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Leave it to Mom-n’em to pass along fun veggie facts like this one, originally found in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their “Spotlight on the Home” series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems. If we were a betting man, we’d bet there will be a HUGE run on [...]

Below programs are held at the Parkway Partners Greenhouse: 1137 Baronne Street, 70113 Corner of Clio and Baronne Streets. Gates open at 9 a.m. and close at noon, with a speaker at 10 a.m.

Is the cost of organic produce burning your budget? What if you could be armed with better knowledge of ways to make sure your fruits and veggies are good for your family, as well as the environment? Start 2010 with this practically green approach to buying healthy produce, and print this out before making groceries

LGNO: There has been a great deal of chatter on the street about “green” building with energy efficiency being touted by various businesses. When should a homeowner re-insulate “green”?

Tucked away inside City Park, the Botanical Garden is a host of environments that will satisfy every eco-traveler, from the newly constructed, work-in-progress rain collection garden inside the Green Pavilion, to the Japanese Garden Society’s Zen-scape, the Rainforest and Living Fossils of the Conservatory, the Butterfly Garden, or even the New Orleans Historic Train Garden. Get away from your habitual grind and take a mini-eco-cation as New Orleans Botanical Garden Director Paul Soniat gives us the dirt: