You Grow Girl™

Last week I went to a film and discussion series entited "Label Me Confused: What organic, free range, and all those other words really mean" at a local theater. Several organic farmers gathered to discuss the benefits of choosing to eat locally produced and/or organic foods rather

Am I greedy? I had 6 yards of compost delivered to my driveway last Wednesday, and there are few other things that cause me to express the same level of glee as I did for the hours after it was dumped. I feel sort of glutinous, like I'm

Over the past few weeks, while I've been only half paying attention, my backyard flowerbeds have been totally taken over by bluebells. At first I was fairly pleased to see them full up with lovely green lush growth; however, slowly (but definitely surely) they have become totally overtaken

How ingenious is this: a flower shop where rather than buying cut flowers, you buy photos of plant bits that are then constructed into 3-Dimensional arrangements. Wolf Klein's Der Blumenladen (The Flower Shop) is part old-school flower shop, part mad

Okay, so not all of us are quite. . .ummm. . .physically prepared for the gardening season. One day out planting veggies equals 2 days inside vegging out, sore and slightly grumpy.   Come on, now.  You're thrifty, you're crafty, you're talented, you can do anything! (Except for move your sore tush.)

So a few days ago I got my garden all nice and prepared for the bounty of plants that I'll be planting this year. The goal: An Urban Oasis. I live in a pretty busy part of town, it's a residential area but it's right by a main

As if gardening with living plants isn't enough to keep me occupied, I've recently become obsessed with plants crafted from paper. Download and construct your own garden of indoor houseplants, from the Epson Hong Kong site. Patterns include ivy, lucky

I'm a pretty big fan of Branch the currently online/soon to also be a physical store in San Francisco that bills itself as a purveyor of Sustainable Design for Living. They have a pretty great gardening section that seems to be a combo of novelty grow-in-one containers and

Most people would agree, gardening is an art form. Artist Paula Hayes takes this statement literally, but intensive devotion elevates her gardening into gallery worthy, fine art. Her delicate glass terrariums depict an idealistic quest most gardeners can relate to, but the interaction of plants to their tiny biosphere

I disovered a cool magazine when I was visiting my grandmother a couple of weekends ago. It's called Birds and Blooms (Beauty in Your Own Backyard). It's an American publication dedicated to showcasing...well, you guessed it: birds and plants (and butterflies too).