We don’t just turn to Instagram to stalk our favorite celebrities and social influencers to find out what they’re wearing, eating or where they hang out. Instagram also has a bevy of great accounts that celebrate and share knowledge about the dirty but glorious world of gardening. So, for those who’ve started to dabble in...
With all the horrifying circumstances happening around the world, a funny meme can definitely lighten the mood. A bunch of memes about the year 2020 and its series of unfortunate events have been circulating the web but there’s this one that really caught my attention. It says the year 2020 was written by Stephen King...
The city girl in me sees the beauty in the task of foraging for edibles. I imagine myself wandering around the woods with my two kids in tow, each lugging a basket for ‘shopping’ in the wild. For some reason, foraging becomes even more exciting when the edibles you are scavenging for are flowers. They’re...
For people renting their properties, it can seem pointless spending time constructing veggie patches and investing in permanent garden beds if you can’t take them with you when you leave the residence. Instead of building fixed garden beds, renters should opt for mobile and portable gardens. Whether you’re renting a place with just a patio,...
The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. This turn to self-provisioning was prompted in part by the high price rises for produce – including A$10 cauliflowers and broccoli for A$13 a kilo – and empty veggie shelves in...
Given the sustainability and environmental themes of this platform, it is no secret that here at EWP we are a bunch of gardening enthusiasts. At HQ, we grow herbs, regrow food from scraps, care for houseplants, decorate our office with indoor plants, grow seedlings in a greenhouse, are building a second greenhouse, are creating a...
In 2018, the United Nations nominated May 20 as ‘World Bee Day‘ to raise awareness of the importance of these pollinators in safeguarding food security and protect them from toxic synthetic pesticides and habitat loss due as a result of intensive agricultural practices, and rising temperatures due to climate change. According to Wikipedia, a pollinator...
Styling your home or work space with plants is a great way to indulge in your love of nature, beautify the place, and they’re therapeutic qualities can even improve your mental health. If you’re keen to start adding plants to your home but need some #plantspiration, you’re on the right page. Here are 13 ways...
So you’ve decided to flex your green thumb during the pandemic and are trying to regrow veggies from kitchen scraps but you aren’t having any success. Here are seven reasons why your vegetable scraps won’t regrow: 1. The vegetable has been sitting in cold storage for too long When you buy seed packets, they often...
There is a growing community of plant lovers on Instagram which has seen the plant swapping movement grow. There are plant parents, plant enthusiasts and many a plant geek and hoarder sharing houseplants, cuttings, seeds and best practices. Intrigued with this concept, I attended my first plant swap last week at Warehouse Eight in Makati...
When I was younger, I was part of the Wild Flower Society. Watch out: #nerdalert. They sent me seeds and emails every month, and my (wonderful) parents gave me a whole section of the garden to go crazy with. Dad and I were forever found in the family veggie garden, and I often created moss...
Washington DC, United States: If I start another business, I’d grow and sell organic edible flowers and microgreens. It sounds painfully yuppie-ish, I know, but microgreens are blowing up because they’re easy to grow in urban spaces, are colorful additions to salads, sandwiches, and cocktails alike, and are packed with nutrients. For better or worse,...