Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The new scheme will add native plants from across California and its four ecological regions. HDS envisions the plants will spilling over the edges of the site and changing color with the seasons.

Semi-translucent panels allow light to reach this rooftop garden in Vienna I'm on a rooftop in Vienna. It's a warm day but around me students work and chat in comfort, shaded by solar panels amid lots ...

While green roofs may be universally accepted as wonderfully sustainable landscapes for a myriad reasons, the thought of installing one atop your own home may nevertheless seem daunting, expensive, ...

I'm on a rooftop in Vienna. It's a warm day but around me students work and chat in comfort, shaded by solar panels amid lots of plants. The garden feels like an oasis amidst Vienna's densely packed ...