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Easter Crafts and Decoration
By Claire Lui
Here's our roundup of all things Easter related.
Related Topics: How-To | crafts | DIY | Easter | Entertaining | Holidays
How to Photograph Plants in Winter
By Becca Bergman Bull
Interested in taking photographs of your garden this winter? Here are 5 tips from garden photographer Karen Bell about how to best capture your plants in all of their snowy glory.
Related Topics: How-To | White | DIY | Ideas | photography | plants | tips
Notes From a Flower Farm: Sunflowers, Zinnias, and Dahlias
By Katherine Anderson
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Now that Labor Day is behind us and the kids are heading back to school, Katherine Anderson of Marigold and Mint creates a few late summer flower arrangements with three favorite flowers of the season: sunflowers, zinnias, and dahlias.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Orange | Pink | Red | Yellow | Floral Design | arrangements | autumn | bouquets | centerpieces | Dahlias | DIY | fall | Floral Arrangements | Floral Design | Katherine Anderson | Marigold and Mint | summer | sunflowers | zinnias
How to Press and Preserve Seaweed
By Karen Robertson
GD advisory board sealArtist Karen Robertson, known for her nature-inspired designs, shows how to transform seaweed into artwork that will remind you of the ocean's beauty for years to come.
Related Topics: How-To | Brown | Green | Red | Contemporary | art | crafts | DIY | garden design advisory board | How-To | Karen Robertson | ocean | sea | seaweed | summer
Flower Arranging 101
By Deb Schwartz
Creating striking arrangements doesn't take a genius—or a florist. Our step-by-step guide about how to DIY flower centerpieces at home.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Red | White | Floral Design | cut flowers | Decor | DIY | Floral Arrangements | Floral Design | flower arrangements | flowers | How-To | interior decorating | shopping guides | Tools | vases
DIY Sun Printing on Fabric
By Anna Laurent
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Sun printing on fabric lets you use the plants in your garden to create beautiful patterns, and the resulting fabric can be made into clothing or a framed work of art. We teach you how to make a cyanotype with step-by-step instructions.
Related Topics: How-To | Blue | White | Anna Laurent | art | crafts | Decor | DIY | DIY projects | fashion | How-To | interior design
Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Window Box Car Bumper
By Claire Lui
A man who turned his car's bumper into a window box!
Related Topics: Ideas | Container gardening | crafts | crazy plant trend of the day | DIY | plants | window box
Notes from a Flower Farm: The Flowers of Paris
By Katherine Anderson
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Katherine Anderson, our flower columnist, goes to Paris, and comes back with lots of design inspiration. Here, she shows some photos from her trip and shows us how to make a beautifully layered flower arrangement, inspired by her Parisian sojourn.
Related Topics: How-To | Flowers | DIY | flower arrangements | France | Katherine Anderson | Marigold and Mint | notes from a flower farm | Paris
A Year of Dressing Locally
By Claire Lui
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Rebecca Burgess's Fibershed challenge—to wear clothes that are farmed, created, and dyed with materials made within 150 miles of her front door—takes the idea of living locally and buying American to a whole new level. We report on her project, including her garden of indigo plants grown to create natural blue dyes.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | crafts | DIY | Eco-friendly | green living | indigo
Harvesting Color
By Katie Mendelson
We review Rebecca Burgess's new book Harvesting Color, a guide to making your own dyes from plants for yarn and fabrics.
Related Topics: How-To | Blue | Green | Orange | Pink | crafts | DIY | dyes | Eco-responsible | fibers | How-To
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