Environment
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Plant Miracles: Water from Air
photo: Shigeru Yamanaka Maybe it sounds a little far-fetched, but by the end of the century,…
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Re Soils: You Need to Know
As we all know, (or are coming to know), healthy soils promote healthy plants … and…
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New “Green” Guide
ASLA has released a new, online, green infrastructure guide, and you'll definitely want to bookmark the…
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Texas Invasives App
What a great idea … from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. It's a…
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Books: Designing for Nature
This is a book that every designer and homeowner has been waiting for — residential landscapes…
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Urban Gardens: Watch Out for the Soil
These days, everyone seems to want to grow herbs and/or vegetables in their back yards, or…
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Landscape Design: Amazon Hardwoods
Photo: Douglas Daly, Ph.D., NYBG – click to enlarge The New York Botanical Garden has established…
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Garden Design: Don’t Buy Invasives
photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service When I lived in DC, I loved to use…
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Climate Change: The Trees at Walden Pond
Biologists at Boston University report that trees and shrubs at Walden Pond are leafing out an…
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Garden Design: Native or Not?
image: http://www.nigeldunnett.info -click to enlarge If you're a designer and you've never been to one of…