Weekly Faves: 5 Inspiring Outdoor Spaces


Updated 01/26/12 12:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Beautiful Backyards and Gardens

As we prepare to enter our last full month of Winter, I'm looking forward to enjoying the warmer Spring months outdoors. Images of lush, blossoming gardens are inspiring me to think about new ways to spruce up the space around my home — something I completely neglect during the Winter. Whether you have the space or the green thumb to tend a beautiful garden or adapt a smaller urban version, Read more

Gardening in the City


Updated 10/28/11 4:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

LA Skid Row Vegetable Gaden

Here's a post from OnSugar blog City Period: The city is seldom the place someone might associate with gardens that produce food and bring color and beauty with flowers and plants. But the residents at the Charles Cobb apartments saw things differently when they decided to put a rooftop garden in the middle of skid row.  After months of weeding and watering and nurturing, the first Read more

Link Time!


Updated 08/05/11 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Zen Garden Desk Organizer

Create a zen garden desk organizer. — Craft Follow these tips to prevent kitchen clutter. — ShelterPop Take a refresher course on hanging curtains. — DIYLife Tour some light and bright living rooms. — Fresh Home Ideas Learn how to create the ideal bed. — Real Simple Explore these 17 examples of unforgettable flooring. — Houzz Read more

Another Cool Way to Hang a Succulent


Updated 07/31/11 2:50 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Linda Hsiao Garden Designs

Artist, designer, and plant expert Linda Hsiao has designed everything from eyewear to toys to handbags and gardens. But her "succulumps," as she calls them, really caught my eye. Melding a California '70s sensibility with a 21st-century appreciation of low-water, easy-care plants, these succulumps are truly an unusual and unexpected way to display these favorite plants. And while I usually shun Read more

Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail For Planting a Vegetable Garden


Updated 08/02/11 5:38 AM · Posted by · 20 comments

Michigan Woman May Go to Jail For Her Garden

I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, TreeHugger! It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this. Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard. Bass says that she planted the garden after her front yard was Read more

Guess What Type of Strawberry This Is?


Updated 06/12/11 5:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Shade-Growing Strawberry Plant

This type of strawberry may produce tiny fruit, but the berries are absolutely delicious! This type of strawberry also grows well in colder or shadier areas. Can you guess what its name is? (Hint: its name has something to do with mountains.) Read more

Stars and Star Gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show


Updated 05/23/11 12:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Chelsea Flower Show Photos

Any flower lover out there owes it to herself to make a pilgrimage at least once in her lifetime to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. Held each year by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) on the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, it's the most famous flower show in the world. Now in its 98th year, the show officially opens tomorrow, but today press and celebs were invited in Read more