Entries Tagged as 'Environment'

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Make Sure that your Outdoor Furniture is Eco-Friendly

Green Furniture by geoftheref TheGardenLady enjoys going to various flower shows. She just recently attended the 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show and she wrote about her experience in the last post. When she visits these flower shows she often sees interesting exhibits of furniture made for the outdoors. And this has the TheGardenLady wonder about what […]

Monday, January 10th, 2011

More Thoughts about an Eco-Friendly Christmas

turnips by ted_major TheGardenLady received these comments, from  Donna and one lady who did not give her name . I too noted that real trees are more eco-friendly. It appears there is a lot more information on this subject being presented each day. I am always glad to find more support for the real trees. […]

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Biodegradable Flower Pots

An encouraging sign… by Green Wellies TheGardenLady readers may already know about biodegradable flower pots, but I just saw them for the first time in a charming local garden  store.  The concept is fantastic and so is the look. Since those of you who take your plants outdoors for the summer will soon be bringing […]

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Can Hay Help with an Oil Spill?

In this video CW Roberts employees demonstrate how hay can be used to help with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. TheGardenLady would like to know if this method will really work to clean up that massive oil spill. If this is Mother Nature’s way of a simple cleaning device, why not use […]

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Earth Hour and Earth Day

Mark these dates on your Calendar: March 28th and April 22nd Gardeners are wonderful people. The reason is that they are not only beautifying their own environment but are also beautifying the earth. And they are helping and protecting the earth. Gardeners give back by planting and by composting. Gardeners are nurturers, nurturing the earth. […]