Horticulture

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
Laura DiMugno

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

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Take A Look Inside Monet's Garden

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Waterlilies, Horticulture, Giverny, The Hole, New York Botanical Garden, Monet's Giverny, Impressionism, Thomas Kinkade, Slideexpand, Claude Monet, Slidepollajax, Arts News

In 1883 Claude Monet and his family rented a house with a barn that doubled as a painting studio in Giverny. Years later, the garden's green bridge, w...

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PHOTOS: 10 Colorful Spring Festivals Worth The Trip

George Hobica | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Flowers, Spring, Festivals, White Mountains, Travel, Gardening, Horticulture, New Hampshire, Travel Blogs, Spring Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel News
George Hobica

It's time for festivals that celebrate both flowers and the season in general.

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WATCH: University's Prized Corpse Flower Blooms

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Video, Corpse Flower, Horticulture, Cornell University, Corpse Flower Bloom, Slidewide, Flower, Amorphophallus Titanum, Indonesian Titan Arum, Science News

By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff Published: 03/19/2012 12:25 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet A rare — and stinky — corpse flower is blooming now at Corne...

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Plant Scientists Develop Purple Strawberry

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Video, Horticulturists, Horticulture, Strawberries, Burpee, Purple Strawberries, Strawberry Variety, Strawberry Breed, Cornell, Science News

By: LiveScience Staff Published: 03/02/2012 07:24 PM EST on LiveScience Scientists aren't content to let nature rest on its laurels when it come...

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Yahoo's 'College Majors That Are Useless'... Really?

Allen S. Levine | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Agriculture, Animal Science, Horticulture, Yahoo Useless College Majors, Useless College Majors, Useless College Degrees, College Majors That Are Useless, College News
Allen S. Levine

This week a Yahoo blogger posted "College Majors That Are Useless," with agriculture topping the list, followed by horticulture and animal science. While I'm hesitant to give the list more credibility than it deserves, this blog post is so far off base it has to be refuted.

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City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Horticulture, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Philadelphia, Landscape Architecture, City Planning, Philadelphia Urban Planning, Philadelphia City Planning, Philadelphia Urban Design, Arts News
Charles A. Birnbaum

For more than three centuries, city planning, landscape architecture and a unique civic ambition that emphasizes horticulture as much as the pedestrian experience in its public spaces and streetscapes, have made Philadelphia a fascinating city.

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Thank You for Spraying

Ken Cook | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Food, Pesticides, Organic Produce, Organic Foods, Organic Food, Organic, Horticulture, House Agriculture Committee, Nutrition, Epa, Darryl Issa, Jean Schmidt, Food News
Ken Cook

Eyes widened in a room of executives from companies with annual organic sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars, as Schmidt described how cakes baked with organic sugar and flour don't taste as good as regular cakes.

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Going Native in Los Angeles

Guy Nicolucci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, The Masters, Phil Mickelson, Gardening, Los Angeles, Native Plants, Horticulture, Los Angeles News
Guy Nicolucci

If you're like me, you think a native plant in Los Angeles is medical marijuana, and that its natural habitat is a storefront clinic in a strip mall next to a Foster's Freeze.

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Growing Pains

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fruits, Michelle Obama, Home Improvement, Horticulture, White House Garden, Oval Office, Humor, Nature, Vegetables, Food, Gardening, Rhode Island, Barack Obama, Culture, Healthy Living News
Jerry Zezima

We have had several delicious meals featuring string beans, jalapenos and parsley, and there will be plenty more when the tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers and cauliflowers are ready to eat.

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