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Sneak Peek! Display gardens of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show 2009

February 17, 2009 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

I took the media tour of the display gardens at Seattle’s Northwest Flower and Garden Show today, and wow – what a trip! I’ve never seen a garden show in its assembly phase (although I’ve participated in disassembly). It’s great to see the gardens before the Show actually opens; you don’t have to fight through […]

Filed Under: Events, Green Gardening & Living, Inspiration, Pacific Northwest Tagged With: drought tolerant plants, green roofs, green walls, native plants, Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Sustainability, water conservation

This proves it. Chickens are hot.

November 4, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 14 Comments

It’s a classic design school project: redesign an everyday object (the stapler and the chair are popular picks.) Maxime Evrard, a student at the Ecole de Design Nantes, chose to redesign the chicken coop. You thought the Eglu was cool? Maxime’s Cocorico looks like a spaceship. With a tent attached. Would this be a good […]

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Green Gardening & Living Tagged With: chickens, design, homesteading, Sustainability

40 ways to encourage more local food production

April 21, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

Want to change the food system? Here are 40 great ways everyone – from individuals to the government – can do so. Some of my fave’s: For individuals:#6 Establish community canning workshops where people can work together to can food.#8.Establish a Young Farmers Institute for the next generation of farmers.#12 Encourage Community Fruit Tree Projects […]

Filed Under: Green Gardening & Living, Resistance is fertile Tagged With: 100 mile diet, eating locally, food production, local food, Sustainability

Gone Wild

February 11, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

I met Hartley and Anne-Marie (above) at the farmer’s market last year, because, well, they were selling plants – need I say more? Early in the spring, there are always more vendors selling plants than fresh produce. Mostly it’s pretty basic: pots of herbs, annuals and a few cottagey perennials. But there’s also Otto with […]

Filed Under: Green Gardening & Living, Shrubs & Trees Tagged With: gardening, gone wild, native plants, natives, Sustainability

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