9 ways to add more houseplants to your home
Adding plants to your living space is an easy way to add beauty and character to your home. But aesthetics aren’t...
Avoid allergies this spring with these 7 natural remedies
The 2019 allergy season is almost here, and that means many of us will soon be dealing with frequent sneezing and...
Sustainable pencil stubs Sprout into plants
Have you ever stopped to think about where your pencil came from or what it’s journey will be once it hits the...
Thousands of grafted flowers grow on the entire face of this Milan building
A stunning show for the eyes—and nose—has taken over the facade of a building in Milan. Local design studio...
DIY: Force flower bulbs and seeds to beat the winter blues
There's something extraordinarily beautiful about fresh flowers in the depths of winter, especially if...
DIY: Vegan Cashew Cheese with Cranberries and Walnuts
Although more and more people are being raised with a wholly vegan diet from day one, there are also many who choose...
10 great plants for a living roof
Rooftops are tough place for plants: they're vulnerable to intense heat, cold, wind and drought, plus they can’t...
FarmedHere to open a 60,000-square-foot vertical indoor farm in Louisville, Kentucky
Nothing says fresh-fresh-fresh like salad greens and herbs grown right in your hometown. Soon, Louisville, Kentucky...
DIY: Make your own tiny terrarium garden that’ll stay green all winter long
Plants are remarkably versatile, and you can rest assured that there are plenty of species ideal for your space....
INFOGRAPHIC: Edible, Medicinal, or Just Bizarre, Here are 50 Amazing Facts About Plants
Plants are wonderful on so many different levels. They purify the air around us, and we can eat them, use them...
DIY: How to Plant a Personal Garden In a Small Urban Space
Many people bemoan the fact that they can't grow their own food (or even flowers) because they lack any kind of...
DIY: How to Make Your Own Herbal Tinctures
Many people who take an active role in their own health and well being also tend towards naturally-sourced nutritional...
After scandal, GNC commits to test all herbal supplements for unlabeled and fraudulent ingredients
In the wake of a scandal which found that herbal supplements such as ginseng and valerian root sold at major retailers...
DIY: How to start a community seed bank
How to Get Started Ask around to see which local friends are also planning to put together a garden this year,...
INFOGRAPHIC: How to garden indoors year-round
Those of us with green thumbs might spend most of the winter yearning to dig in the dirt outside, but there's good...
DIY: 6 Delicious Herbal Teas You Can Make This Winter
As the cold weather settles in, there is nothing like a hot cup of tea to take winter’s edge off. Rather than...
Grow Fresh Herbs in Style with the Ecofarm Aquaponics Starter Kit
Growing fresh herbs at home is a popular way to bring greenery indoors, but what if you could turn that spot of...
DIY Gift Idea: 7 Herbed Salts and Sugars for Cooking and Baking
Lemon Pepper Ingredients: Freshly ground pepper Fresh grated lemon zest Salt (I like to use black or red...
DIY GIFT IDEA: Flavored Cooking Oils In Beautiful Bottles
Powder spices on spoons image via Shutterstock People have been infusing oil with flavors and scents for thousands...
How to Maximize Your South-Facing Windows to Grow Food All Winter
As I write this, I'm chewing on a spicy little arugula seedling that I grew from seed within the last couple...
Empathy Garden is an Immersive Space that Combines Sustainable Design with Music and Nature
Empathy Garden was designed as a hybrid space—a meeting point, a stage for events, and a showcase for farm products....
Meet 5 Common Backyard Plants with Healing Superpowers
Although you may already be familiar with many of your neighborhood "weeds" and their myriad uses (such as using...
Find or Share Ripe, Home-Grown Local Produce with RipeNearMe
If you've ever had a surplus of produce from your garden and didn't know what to do with it, or wished that someone...
DIY Hostess Gift Idea: Homemade Pesto in Gourmet-Looking Recycled Glass Jars
MATERIALS: For the packaging: A glass jar (we used a stout artichoke jar but you can use any jar you like) A...
Space Buckets Open Source Plans Help You MacGuyver Your Own Indoor Gardening System
So, you'd like to grow your own food indoors, but don't have the space (or enough natural light) to pull that off?...
AquaSprouts’s Stylish Aquaponic Garden Lets You Grow Fresh Veggies on Your Kitchen Counter
If you like the idea of aquaponics but aren't sure how to get started, you're in luck: AquaSprouts just launched...
Grow Up! How to Design Vertical Gardens for Tiny Spaces
If you're one of the many people in the northern hemisphere who are counting down the days 'til springtime, chances...
Garden Grows on Roof of Chicago Convention Center
Fresh, healthy vegetables and herbs are sprouting in the most unlikely of places -- the rooftop of the McCormick...
Smart Small is a Collection of Small, Modular Planters for Herbs and Mosses
For the 2013 International Garden Festival, Massachusetts-based architecture firm Ecoid unveiled Smart Small, a...
Click & Grow Smart Herb Garden’s Second Generation Lets You Cultivate Fresh Food Indoors
Spring has officially arrived, although you wouldn't know it in many parts of the country. With all of that snow...