succulents, Tag

The social media houseplant craze is driving illegal poaching of succulent plants from Africa. Kenya and South Africa have been identified as key destinations for succulent plant traders. The traders pay locals pennies to...

Houseplants offer any number of benefits ranging from cleaner air to aesthetic appeal. Indoor plants brighten up a space and bring the natural world indoors, something that seems especially important during the 2020 COVID...

Valentine’s Day is a time to shower your loved ones with thoughtful gifts to let them know how much they mean to you. While jewelry, chocolate and roses have traditionally been associated with the holiday, that special...

The dudleya, a California native succulent, has become a symbol of hipster lifestyle, according to The Guardian. But now so-called plant poachers are stealing the succulent by the thousand to smuggle to buyers in Asia, and...

Tom Dixon keeps on delighting us with his brilliant designs - from renovations of historic buildings to amazing lamps and even a brilliant IKEA collab...

If you have a green thumb but minimal garden space, why not create your own mini-world full of lush and beautiful plants by making your own terrarium? If you're in the southern hemisphere instead, remember that having green...

Rooftops are tough place for plants: they're vulnerable to intense heat, cold, wind and drought, plus they can’t support a lot of weight, so the plants need to grow in just a few inches of soil (actually, ultra-lightweight...

The benefits of a little greenery are endless and include amongst other things, improved health, happiness, and intellect. If you're fortunate enough to have a backyard garden or live in close proximity to a park, now is...

Spring has sprung and, depending on where you live, its likely that trees are beginning to leaf out and spring flowers are bursting into blooms. While friends who have yards and gardens might be big into spring gardening...

Yearly we produce a lot of plastic, last year 311 million tonne. But less than 10% of this plastic gets recycled. Most of this will end up in the wrong place, landfills, oceans, inside animals. It’s damaging our earth....

Spring has sprung and, depending on where you live, its likely that trees are beginning to leaf out and spring flowers are bursting into blooms. While friends who have yards and gardens might be big into spring gardening...

Clean the air at home by propogating, re=potting, or sprouting houseplants Give an old piece of furniture a new look "THe greenest piece of furniture is the one that already exists" - don't contribute more manufacturing or...

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Developed at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, The NativeScapeGR project focuses on uses native plant species and biocrusts to create green roofs with low water requirements, adapted to Mediterranean-type climates...

Avid gardeners and outdoor lovers tend to mope all winter long because of the lack of greenery around them, but there's an easy way to fix that! Indoor plants give any space a lively splash of green, and terrariums aren't...