Urban Gardens

Photo, copyright 2020 by Lori Shaull, Flickr, under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 license.

I write about design, living and places for everyone from all walks of life. Right now people all over the world are mourning. They’re angry. They … Read More...

As the world braces itself for the reopening’s new normal and wonders what that will look like, a waterside Amsterdam restaurant will be serving guests candlelit plant-based meals in the safety of individual glass greenhouses.

To maintain minimal physical contact … Read More...

I stood shoulder to shoulder six weeks ago (feels like six months ago) with some of the 1.4 million visitors that had descended upon New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Little did any of us know then that the Coronavirus was … Read More...

This post is contributed by Canadian horticultural therapist, Bianca van der Stoel. Horticultural therapists are educated in plant science, human science, horticultural therapy principles and have experience in the application of horticultural therapy practices. 

The first time Luella and I … Read More...

Photos: Robin Plaskoff Horton

Whether the new decade begins on January 1, 2020, or January 1, 2021, is a matter of debate. Whichever it may be, I hope during this period we’ll see the enactment of The Green New Deal… Read More...

I’ve hand-picked these last-minute nature and gardening gifts for kids of all ages and also for the young at heart!

Little Botanist Play Kit
One of my absolute favorites: For budding botanists, this sturdy cardboard case designed and made … Read More...

For whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here is the annual holiday gift guide with handpicked stylish, functional, and just plain fun home and garden gifts for grownups and kids, including my favorite gardening subscription boxes–the … Read More...

It’s Halloween in New Orleans, my town and America’s most haunted city. Skeletons are coming out of the closet and onto front porches. The city’s full of ghosts and goblins, but spirits of another kind are present all year round … Read More...

Young mother at #StrikeWithUs rally in New Orleans. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton.

Young people across the globe are demanding that world leaders stop acting like children and take real action against climate change.

Posters at New Orleans #StrikeWithUs rally. Photo: … Read More...

Image via @LexiBella, Instagram.

From New York City to Berlin and beyond, artists take to the streets to claim unsanctioned public spaces to communicate statements about heated political and social issues, often impassioned pleas to the masses for action about … Read More...