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What is biophilic design, and why do you need it in your office? via Fast Company [Shared]

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What is biophilic design, and why do you need it in your office? via Fast Company

The image depicts a modern office space with a large, dark wooden table at the center, surrounded by several black office chairs. The room is well-lit with natural light streaming in through a large window with a grid pattern, revealing lush greenery outside. The walls are painted white, and the floor is a light gray concrete. Several potted plants are placed around the room, adding a touch of greenery and life. The table is cluttered with office supplies, including a laptop, books, and papers. The image is framed with a decorative border featuring stylized leaves in pastel colors, including shades of green, blue, and pink.</p></p> <p><p>Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

The field of biophilic design aims to create spaces that optimize productivity and well-being. In the roughly 300,000 years humans have been on Earth, offices have only really been around the past few hundred years. Biophilic architecture is based on the concept that humans evolved in natural environments, and because of this, we feel the best when these factors are mimicked. Incorporation or mimicry of the natural world into our built spaces can greatly improve peoples’ health, happiness, and productivity.

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The Garden As Refuge In A Pandemic Year, With Adrian Higgins Of The Washington Post via A Way To Garden [Shared]

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The Garden As Refuge In A Pandemic Year, With Adrian Higgins Of The Washington Post – A Way To Garden

The Garden As Refuge In A Pandemic Year, With Adrian Higgins Of The Washington Post via A Way To Garden [Shared]

THE WORLD IS SHIFTING focus again now, toward opening up this time, several months after much shutting down. But as we do, I for one hope we won’t go too fast–or turn too quickly away from awareness of the solace that the garden has provided and that it offers for us at all times, bad or good.

Adrian Higgins has been taking note of that in various ways in his columns for “The Washington Post” throughout the strangest and most chaotic of springs, exploring the garden as an anchor, a support. In his longtime role as gardening columnist there, Adrian always inspires readers to connect.

I was so pleased to speak with Adrian, whose thoughtful work has inspired me for years. He delves beyond just horticulture and great plants—though always serving up plenty of both—regularly exploring stewardship of the environment, and even matters of the spirit. That’s his mask on the fence post at his community garden plot above

Read the garden as refuge in a pandemic year, with adrian higgins of the washington post – A Way To Garden

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Plant These Quick-Sprouting Seeds for a Fast Garden via Well+Good [Shared]

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Plant These Quick-Sprouting Seeds for a Fast Garden

Plant These Quick-Sprouting Seeds for a Fast Garden via Wll+Good [Shared]

When starting a garden, you have two choices: planting seeds or seedlings (and other transplants). Those looking to have a close-to-instant garden will likely want to begin with already-sprouted plants. But if you decide to go the seed route, you may want to pick seeds that will produce at least something green as soon as possible.

In an article for Well + Good, writer Francesca Krempa spoke with Allison Vallin, an organic gardener from Maine, to find out which seeds sprout the fastest. Here’s what to know.

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America ❤️ Lawns! (but why?) via Non-Boring History by Annette Laing [Shared]

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America ❤️ Lawns! (but why?) – by Annette Laing

America ❤️ Lawns! (but why?) via Non-Boring History by Annette Laing [Shared]

The History of Lawns? Seriously?
Yes, indeedy. That’s not just a patch of grass in front of your house. It’s your time, your money, your stress level, your health, and so much more. And it has a history that may blow your mind. It did mine. It’s the Great American Front Lawn.

Virginia Scott Jenkins’s The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession, is the best (and—shocked, I am— only) book on the history of American lawns. It is so, so much more interesting than that sounds, or it wouldn’t belong in Non-Boring History, would it, now? Look, just trust me on this one. Even though “lawn” rhymes with “yawn”.

Read America ❤️ Lawns! (but why?) – by Annette Laing

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Gardening Trends for 2022 via Farmers’ Almanac [Shared]

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Gardening Trends for 2022 – Farmers’ Almanac

Gardening Trends for 2022 via Farmers' Almanac [Shared]

It’s that time of year again! Yes, you read that right—it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to be doing in the garden this year. Much like last year, some of this year’s garden trends have come about because of the pandemic. Other trends place emphasis on environmental friendliness and reducing our carbon footprints. Read below for a roundup of the things that will be hot this year.

Read Gardening Trends for 2022 – Farmers’ Almanac

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How to Grow Saffron Crocus Spice in Container via Bren Haas [Shared]

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I have seen quite a few posts about growing saffron lately. It is, indeed, a very pricy spice, which I use regularly to make Risotto Milanese, one of our favorite meals. I’m not sure I have the wherewithal to grow it myself, but it is an intriguing idea I will explore in the future. – Douglas

How to Grow Saffron Crocus Spice in Container | Bren Haas

How to Grow Saffron Crocus Spice in Container | Bren Haas

A few years back I was trying to find the spice Saffron locally but had to purchase online. It was EXPENSIVE and now after finding my own saffron crocus bulbs to grow I see way. In this post I share how to grow saffron along with a few fun facts about the plant.

Read How to Grow Saffron Crocus Spice in Container | Bren Haas

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Best woodland plants for gardens: 12 types for shady spots via GardeningEtc [Shared]

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Best woodland plants for gardens: 12 types for shady spots | GardeningEtc

Best woodland plants for gardens: 12 types for shady spots via GardeningEtc [Shared]

The best woodland plants often come into their own in spring. Light falls through branches that haven’t yet come into leaf, bathing the plants below in a golden glow. The show begins with snowdrops and aconites and transforms week by week, with primroses, forget-me-nots and wood anemones blooming in a non-stop carpet of colour.

Read Best woodland plants for gardens: 12 types for shady spots | GardeningEtc

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Why It’s Worth Rewilding on a Domestic Scale via Treehugger [Shared]

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Why It’s Worth Rewilding on a Domestic Scale

Why It's Worth Rewilding on a Domestic Scale via Treehugger [Shared]

Rewilding will be crucial for tackling the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Most often, we talk about rewilding on a grand scale—on farms and large tracts of land, and in wider bioregions. But rewilding in gardens can be just as important.

There are many reasons why we should rewild on a domestic scale. It’s useful to think small, in addition to taking the broader view, since even small steps taken at home can help improve our environments. Thinking more “wildly” can help us find solutions for the major challenges we face.

Read Why It’s Worth Rewilding on a Domestic Scale

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Summer gardening tips for a great harvest via Inhabitat [Shared]

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Summer gardening tips for a great harvest

Summer gardening tips for a great harvest via Inhabitat [Shared]

When the much-anticipated summer season finally arrives, make the most of your garden time with a checklist of ongoing tasks that will keep your plants healthy year-round.

Clean up
Much of your clean up might have taken place in the spring. However, if winter rolls straight into summer in your part of the country, or you haven’t had the time or motivation to tackle the task, get busy pulling weeds, mowing the lawn and cleaning the patio furniture. Avoid harsh chemicals and instead borrow a pressure washer to blast the deck, fencing, porch and paver stones. Also, tidy up any concrete blocks along your raised beds.

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A fearless gardener shares some of her nonrules via GardenRant [Shared]

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I often break gardening rules for many reasons — ignorance, laziness, contrarianism. (SMILE) Still, we each find our own way in the gardening world. — Douglas

A fearless gardener shares some of her nonrules – GardenRant

A fearless gardener shares some of her nonrules via GardenRant [Shared]

Do you know what I hate? Being told how I’m supposed to do something. Phrases like “that’s just how it’s done…” or “everybody does it that way” always get my hackles up. Usually, the person giving the advice has nothing but the best intentions, but I still end up questioning why I should listen. Just because that’s how everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s how I want to do it. I’m not “everyone” and neither are you.

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