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The article discusses fairy houses, small craft houses for imagined fairies, highlighting the market for selling such houses. Topics addressed include the author's experience of requesting a loan from Bank of America to purchase a fairy house, the attitudes of designers of fairy houses, and approaches to building a fairy house. INSET: Fairy Houses in a Nutshell.

The article profiles horticulturist Allen Bush, highlighting his garden at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics addressed include the origins of the Iris Swertii flowers in Bush's garden, Bush's career history operating a perennial plant nursery and working in the seed industry, as well as his approach to gardening.

The article discusses moss gardening, highlighting the approaches of two experts in moss gardening, Annie Martin and David Spain, in North Carolina as of April 2, 2014. Topics addressed include strategies for gathering moss and for providing an ideal environment through weeding and watering, as well as variations amongst different kinds of moss. INSET: Low and Slow: How to Find (or Buy) Moss.

The article profiles the Quixote Village community of micro-cottages in Olympia, Washington, highlighting the community as a possible template for housing projects for homeless individuals as of February 19, 2014. Topics addressed include the attitudes of the residents of Quixote Village, the relatively low cost of constructing the micro-cottages, and architect Garner Miller's design of the houses.

The article discusses brothers and sisters who share bedrooms in urban settings, highlighting several examples in New York City as of February 5, 2014. Topics addressed include the psychological impact of sharing a bedroom for young children, the history of shared bedrooms in the United States, and considerations of the proper age to separate siblings into their own private rooms.

The article discusses a garden designed and built by port engineer and U.S. Navy Reserve Commander Ryan Benoit and his wife, writer Chantal Aida Gordon, at their house in San Diego California. Topics addressed include a blog that the couple created about their experience with the garden, and their personal backgrounds. INSET: You Don't Need to Mow AstroTurf, and Other Tips.

The article focuses on botanical miniatures, a practice in which tiny plants are sculpted in 3-D, citing its popularity in institutions like Callaway Resort & Gardens in Georgia, and natural history museums, and mentions works of sculptors like Patrick Jacobs.

The article profiles horticulturist Greg Grant whose habits are gardening and restoring piney woods in his rural homestead in Arcadia, Texas.

The article focuses on gardening for spring season. Topics discussed include the cautionary message of Annie Novak of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm for balcony and patio gardeners on the hazard of having a container system on the roof, the prevention of melting and freezing damage in garden, and the planting of hydrangea flower.

The article features couple Elizabeth Scotten and Sean Scotten of Oakland, California, mentioning their designs for nursery rooms.

The article profiles furniture maker Scott McGlasson and discusses his work. Topics addressed include his pricing of furniture based on the amount of hours he spends to create a piece and the materials that he uses, McGlasson's approach to designing and building a chair at his Woodsport studio, and his aesthetic style. The high prices needed to make a profit for his work are noted.

The article discusses a dispute between the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (H.P.D.) and community gardeners in New York City over community gardens planted in vacant lots. Topics addressed include opposition to the H.P.D.'s proposal to build housing on the lots that have been used for community gardens, legal aspects of the licensing for community gardens, and the community benefits of the gardens.

The article presents the author's view regarding the design of flower bed in the mid-18th century which called a Horologium Florae: a flower clock. It highlights the usage of flowering timetable by the clock-watchers. It also explores on the idea of a garden in designing a clockwork wherein the plants show endogenous rhythms, or an internal clock at the same hour.

The article presents a review of the exhibition "Art of the Heirloom," which features vegetable seed packet designs by artists such as Daniel Baxter, Eric Losh, and Will Sweeney, at the New York Botanical Garden in New York City as of November of 2014.

The article discusses approaches to urban farming, highlighting indoor home gardening. Topics addressed include gardener Elizabeth Millard's book “Indoor Kitchen Gardening: Turn Your Home Into a Year-Round Vegetable Garden,” considerations of seeds and soil use, and growing vegetables in indoor gardens.

The article discusses pomologist Dan Bussey's cataloging of all 17,000 varieties of apples known to have grown in North America for his book "The Illustrated History of Apples in North America." Topics addressed include varieties of apple that have disappeared over the course of history, the years of work that Bussey put into the creation of the book, and resources for individuals who want to taste heritage apples.

The article discusses the fact that the majority of individuals working at urban community gardens and farms are women, focusing on urban agriculture in New York City. Topics addressed include women farm managers' speculation on the reasons why fewer men apply for positions at urban farms and community gardens, stereotypes regarding women gardeners, and the significance of the social causes behind working in urban agriculture.

The article discusses Adamah, a Jewish farming fellowship program located in Falls Village, Connecticut. Topics addressed include Adamah graduates' work in farming, sustainability, and Jewish food; young Jews' attitudes towards participating in Adamah; and descriptions of daily life working and living at Adamah.

The article discusses the development of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in Des Moines, Iowa, highlighting the work of horticulturists Kelly Norris, Tyler Johnson, Josh Schultes and Winston Beck as managers of the garden. Topics addressed include Norris' youth and his interest and involvement in horticulture from an early age, as well as efforts to improve Des Moines' reputation through the garden.

The article discusses efforts to grow peanut plants at the Battery Urban Farm in New York City as of May 28, 2014, highlighting obstacles facing the possibility of growing peanut plants in New York due to climate. Topics addressed include the history of the significance of peanuts in New York; second-grade students' efforts to help plant peanuts at the farm; and peanut planting at the Weeksville farm in Brooklyn, New York City.

The article discusses a trend of a declining number of U.S. homeowners planting trees and shrubs as of May 14, 2014. Topics addressed include plants that have declined in popularity, such as the catalpa tree (cigar tree), Oriental bittersweet, and crinums, as well as the views of garden historian Denise Wiles Adams, research geneticist Richard T. Olsen, and research scientist Peter Del Tredici.

The article discusses the gardening advice from garden designers Susan Cohan, Rizaniño (Riz) Reyes, and Janet Draper regarding how to utilize a neglected 10-by-10 foot space in a home's yard. Topics addressed include the planning of a shade garden using various hedges and taller plants, as well as the use of plants such as Agave parryi, Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel, and Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus).

The article profiles author and architectural historian Virginia Savage McAlester. Topics addressed include her struggle with leukemia; her efforts to update her book "A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture;" and her home in Dallas, Texas.

The article focuses on the concept of home gardening by Thomas Rainer. It states that Rainer has an influential garden blog named Grounded Design wherein he has taken to speak apostasy against green landscaping dogma. It mentions that Rainer has written that no one would make naturalistic planting for a guiding a home gardener.

The article discusses the garden of marketing executive James Golden, located in Kingwood Township, New Jersey, highlighting Golden's focus on the aesthetic and emotional aspects of the garden rather than its practical use. Topics addressed include Golden's experience as a gay man in New York City, and his approach to letting his plants compete and grow naturally.

The article discusses the Sweetwater Spectrum residence for adults with autism, located in Sonoma, California. Topics addressed include the potential influence of Sweetwater on the development of similar facilities throughout the United States, the role of the parents of Sweetwater residents in founding the residence, and the social conditions for residents.

The article discusses the life and career of stonemason Thea Alvin. Topics addressed include her construction of a chapel and walled garden for a business man's home in Vermont, her design and construction of stone helix structures, and her unconventional childhood and family relationships during the 1970s.

The article discusses the 2013 Energy Fair held from June 21-23, 2013 in Custer, Wisconsin, staged by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. The author highlights various workshops and ideas on sustainable living presented at the fair, including discussions of non-toxic house paint, affordable solar furnace systems, and life styles that rely on a minimal use of electric power.

The article offers the author's insights on Chris Larson, art professor at the University of Minnesota, who set fire to the house of industrial design executive Chad Bogdan in Minnesota in June 2013. The author comments on building one of the best examples of modernism in the state when it is only planned to be destroyed. Larson's wife Kriss Zulkosky says that it is not the first piece of art that he burned.

The article presents a personal narrative in which the author explores his experience of clearing a plot of land for a vegetable garden. INSET: Tools to Match the Toughest Job.

The article discusses African American artist Joe Minter from Birmingham, Alabama, who lives near two historically black graveyards and who creates lawn sculptures for his African Village sculpture garden to commemorate national tragedies such as the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting. Southern yard art, Minter's political activities, and the social and economic conditions in Alabama are also discussed.

The article discusses the effectiveness of the straw-bale gardening method for growing vegetables. Topics addressed include businessman and gardener Joel Karsten's advocacy of the method, the history of straw-bale gardening, and the benefits of straw-bale gardening in coastal areas and areas with depleted soil quality. INSET: If You Don't Live Near a Farm....

The author discusses the ecology of gardens and plants in winter, and describes a visit to Central Park in New York City with biologist Renuka Sankaran. Plants such as grass, conifers, and rhododendrons are discussed, as well as plants' production of abscisic acid (ABA), cold weather tolerance, and deciduousness. Evolutionary biologist Jamie Boyer is quoted on plant evolution.

The article discusses the Do Not Enter diaries, a communal video art project in which teenagers' bedrooms are filmed. The project's creators, the high school students Emma Orlow and Emily Cohn of New York City, are profiled, and a brief overview of historical bedrooms occupied by teenagers is presented.

The article offers information on orchards that offer heritage apple varieties including Wagon Wheel Orchard in Kansas, Seed Savers Exchange Historic Orchard in Iowa, and Breezy Hill Orchard in New York.

The article focuses on several handicraft designed products competed for 600 judges categories during the Minnesota State Fair. Topics discussed include the blue-ribbon bookshelf created by 11th grader Amelia Nelson at Nicollet County, the decorative wall hanging ran toward vintage Kid Rock designed by Brittany Cardwell, and the custom hubcap clocks customized by 66-year-old Dan Wilson.

The article focuses on collecting and trade of moss.

The article offers information on the Samhain which is the popular Druid festival like Christmas in the British Isles. It offers information on Druid tradition focused on rituals and saints. According to Peter Coughlin, founder of Apple Isle, car company Samhain ceremony includes music on guitar and drum and prayer offering.