Tropical areas offer abundance in landscape design. From giant blooms and lush green leaves all year round to all kinds of birds, butterflies and aquatic life, the possibilities are limitless. For ...

Dreaming of a lush, exotic escape, without upping sticks for somewhere more rural? Then, learning how to create an urban oasis in a city courtyard could be the answer. With the right planting choices, ...

Gardens hold a bounty of flora and fauna, and FIU Architecture students are building sustainable ways for humans to connect to them all. Through their yearlong graduate seminar and design studio, ...

Looking for a food forest plant list for sub-tropical regions? Growing a sub-tropical or Southern California winter garden is simple with the right plant choices. As the first rains dapple the ...

It was 1984 when Duffy Hurwin, a former clothing designer who also did interior design and photography, met her future husband, Ron, the former owner and publisher of the Marin Express card and its ...

What has the Easter Bunny and eggs have to do with Easter? The return of Jesus after the crucifixion has little to do with bunnies and eggs. However, the concept of rebirth and resurrection was based ...

Situated in the western region of Rio de Janeiro, the property embodies a successful project developed over more than 40 years by landscape architect and artist Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), a ...

If you're looking for the best zoos and botanical gardens in the country, you don't have to go far. Florida has you covered. Now in its 30th year, the Brevard Zoo in Viera near Melbourne made the ...

VERO BEACH — The ancient Greeks had Heracles. The Vikings had Thor. McKee Botanical Gardens has Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein. The pair — known as the Myth Makers — are the creators of the latest art ...