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Posts tagged “plants & flowers”

Terrain at Styer's: Bringing People and Plants Together

Terrain at Styer's outside of Philadelphia is the home/garden/lifestyle spin-off of Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters. It's an amazing resource for rare bulbs and beautiful home and gardening supp...

Green Home Environmental Products

This isn't going to come out sounding quite right, but... Green Home Environmental Products seems sort of like the Wal-Mart of green home stores. Need a rain barrel? They've got it. Recycled-content t...

Baileys Home and Garden

To the folks at Baileys, it doesn’t really matter if something is old or new. They strive to sell things that are simple, useful and well made. This philosophy has resulted in a store that offers...

The Natural Gardener

Here's a nursery that is so much more than just a nursery. John Dromgoole's Natural Gardener is chock-full of gorgeous plants, but it's also a place to learn every caveat of organic gardening in Texa...

Grand Street Gardens

We’ve been spending a lot of time at Grand Street Gardens recently for our deck renovation, to spruce up our building’s planter boxes, and just to explore. And at this year-round organic garden ...

Austin's Great Outdoors Nursery
Austin

We placed the word "nursery" in this post's title so as to not confuse it with the phrase "the great outdoors," but this South Austin business is so much more than just a nursery. While we can't wa...

Johnny's: A Market, Cafe and More

click thumbnails for larger pics It's hard to define Johnny's. It's a place where you can get your morning coffee on your bike ride to work; a place to get your locally grown pumpkin and Christmas tr...

Greenfeet.com

There's nothing flashy about Greenfeet.com. It's a pretty basic online-only store that sells pretty basic green home goods. And we really, really like that. Whether you're looking for a gigantic com...

Beekman 1802: Seasonal and Artisanal Living

If you listen to Martha Stewart Living radio, you undoubtedly have heard of Dr. Brent Ridge, one-time host of the radio show "Ask Dr. Brent." We love Dr. Brent's website/blog Beekman 1802, which is...

Green Housewarming Gift: Basil

We received a fantastic green housewarming gift when we moved into our apartment last month--and it wasn't sage. Unlike that other herb given to you when you move in to a new place, the only thing tha...

DIY Green: It's Bulb Season. Join Us!

Some of the best things for the home don't cost an arm and a leg. Each year we kick off the new year with the beginning of amaryllis and paper white season. In the depths of winter (just beginning) ...

Indoor Air Quality Controversy: Do Plants Clean the Air?

This one is almost as good as the old dishwasher debate. We had always been told (and believed) that some plants have the ability to protect us from indoor air pollutants. We've never tested the theo...