Made of New York's Salvaged Wood Furniture
Sustainability and rugged beauty go hand-in-hand in Made of New York's chic home furnishings. This small company salvages timber from old Manhattan buildings and repurposes it in this collection of...
View ArticleGallons of Glamour: Hero Design Lab RC 1 Rain Collector
Say “rain barrel” and most of us think of a retired whiskey cask with algae lurking beneath the lid. Lately, though, the green push to save water and reduce impurities in our gardens has brought rain...
View ArticleA Year of Dressing Locally
Members of Fibershed plant indigo plants, commonly used to dye fabric and yarn. read more
View ArticleRe-Greening New Orleans
In 2004, landscape architect Abigail Feldman was working for the New York City design firm WRT on projects including a master plan for Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus and a perimeter design...
View ArticleGreen Roofs
It is difficult to pinpoint when the living roof jumped from eco-fantasy to eco-solution — there have been startling and innovative green roofs all across the country and in Europe seemingly forever....
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Eco-Outdoor Seating
Loll's eco-friendly headquarters.In Magazine Issue: March 2012read more
View ArticleQ&A: Debra Prinzing, Author of The 50-Mile Bouquet
Buying local has become an overarching mind-set, not just a way to shop for groceries. In her book, The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers (St. Lynn’s Press), outdoor living...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Pest Control
Prevention is key to organic pest control. Start by “creating a healthy growing environment,” says Jack Algiere of Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills, New York. Also, be on the lookout for pests...
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Solar-Powered Planters
A night garden doesn’t need much in the way of light—just enough to set off silver-leafed plants or to let you see the person you’re chatting with. The beauty of Souluxe, a new line of stands and...
View ArticleUnited States of Gardening
See also: Re-Greening New OrleansThough there's no other discount-lot program quite like New Orleans'Growing Home, municipalities and states offer incentives to residents who green up their yards....
View ArticleCompost Containers
For many gardeners who diligently save and compost leaves and other discarded plant material, the idea of keeping food scraps hanging around in the kitchen is fairly unappealing. “There’s a false...
View ArticleHow to Plan an Heirloom Vegetable Garden
As Mick Kopetsky digs his shovel into the mound of soil piled along the kitchen-garden path, the smell of good, clean dirt rises along with warm compost steam into the morning air. “Secret recipe,” he...
View ArticleThe Redwood Treehouse in New Zealand
Three years ago, a treehouse in New Zealand won the hearts of architecture critics, restauranteurs, and sustainable designers. The pine-slatted pod suspended visitors in a redwood tree, then served...
View ArticleAdvocacy Gardening with Ecology Action
Listen to John Jeavons, and you’ll never sniff at composting again. Jeavons (rhymes with heavens) is a garden activist. He grows crops, but more important, from his perspective, he grows soil. Compost...
View ArticlePermeable Pavers
Among the heartaches of landscape design is that most any given front yard must contain a big slab of heat-sinking, water-collecting pavement upon which homeowners drive and park. But one possible...
View ArticleWater Wisdom: An Eco-Friendly Santa Fe Garden
In arid northern New Mexico, the climate can be a hard row — 300 days of virtually cloudless sunshine, blistering summers, freezing winters and a temperature difference between night and day of as much...
View ArticleGrowing Green in Pennsylvania
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A A Pennsylvania state representative and his wife wanted to test their theory that sustainability and style can go hand in hand. Seven years later, they have their proof.
View Article7 Water-Wise Plants for Desert Regions
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A Landscape designer Jim Martinez has been creating water-wise, environmentally friendly gardens in Dallas and Marfa for more than 30 years. Surrounded by mountains, at an...
View ArticlePortland Garden by a Dream Team of Eco-Friendly Designers
When Maryellen Hockensmith bought her home in the hills overlooking Portland, she considered it the chance of a lifetime. The house was a true gem — a midcentury Modern designed by Pietro Belluschi,...
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