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New Plants For 2008
By Peggy Riccio LEFT AND MIDDLE: Thai Delight Caladiums ‘Notus Lotus’ (left) and ‘East Meets West’ (middle) from Hines Horticulture RIGHT: Pentas lanceolata ‘Northern Lights Lavender,’ from Ernst Benary of America. Ever in search of “what’s new,” I spent several weeks this past autumn talking with representatives from over 20 nurseries to learn about new plant introductions. I was looking for new plants to try this summer, not just new shades of petunias, or yet another begonia, but varieties th
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The Sustainable Site
In the past six years, the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy (USGBC) and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system has become recognized as a useful guide to evaluating the “greenness” of commercial construction. There has been no corresponding guide for the homeowner who would like to save energy, build healthy, or help the environment.
That [...]
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Tribal Light
TRIBAL LIGHT “Kokoro” “Jimken” “Poul Poul ” Smitten with the light bulb since the 1960s, contemporary German designer Ingo Maurer brings us a collection of paper lamps from the “MaMo Nouchies” series, each named for ancient tribal spirits from around the world. To complete this project, Maurer, who specializes in residential lighting systems, teamed up with colleague Dagmar Mombach, who developed a technique for transforming paper. Mombach’s method, performed by hand according to the Japanese tr
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New Plants For 2008 Gallery
