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From our garden to yours, we share inspiration from around the world for gardens big and small.
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Links We Love, 2/21/2012
By Claire Lui
Crazy bonsai architecture, an Arctic flower blooms again (after 32,000 years), a new record for a snowdrop bulb (more than $1,145!), and NPR's interview about the Iraqi Seed Project.
Related Topics: Ideas | bonsai | History | links | links we love | plants | seeds | snowdrops
Japanese Flower Fair
By Claire Lui
A look at the Japan Bloom Fair that was held earlier this month in New York, showcasing the wide range of cut flowers available for export from Japan to the United States, including new varieties for 2012.
Related Topics: Flowers | Blue | Pink | Purple | Flowers | cut flowers | flower arranging | Japan | Japanese | new varieties | plants | sweet peas
Art + Botany: Q&A with Photographer Lori Nix
By Anna Laurent
Photographer Lori Nix builds a post-apocalyptic city, in which human inhabitants have retreated, and nature has begun to creep in. We ask the artist about the plants that are reclaiming these transformed urban spaces.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | Pink | Yellow | art | art + botany | city | Design | interview | landscapes | New York | New York City | photography | plants | Q&A
Botanic Notables: The Cypress Guitar
By Anna Laurent
Landscaped entirely out of cypress and eucalyptus, the enormous guitar is one Argentine farmer's love letter to his late wife, a young woman who loved the guitar.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | Argentina | botanic notables | cypress | Design | eucalyptus | plants | Travel | Trees | tribute
Links We Love, 2/14/2012
By Claire Lui
Abandoned Christmas trees as art, a CSA of plants to use as dyes, and our style director's terrarium is chosen as Best Home Accessory by Wallpaper* magazine, in today's link roundup.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | art | dyes | link roundup | links | links we love | terrariums | Trees | websites
Hydroponics Talks, News, and Workshops
By Claire Lui
A free talk on aquaponics tonight, Valentine's Day, in New York with Philson Warner (above), future workshops, and the plan to turn a mall in Cleveland, Ohio into a hydroponic farm. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | aquaponics | education | farming | hydroponics | lectures | workshops
Botanic Notables: Florida's 'The Senator' Cypress
By Anna Laurent
'The Senator,' a 3,500 year old cypress in the swamplands of central Florida, burned and collapsed in January. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | botanic notables | cypress | Florida | historic | oldest | Travel
Valentine's Day Ideas
The language of flowers, cocktail recipes, and centerpiece ideas—there's something for everyone in our Valentine's Day roundup.
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Art + Botany: Choi Jeong Hwa's Flowers
By Anna Laurent
Contemporary artist Choi Jeong Hwa designs big, bright flowers, which he installs in natural and urban landscapes.
Related Topics: Ideas | Orange | Pink | Red | Anna Laurent | art | art + botany | Design | lotus | museums | sculpture
Michael Greenwood, Tree House Builder
By Becca Bergman Bull
Michael Greenwood builds tree houses that have unusual features, such as a 50-foot chute that slides riders from the tree to the forest floor.
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | children | garden structures | outdoor furniture | tree houses | treehouses
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