Trailing houseplants offer a laid-back style and intriguing elegance that can’t be matched by other indoor plants. They lend themselves perfectly to a hanging basket, spilling over the edge where you can enjoy them from above and below. Here’s a list to get your...
Whether we’re students or not, we’ve all had the experience of sitting at a desk and trying to push through some heavy material. The clock ticks on, but we don’t seem to make any progress. In these moments, we usually turn to a cup of coffee, an...
There is nothing a houseplant appreciates more than a warm sunspot near a window to drink in the nourishing rays. In small rooms, it’s not always easy to give our sun-loving friends adequate window light. But with a few creative techniques, we can easily adorn...
If you offered your kids a trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden or the Lincoln Park Zoo, which one do you think they would choose? Chances are, the zoo has a little more pull with the younger crowd than the gardens do. When you think about what the average kid watches...
Here comes the sun! While the warm spring air is still weeks away, we’re already starting to enjoy longer days—along with more sunlight streaming through our windows. Even in the wintertime, intense sunlight from a south-facing window might be too much for some of...
