anymore. I just always move off and leave them." My grandmother snapped back, "Of course you'll plant flowers. There'll always be someone after you to enjoy them, and someone else after that."

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PHOTOS: 7 Places To See An Abundance Of Spring Flowers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flowers, Slidepollajax, Spring Flowers, Gardens, Travel News

Chase dreary, monochrome winter thoughts away with an explosion of color signifying the season's rebirth. While botanical gardens (including some of...

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PHOTOS: E.V. Day's Kaleidoscopic Reinterpretation Of Monet's Flowers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Lily, Exhibition, Flowers, New York, Carolina Nitsch Gallery, E.V. Day, Geometry, Chromogenic Archival Print, Symmetry, Giverny, Claude Monet, Gardens, Peony, Slideadbigshot, Clematis, Seducers, Monet, Arts News

WHO: E.V. Day WHAT: Seducers WHEN: January 14 through March 5, 2011 WHERE: Carolina Nitsch Project Room 534 West 22 St. New York, NY 10011 212.645...

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PHOTOS: Getting Romantic in 9 Southern California Gardens

Trazzler | Megan Cytron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socal, Gardens in Southern California, Arboretums, Los Angeles, Writing Contests, Contest, Romantic, Southern California, Slidepollajax, Romantic La, Peaceful, Travel Writing, Botanical Gardens, La Around Town, Relaxing, Gardens, Los Angeles News

Text by Megan Cytron, Editor of Trazzler While much of the rest of the country clings desperately to the weather predictions of a furry oracle who ...

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10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

This year's holiday tips offer more ways to make your Thanksgiving meal an opportunity to support sustainable agriculture, reduce your water use and go on a low carb(on) diet.

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