Bon Air Park Herb Garden Open to the Public Throughout the season, there are wonderful plants to see at various stages in their cycle at Bon Air Park, Arlington VA. Surrounded by the Rose Garden and Azalea Garden...
People visit Washington DC and many stop by the various Smithsonian museums. The Hershhorn Art Museum is managed by the Smithsonian and it now features Yves Klein, a fantastic French artist who died young at 34...
" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...
created by CynicalPatriot | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 302 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
While gardening may not be an extreme sport, as the sun warms the earth and coaxes the season's first flowers, horticulturists of all ages need to be body aware. Get those muscles ready by warming up first - maybe...
created by mtammas | 4 years ago 503 views | 52 recommendations | 4 comments
A brilliant South American-born sculptor Bruno Torfs spent 25 years stockingBruno's Art & Sculpture Garden in Marysville, Victoria in SW Australia.Well over 100 of his works were on display in the rain...
created by Fred Miller | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 5440 views | 61 recommendations | 16 comments
In yet another round of layoffs, budget cuts at the Bronx Zoo means that they are losing vital state funding for their exhibits - about $9.1 million to all the New York area zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens,...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 440 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
Rhododendrons are loved by the British public but plant experts from the UK National Trust are calling for the plants to be 'culled'. They fear that the rhododendron, which is an alien plant species to Britain, is...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1158 views | 15 recommendations | 18 comments
"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...
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Polar bears going green in Japanese ZooAlgae in the water colors the bears green.How to green wash a bear ? " Green fur a fluke Polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo....
created by SOLARLIFE | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 488 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Browsing through the list of 21 Gardens worth exploring around France on Via Michelin, one got my attention more than others, the Fruit Gardens of Laquenexy in Northeast France. Opened in April of this year, the part mentioned on Via Michelin is actually Le Jardin des Saveurs...
Finally! Something that explains the Australian Gymnastic Olympic Medal count !!!"A school in northern Australia will review a ban on cartwheels, handstands and other gymnastic tumbles in the playground after a...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2145 views | 7 recommendations | 29 comments
(Under development)I can not seem to find the words to bring this story into focus." A one-legged hooker was killed in Brooklyn after a john hit her over the head, causing her to fall backwards out of her...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 725 views | 4 recommendations | 5 comments
Cyclist star Lance Armstrong has a gorgeous home in Texas, and is apparently one of the biggest users of water in the whole state.So from a champion cyclist to a champion water waster, which is a surprise since...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 769 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
There are times when I really think that this whole wisdom of crowds thing is for real. This is one of those examples. Given the problems we are already seeing with the rise in fuel and the resulting rise in food prices it is refreshing to see people reacting in,...
created by mtippett | 4 years ago 455 views | 9 recommendations | 5 comments
A passion for gardening is something that many people have but when that passion turns into an obsession things can go badly wrong."As the green-fingered hordes descend on the lush lawns of Hampton Court flower...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 377 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments