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Food & Drink

Flatpack greenhouse

Sweden – Ikea is releasing its own hydroponics kit that enables urban families to grow their own vegetables at home.

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Marketing & Branding

Shedding light on grooming: Spa finds its green fingers

London – When you walk into Privet in Notting Hill, it feels like you have stepped out of the city and straight into the country. But unlike most spas, it is not a country manor that Privet hopes to emulate, but the gardening shed in which all the grooming and preening takes place.

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Travel & Hospitality

Forest kindergartens take off around the world

Forest kindergartens take off around the world.

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North America

Yard Shares

A small but growing number of US families are sharing larger back yards, gardens and gardening responsibilities with neighbouring families, and enjoying the spaces together as social venues. According to Beth Urban, executive director of the American Community Garden Association, there has been a huge increase in the number of community gardens,…