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Florists insist you "say it with flowers" for Valentine's Day, but saying it ecologically is a challenge. Suite101 looks at eco-friendly bouquets and alternatives.

The organic garden gives families a place to learn about life cycles of plants and animals using hands-on activities.

The world's first online organic florist, Organic Bouquet, opened up shop in 2000 and is headquartered in Northern California.

Grow these flower bouquet favorites for home decorating, weddings, or gift giving. Roses, lilies, and other florist flowers are easy to grow without chemicals.

Continue caring for your annual and perennial flower gardens in the summer months to ensure a continuous succession of blooms until first frost.

Why give a gift that creates waste? Show your appreciation for your hosts by giving a gift that is both earth friendly and affordable: Emily Post would approve.

These 10 green Thanksgiving ideas will save money and time while protecting the environment. Green holidays can be creative, fun, and easy - and easy on your conscience.

Organic gardeners can shop for garden and landscape software that allows them to plan an entire garden design at once, avoiding piecemeal mistakes.

Organic flower gardening requires much less work if you use plants that evolved in your city, state, region, or country. You may think of native plants as wild flowers.

Winter in the organic vegetable garden is a time of reflection and rest, but you can also engage in limited planting and extensive planning.

Hosting an organic garden party is a way to share the rewards of organic gardening methods with others. Invitations, food, and décor illustrate the garden party theme.

Wild birds can form a partnership with organic gardeners: we give them food and shelter and they give us song and beauty.

There are two things that determine your success as an organic gardener - soil and weather. You can change soil; you cannot change weather.

Just because a plant is native to the US or Canada does not mean it will succeed in your garden. You want plants native to your local environment.

Butterfly gardening is a rewarding offshoot of keeping an organic garden. Learn about the flowers, host plants, and habitat that attract butterflies to your yard.

Valentines' Day can be about chocolates, flowers and caring for the earth. Or one can share experiences instead of gifts. Give the planet and each other love!

Tying the knot but wish go easy on the earth as well as the pocket book? There are many simple and sustainable ways to turn your white wedding into a greener one.

Welcome ladybugs to the organic garden to kill several common pests without using any pesticides or chemicals.

Mother's Day is an important time to value the one's birth or adoptive mother. At the same time, one can give gifts that also honour the Earth.

When the mercury dips, so does the skin's radiance sometimes. So give mother nature a boost with these organic and natural products from Pure+Simple Spas.

The holidays are fast approaching and there is no better way to entertain guests than with Champagne and Sparkling Cocktails you've prepared yourself.

Trees and shrubs add structural interest to the winter organic garden. Ensure they survive the season with proper maintenance.

How to make less of an impact on the Earth while planning your wedding.

Adding fresh, organic, edible flowers to your dinner salad or homemade dessert is fun and simple, and will easily impress your house guests!

Green wedding offers alternative ways to achieve a memorable and stylish celebration without leaving carbon footprint on the environment.

Roses are pretty but sensitive flowers. Here are some organic - and money-saving - ways to prevent mildew, black-spot, aphids and other pests.

Finding the perfect gift for the fabulous goddess of the home can be a challenge. Now, their are some amazing eco-friendly gift options filled with ethical-home-style.

Christmas is the perfect time to entertain friends and family. With basic planning, it is easy to put together a fun and festive cocktail party.

Put away your lawnmower, and turn your landscape into a sanctuary for native plants and wildflowers. These hardy plants need no chemicals and little care.

Spending a romantic day with your partner indulging in healthy and natural things to do can be medicine to the soul.

Buying organic is not as difficult as it once was. Toronto now has organic farmers' markets, organic grocery stores and organic butcher shops that all sell organic food.

Weeds are ugly and hard to get rid off - especially if chemicals are no option. Here are some safe and organic ways to kill unwanted sprawling plants.

The founder of Eco Tulips discusses the reasons for buying organic tulip bulbs instead of conventional bulbs, and shares the best tulip varieties for organic gardeners.

Powdery mildew and downy mildew damage plants with white or gray patches on leaves, stems, and flowers. Use cultural methods or organic sprays to control these diseases.

Perfume is ingrained in our culture as the trademark of the femme fatale and it would be a great pity to lose the ancient tradition of perfumery.

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms connects farmers and volunteers in more than 50 countries. While the farmers offer food and board, the volunteers agree to help.

If Valentine's Day is about individual feelings and unique sentiment, what's with the mass-produced gifts? Show you care with a custom made gift for someone special.

A look at some of the areas beyond home energy use, gas mileage and food where green-minded consumers need to be alert.

Whether you need a holiday gift or a birthday gift or a thinking of you gift, here are ideas for the perfect gardening present for the special gardener on your list.

Implement one of 26 A to Z organic gardening tips to increase yields, fight garden pests and diseases, and beautify your landscape.