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PlantTherapy: Leaving the Garden Behind

Climbing rose, beginning its third year, reaching up the garden's chainlink fence. So I promised a peek in at our tiny garden...before we leave it. Back when I began submitting pictures to Maxwell, ...

PlantTherapy: Chocolate in the Garden

Sunflower BOB (Borders on Black), one of the chocolate offerings This past month's Horticulture Magazine features a farm in Washington that champions this deep color and has beautiful gardens that a...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

This week we had a garden on wheels, gorgeous peonies, incredible garden sheds and air plants, an infant's indoor forest, and lots mor kitchen gardening... - To All PlantTherapy Posts -...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

This week I was inspired to get these deep, almost black dahlias after discovering a farm dedicated to such dark-hued plants (I'll be posting about them later today). Having such a dark flower is ...

PlantTherapy: 1 Million More Trees for NYC by 2017

The NY Times article "For Urban Tree Planters, Concrete Is the Easy Part" writes about Arthur Simpson, one of the 24 foresters hired this past year to get the city's Million Trees Initiative under w...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

This week The Kitchen is kicking off a month of kitchen gardening (!), beautiful garden creations at Ohdeedoh, fantastic tire vessels from Re-nest, a call for orchid advice and best small planters a...

PlantTherapy: Park Avenue Tulips 2008

This year's were especially nice - and the show's almost over! A few shots from them at their peak, as well as a link to a NY Times article and video about these plantings after the jump... - To...

PlantTherapy: Springtime Blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic

Seeing the spring cherry blossoms never gets old. But I never get to see them more than once or twice before they are gone for a year. This beautiful time-lapse video comes via the Brooklyn Botani...

PlantTherapy: Vegetable Gardens of Cuba

Havana uses vegetable gardens within the city to feed the population, locally and organically. They aren't doing it to be nice guys - they are doing it because they have to. Last year Maria Finn ...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

"Not "actual size" flowers, but still some spring cheer! This is a recent addition to my "Luminous Playhouse Theater Company"project." –Anne This week's flowers are coming from Anne, above, Leigh,...

PlantTherapy: Union Square Greenmarket Events

One of the 'guest lecturers' at the Greenmarket I came for the flowers, but stayed for the chickens. A few weeks back I came across Jennifer Small of Flying Pigs Farm at a Greenmarket demonstration ...

PlantTherapy: Blossoming Branches

Almost every day in spring could come with a reminder of some seasonal flower that we should enjoy while we can. Right now I have cherry blossoms in mind, and now is the perfect time to get them at...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

"I don't have any fancy photos to submit but I woke up this morning and saw that my flowers were in perfect bloom and just wanted to share!" -Stephanie Today's flowers are courtesy of Stephanie...

PlantTherapy: Urban Vertical Farming - a Glimpse at the City's Future?

While the concept above for an empty Canal Street lot may never go beyond the drawing board, the urban garden concept below will be appearing in Queens this summer. Take a closer look after the ju...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

This week across AT there were suggestions on indoor/outdoor chairs, vines on ceilings, a simple and beautiful bud vase, a crazy front yard plant, turning your lawn into something edible, and a high...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

This week's photos were sent in by Monica who describes her flower taste as, "Nothing fancy, as I really like it quite simple". Without a lot of fuss Monica brings flowers into her home, simply, s...

PlantTherapy: More of Double Tulips

A 300 year old double tuliip variety, Paeony Gold A few weeks ago I posted on some double tulips from my local florist. They were a fresh and exciting contrast to the other tulips in the cooler, s...

PlantTherapy: Simple Plant Food, for Free

Organic Gardening Magazine had great suggestions this month for using items in/around your home as plant food, rather than spending money or reaching for a chemical. Two of these seemed especially ...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers (the evening edition)

Carnivorous plants seem to get a bad rap - but they have an abundance of beauty and character (so what if it comes from digesting flies?). Pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are very, very cool. I think ...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

Dinosaur terrariums! A roundup of plant and flower-related posts from the AT sites from the past week. This week there were dinosaurs lurking in the foliage, trees hiding in cans, flowers at the tab...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

Dendrobium peeking out of the message box It has been great to receive photos from other people enjoying cut flowers - and we decided to continue to share some of what has been gracing our inbox (alt...

PlantTherapy: Modular Window Box

I have a motley group of pots on various windowsills, which is why this caught my interest over on the Smith & Hawken website... - To All PlantTherapy Posts -...

PlantTherapy: Upcoming April Garden Events in the City

Amy Stewart is coming to the HSNY April kicks off 'National Gardening Month' and 'Million Trees NYC Month' - Here is a short list of lectures and events in April happening all over the city. Do you ...

PlantTherapy: YOUR Saturday Morning Flowers

Carnations to match the tiger! So last week I received e-mails from all over from those who also were enjoying cut flowers around the home, and will definitely share them with AT readers. This morn...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

Euphorbias in San Francisco by Shayna There is a lot of green going on across all the AT sites. Here is some of what was out there this past week. Click on the image above to see this week's roun...

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