Topic: Gardening

Stop...And Sell the Flowers

Two fast-track Dutch consultants decide that there's more to life than travel, presentations, and nonstop meetings. Their business plan for sanity? Selling tulip bulbs. Online. At a profit. Don't sneeze at the idea: The business is taking root.READ»

Edible Flowers

Edible Mother's Day Gifts, Edible Flowers Mother's Day is coming up in a few months, and you're off to get your mother another memorable gift for this year. Well, there is the customary flower bouquet and most of us just send ...READ»

Air Filter Uses Plants to Filter Toxins

Two years ago, when this concept was first shown off, we never thought it had a chance. But this week, the Andrea air filter has finally gone on sale--for $199. The idea is simple enough: Plants naturally filter toxins. So the ...READ»

Numerology: The Business of Roses

Know what's a blooming big business? Roses! And while you may not love Valentine's Day, flower people do -- it's the busiest day of their year. Here's a look at this fragrant industry, with an assist from Douglas Brenner and Stephen Scanniello's new book, A Rose by Any Name.READ»

If the Shoes Fit

Not just for gardening anymore ...READ»

Jeff Zima Goodway Landscape

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Goodway Landscape - The beautiful side of nature

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Unearth Growth by Digging in the Dirt

Everything you need to know about innovation is growing (and dying) in a garden near you. So forget balanced scorecards, six sigma and SWOT analysis and read this instead.READ»

How Jersey wins gold at Chelsea

Along with a sumptuous three course meal, comes satiated dusk of top nfl jerseys classic satire with a sassy twist of cabaret, comedy, allure and entertainment.The twilight will be compered by the formidable mistress of ceremonies, ...READ»

How Biotechs Say I Love You: With Bioengineered Flowers by Syngenta

When you head off to the nursery to ogle the impatiens, you're probably not thinking about the science behind those candy-colored posies. Turns out, the seed world is as secretive as big pharma. The folks at Swiss seed company ...READ»

New Appointment: White House Farmer? [updated]

Leaders of the new food culture say rip up the South Lawn and plant a vegetable garden. Is this the beginning of the recessionary Victory Garden?READ»

Garden Furniture (Trädgårdsmöbler): Spice Up Your Front Lawn This Summer

With the lovely Swedish summer approaching, it is time to get your terrace or patio ready and furnished with new pieces of outdoor furniture. Now is the time to go shopping from well-known Nordic companies specializing in garden ...READ»

Tomato Blight: Centralized Gardening Strikes a Nasty Blow to Local Agriculture

"Late blight," related to the disease that caused gthe Irish potato famine in the 1840s, has been ravaging organic farms and gardens in my area of Western Massachusetts. Ironically, it's been traced to <a ...READ»

Farm Chic

America's luxurious rustic getaway gets in touch with its roots--and lets you do the same.READ»

Need an Economic Barometer? Check These Four Indicators

Some days, the economy's dips and rises rival Coney Island's Cyclone. Here are four unusual indicators of recession and revival.READ»

If You Want An Organic Garden, You Have To Expect A Few Weeds

I went organic the minute I moved into my suburban home 19 years ago. I didn’t want my young children playing on a lawn that looked great, but had hidden within it poisonous herbicides and pesticides. At first, the lawn and ...READ»

Recession Inspires New Garden Product for Locavores

While I have been "celebrating" the recession in Silicon Valley, some of my buddies in Arizona have been working on a new product. Long-time friend and client Marc Williams of Bobcat Wizards and a team of trusted advisors will launch ...READ»

Bike Pedaling Gardeners Water Vegeatabes and Fruits at Britain's Chelsea Flower Show

Bikes rigged to provide power for laptops, TVs, and other electronics are nothing new, but the water-recycling garden uses pedal-power for a different purpose: watering plants. The water-recycling garden, currently on display at ...READ»

Recreate the Obama White House Vegetable Garden--Online

We learned last week that the Obama's are working on a 1,100-square-foot White House vegetable garden to be cared for by local fifth graders and the first family. Now web-based vegetable-garden design application Plangarden has ...READ»

• New Appointment: White House Farmer?

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Roll-Out Veg Mat Makes Gardening a Mindless Task

How many more people would start backyard gardens if they didn't have to spend time and energy on the set-up process? Probably a lot--at least, that's what designer Chris Chapman hopes to prove with his Roll-Out Veg ...READ»

Trash to Treasure

Per Scholas is an organization that refurbishes old PCs for use by low-income families. Hershey's repurposes cocoa bean hulls to offer cocoa shell mulch for use by gardeners -- hardly Hershey's core business, but an impressive way to ...READ»

How Do We "Green" at Indian Maid?

 Someone recently asked me how we run Indian Maid Products Inc. "so green". Partly it's because the company is run on Traditional Lakota Teachings, which were "green" before Europeans began their invasion of ...READ»

Offbeat Sites for Off-Sites

Make your next off-site meeting a staff treat.READ»

Sustainability: Greening the Greens

What the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED ratings did for sustainable building design, a consortium of organizations is now trying to accomplish for landscapes and other outdoor spaces. The Sustainable Sites Initiative was unveiled ...READ»