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Cut flowers sounded easy when I started gardening. Just plant some flowers and then cut them, right? Well, there is a lot more to it than that. Cut flowers are often grown from specific varieties that tend to have long, sturdy...

The dream of every gardener is to see endless fields of green grass in their backyard. With determination, most gardeners manage to attain this dream, but at a cost. Within no time, there is a need to mow and control weeds....

The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it's making a comeback. Endangered for years, the American chestnut...

It's garden planting time: have you thought about how to plan your garden for good luck? While some traditional cultures have had lucky plants for millennia, others of us are just catching on to how wonderful it can be to...

There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own produce and eating it. Small-scale urban farming can happen on your balcony or in your garden using food scraps. Check out our tips and tricks below to get you started![...]

Mushrooms can be eaten in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons, but that is not all they are good for. Mushrooms can be used as fertilizer, building material and even to help break down plastic. They are often a more...

Like many people, Ashley Nussman-Berry was inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement in 2020. She was touched, as so many were touched, by the cold realities and injustices that still resonate even in today's highly modernized...

At the beginning of the pandemic, sourdough bread, dalgona coffee and houseplants thrived on social media. The increased amount of time spent at home meant we looked for ways to fill our time. Newly minted plant parents found...

Living in an apartment is a great way to place yourself in the center of the activity. It also helps the environment if you can get around without a car, and several units in one building is more Earth-friendly than individual...

The primary element of a greenhouse is a plastic or glass material that draws in sunlight and traps it inside the shelter. However, that shelter can take a variety of shapes, from the very pot the plant is in to a display...

The Royal Botanic Gardens (RGB) Kew, also known as Kew Gardens, is a botanical garden in London that features the largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collection worldwide...

The concept is simple -- grow plants and create the opportunity for a greener lifestyle. Lively Root's mission is to do just that. In fact, Lively Root aims to “inspire green spaces by connecting people with plants.”...

If you imagine a space where a bunch of poetry-loving social media enthusiasts might work, you would probably envision something exactly like the Poetizer offices...

What are your favorite holiday songs? They’re probably not “Oh, Christmas Cactus” or “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Cactus.” But this blooming succulent pops up everywhere during winter. And some people might even...

Nomad Studio has created an out-of-this-world forest installation that floats 1,200 trees on the top of an inverted dome. The kokedama seedlings are planted on a hanging dome carved from a delicate metal mesh. This sustainable...