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Going green starts at home, and gardening can be a great way to be a bit more sustainable, help the environment but also grow your own beautiful flowers or fresh vegetables. From guerrilla gardening to great plant stories and planting tips and tricks, here are some ways to make your home a more amazing and eco-friendly place.

Crawl Spaces: 10 Amazing Ant Farms Fit For A Queen

These 10 amazing ant farms combine the best features of aquariums, art, furniture and pets in a low-maintenance, eco-friendly, educational medium.

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Clucked Up: 13 Creative Chicken Coop Designs

Some of these 14 ultra-modern, well-designed chicken coops might be nicer looking than your own house.

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Flipping The Bird: 8 Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Treats

Easy there, pilgrim. These 8 turkey-free Thanksgiving treats (and I use the term loosely) make for some great gobbling at any meatless meet & greet.

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25 Rad Items Made from Reclaimed & Recycled Tires

Millions of used tires litter landfills worldwide. Why not turn them into roof shingles, bracelets, chairs, sculptures and entire houses like these?

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Boats to Bags, Beds & Buildings: 17 Repurposed Vessels

Every part of boats - from sails and oars to the vessels themselves - can be useful long beyond their life at sea as furniture, decor, gardens and sheds.

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14 Unbelievably Unique Parks & Botanical Gardens

These 14 botanical gardens and parks, from Scotland to Costa Rica, represent some of the most beautiful mash-ups between wild nature and human cultivation.

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Green Halloween: 13 Eco-Creepy Crafts & Decor

Learn how to make 13 spooky and eco-friendly Halloween crafts & decor like a batty table centerpiece, ghost lights and pumpkin garlands from recycled materials.

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DIY Dress-Up: 13 Totally Doable Eco-Fashion Projects

Recycle fabric scraps, old ugly sweaters, tablecloths and even cat food cans into beautiful eco-friendly clothing and accessories with these 13 easy tutorials.

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Tiny Living Worlds in Glass: 12 Terrarium Ideas

Tea pots, cake stands, tiny glass vials: all kinds of unexpected containers can become the basis for beautiful enclosed gardens you can make yourself.

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Movable Homes: 13 Modern, Modular, Relocatable Residences

These compact, often self-sufficient structures are easily assembled and disassembled so they can go anywhere you want to be - even remote mountain ridges.

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(Re)Make it Rain: Rainwater Reclamation Designs

Rain barrels aren't your only rain harvesting option - you could choose decorative downspout planters, 2-liter bottles or a garden table that doubles as a tank.

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Glow Away: 10 Odd Objects Made From Uranium Glass

These 10 odd Uranium Glass (also known as Vaseline Glass) home and tableware items may glow vividly green under UV light but emit negligible radioactivity.

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Chic and Natural: 13 More Rustic Modern Interiors

The raw natural characteristics of brick, stone and wood give these renovated lofts, barns & more a sense of history and a touch of rustic charm.

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The Great Outdoors: Office Space Goes Green and Open-Air

This fun installation is part art, part social commentary, and all eco-friendly. Designers moved an entire office outdoors and took "green" to the extreme!

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15 (More!) Terrific Towering Tree Houses

Romantic fairytale treehouses with spiraling staircases and streamlined, modern stainless steel versions climb high into the sky.

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