NatureMill
Composting The Luxurious Way

Composting reduces landfill waste, greenhouse gases, and generates a medium for growth…but comes at a price. NatureMill is an alternative to traditional composting. By eliminating the mess and making composting easy, NatureMill has integrated luxury into composting.

Traditional composting requires yard space and daily attention, involves bugs and strong odors and is limited to when and what can be composted. NatureMill, however, only requires a 20” by 20” by 12” space in your home. The indoor/outdoor unit requires less space than [...]

Green Walls and Living Roofs

Taking Sustainable Landscaping to New Heights

The latest trends in sustainable landscape design have the ability to be elegantly luxurious and vibrant, without placing a strain on natural resources and the environment.  From urban townhomes to country estates, green roofs and living walls are a lively and eco-friendly accent to your landscaping.

Green Roofs and Walls Explained

Green walls and living roofs both utilize the same basic landscaping concept – turning existing, otherwise unused space into a flourishing and thriving planting [...]

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring…

Being luxurious can sometimes mean that you are able to take that extra step towards sustainability and green living. While water has long been on the radar as an environmental concern, for most Americans, rain has barely been considered a solution. While we, the eco-conscious, will turn off the water while brushing our teeth, take shorter showers, and conserve water in the laundry process, we allow the rain that covers our homes and communities to go down the [...]

A New Take on Trash

Recycling has evolved beyond placing your paper and bottles out on the curb for pick-up. Many beautiful pieces, from jewelry to artwork, clothing to new fangled devices, have been made out of recyclable material. Things like glass bottles, tin cans, and cardboard have become the silk and leather for today’s eco-conscious yet luxury-seeking consumer. While these recycled items can be beautiful and very green, some people have taken a different approach to reuse. Non-recyclable materials thus have [...]

The Next Generation of Green Connoisseurs

For parents raising children in this day and age, the challenges are incredibly new and different from those just a generation ago. No generation in history has experienced as much technological growth or the increased availability of products that can be purchased to keep our children busy. From video games to television, cell phones to the internet, the children of today are growing up in a world less connected to nature than ever before. As wildlife artist Robert Bateman said, [...]

The New Look of Compost

In many realms of life, being eco-conscious can be achieved without a lot of hassle. We can make a big difference by buying organic or locally grown food, driving fuel-efficient vehicles, and even wearing eco-chic clothing and jewelry. Until recently, whether or not to compost would not have been considered an easy environmentally aware decision. This is changing, however, as several companies are producing new receptacles and devises that make it possible for even the most finicky of us to [...]

Lawns, Weeds, and Good Reads

It’s the end of the summer and you have a little bit more time to read something inspiring before the pace picks up, but you’ve got this expanse of grass that needs attention. After all, the neighbors are starting to notice that you’ve fired the landscaping service, ditched the chemical enhancements, and started pushing that reel mower around for exercise, giving up half way through after making an interesting circular pattern through the knee-high dandelions.

Well, Nancy Gift knows how to [...]

Creative Container Gardens: How to Grow Organic Veggies on Your Balcony

Organic gardens are becoming an integral part of our nation’s capital this season. Chances are, you’ve been inspired to grow your own fruits and vegetables as well – but a few acres of pure garden space may not be an option. Whether you’re living in an apartment with limited outdoor space or need to protect your plants from wandering wildlife, container gardens are versatile, easy to maintain, and ideal for any situation.

Why Container Gardening?

What could be [...]

Organic Gardens Thrive in DC: USDA People’s Garden

The White House Kitchen Garden has started a fresh veggie trend in Washington, DC. The US Department of Agriculture announced expanded plans for the People’s Garden surrounding their headquarters on the Mall last month to celebrate Earth Day.

The current landscape around the Whitten Building includes grass lawns, flower borders, and concrete. The new plans for the sprawling 6-acre space include a 1,300 square foot vegetable garden – slightly bigger than the White House Garden, flower gardens, and bioswales [...]

Greywater and Other Ways to Bathe Green

You’ve probably heard of “greywater”, the idea that lightly used household water such as bathwater can be reused for purposes like flushing the toilet and watering plants.

There are many different ways to use your greywater, from the quickest DIY approach to complex filtering systems you can install yourself and simple but ingenious commercial products like the Sinkpositive water saving sink. Recycled greywater is often filtered and always used in appropriately hygienic situations, but if you just can’t get excited [...]