Garden

Garden Instead of Lawns in Beverly Hills: An Update

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I know a garden has long been a metaphor of life yet growing it in my backyard made it ever so vivid.

Declare Your Food Independence

Sarah Newman | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

It's time that we return to our roots. Literally. We need to support a food system that offers us healthy, safe, sustainable, fresh foods. And what better time to begin than on Independence Day?

Upside-Down Gardening

Planet Green | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


The "Earthbox" is a stylish, sustainable way to pot plants in the big, bad city....

Serving Greenpoint With Free Sunflowers

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York


He's calling himself the Johnny Appleseed of Greenpoint. But Matt LaBarbiera is spreading sunflowers, not apples, in his Brooklyn neighborhood. He'...

Michelle Obama Works In Kitchen Garden With Students

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped pl...

Can Artists Save The World?

Julia Moulden | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

A photograph of me circa 1977 hangs over my desk. It was taken by Toni Beatty, an American photographer I met when we shared adjoining villas and a g...