Extinction Looms: Bee Grateful!
A gratifying moment came last week for the rusty patched bumblebee – a highly threatened species of native bee in the U.S. that is an essential pollinator in such crops […]
Category Archives: Gardens
Paris a Year Ago
Just a year ago — Paris was sunny, crisp, fall-like, a city of great buildings and monuments and many small pleasures. My city, your city. Paris belongs to the world. […]
Frida Kahlo Art Garden Life
Frida Kahlo’s life and art cannot be summed up in a single exhibition – but her love of Mexican culture and its natural features, the pre-Columbian world, the interconnectedness of […]
Photo Gallery Frida Kahlo Art Garden Life
Coming: Frida Kahlo Art/ Garden/ Life
Frida Kahlo — one of Mexico’s most celebrated artists — is the theme of The New York Botanical Garden’s Frida Kahlo Art. Garden. Life exhibition that runs through November 1. […]
Food Tank 20 Books to Read (and More)
Our friends at Food Tank – one of the best and most thoughtful web sites on the Internet – offers a sampler of 20 interesting and thought-provoking books that will take […]
The summer season: coming up
Summer –– even in your dreams—is a special time to read, roam, eat fresh picked, think about the past and make plans for the future. Here’s some of what we […]
On the Road: Green News Update Is Traveling
Green News Update is traveling to some great locations to bring you stories and updates on urban design, museums, green practices, urban gardens, rising water, travel and the quality of […]
Where are the butterflies?
The buzz these days is, where have all the butterflies gone ? It may be too early for the traditional monarch butterfly migration, but depending upon where you live (I’m in […]
Green Museums (Part III): Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Imagine a 460-acre parcel that has been deep mined, surface mined, farmed by several generations, and abandoned. Now, after more than a decade of brownfields reclamation and remediation, the place […]
