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PHOTOS: 5 Fascinating Urban Green Spaces

Black Tomato | Posted 04.12.2012

Black Tomato

As our urban landscapes continue to expand outwards, the green spaces within these landscapes become more and more precious.

Botanists Up!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 09.12.2011

Annie Spiegelman

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!

13 Amazing Facts About Green Roofs

The Daily Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Green roofs and living walls offer many benefits, including cooling buildings, reducing stormwater runoff, providing wildlife habitat, growing food an...

Vertical Gardens Grow In Popularity

The New York Times | KRISTINA SHEVORY | Posted 05.25.2011

Vertical gardens -- which began as an experiment in 1988 by Patrick Blanc, a French botanist intent on creating a garden without dirt -- are becoming ...

What it Means to be Green at a Mario Batali Restaurant

Elizabeth Meltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Meltz

Mario Batali photograph by Melanie Dunea The restaurant industry accounts for 10% of the U.S. economy. Americans spend approximately forty-eight ...