"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mea...

Many of these gift ideas helped me on my path to front yard sustainability. If you've got a hortiholic on your holiday gift list, read on! You're about to score some extra credit points with them -- and with Mother Nature.

If you're not a huge fan of the bee, why should their rapidly reducing population matter to you? Well, if you like to eat food, you should be concerned. Besides gathering nectar to produce honey, bees pollinate agricultural crops, home gardens, orchards and wildlife habitat.

The trees will allow children in the San Francisco Bay Area to have access to local organic heirloom apples every fall, along with the opportunity to teach them about heirloom varieties and the different flavor of each tree.

It's wintertime, but that doesn't stop us hortiholics from daydreaming about next spring's garden and everything flowery.

The fate of an innovative Detroit high school where parenting teens can bring their kids to school for high quality early childhood education, and farmwork is integrated into the curriculum, is all but sealed. But they're not going down without a fight.

Well, now I can add "interviewed a crap farmer" to my esteemed resume, while checking it off my bucket list. My parents will be so proud.

by guest blogger Annie Spiegelman, a.k.a. the Dirt Diva A year and half ago, I received an email from Nicole Calmels, a sixth-grade science teacher a...

In the past 18 months, school gardens have seen a significant resurgence in popularity, starting in communities across America and right at The White House.

Gardening encourages students to explore and problem-solve, while also building their self-esteem, nourishing their bodies and spirit, and nurturing an appreciation for the natural world.

In truth, the first time I read Flanagan's article, I too felt a paroxysm of worry. Were school gardens actually robbing our most vulnerable students of more basic and important learning experiences?

Caitlin Flanagan has written a surprisingly harsh critique of including gardens in our public schools. In a nutshell, she states that pursuing this activity over and above the three R's will turn our children into illiterate sharecroppers.