Metropolitan Gardening

B eing green is what it's all about just before spring plantings. So my friend pointed me in the direction of an electric bike shop in china town on Hester St.and I went over there to look. My wife needed to get wheels for a short commute to work - after talking about it and gee jawing endlessly we came up with an e-bike as a solution. The staff was great to talk to although they spoke mostly chinese they seemed to get the gist of my requests in english and we even negotiated some on the price.

A bstract expressionism's allure brought me here a few years ago when I settled in New York City to do media based art. The lore of New York City's rich heritage in art communities was intrigueing. However recently ventured outdoors to do some gardening. After last summer 's commercial work - a change was needed and so engaged in environmental restoration and ecological education. There's a quaint connection for the period where Pollack was working for the FAP. In any case the oil paintings / oil pastels shown here are prophetic of a current floral perception - now it's become clear how important the natural world outside is.

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L ooking to get your hands dirty this spring? Here's a number of  top links for green jobs. We are just aggregating here so explore these on your own - but they look pretty good so far : reviews to follow! Time Magazine on what a green job is. Green Collar Blog on the hidden green job market. Facebook Green Jobs Network Sustainable Business : Green Dream Jobs. Green For All : Green Collar Jobs Treehugger' s Job site Green Jobs.net Canadian green jobs Green Biz's Job site NYSERDA : Green NY Urban Agenda : Green Projects Corps Jobs

Cummer Oak, Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL. Photo © Larry Nighswander,  courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. T he Davey Tree Expert Company was founded in 1880 and is a venerable name in arborism and landscape care. The company is employee owned and has offices across North America and Canada. Metropolitan Gardening asked for an interview regarding their sponsorship and involvment with a unique foundation celebrating the reknewal and care of notable trees - The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Sandra L. Reid Manager, Corporate Communications/Marketing responded with a solid clarity about the TCLF and how Davey provides support for the trees selected.   “ MG: What attracted you to the The Cultural Landscape Foundation? We were impressed with The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s Landslide program.  We felt the “Every Tree Tells a Story” 2010 Landslide focus was aligned with our Davey brand.  TCLF Founder and President Charles Birnbaum has a collaborative spirit a

L a Rocca Cabernet Sauvignon is an organic wine recommended by the store manager at New Embassy Liquors , I found it again when I went upstate - so this wine seems popular. The number of organic wines is fairly small in the shops I have looked in numbering only a dozen or so - finding the same wine in two different shops is often either because of solid distribution or strong popularity in this writer's humble opinion.

3 60 Eco-Friendly Vodka has a super eco label and packaging. The thing has a cool old-timey ceramic stopper and comes with an envelope to mail the stopper back to the factory. The bottle itself is made from 85% recycled glass and the back of the lable tells us what resources were saved in production. The 360Vodka is distilled and bottled by The Earth Friendly Distilling Co. There's impressive credentials to be found on their web site.