If you regularly enjoy munching on a few pistachio nuts, don't throw away those shells. You can use them to make the cutest ...

"A new way to sew seed," announces an Indiegogo campaign that is about to hit its target less than 48 hours after launch. No, its creator Per Cromwell is not making any kind of untoward innuendo. He ...

“It basically started out as an art project,” says Per Cromwell, inventor of the Flower Shell, a 12-gauge shotgun shell loaded with seeds for poppies, peonies, and cornflowers. “I got the idea that it ...

Nothing says summer quite like beautiful seashells! The natural wonders are certainly a popular keepsake from a beach trip thanks to their beauty, and you can enjoy them all year long. For even more ...

WATSONVILLE — For gardener Sarah Mello, the reward is worth the wait as her Mexican shell flower Tigridia pavonia plants are finally blooming. While each bloom lasts only a single day, Mello reports ...

When choosing which flowering annuals to plant that will last all summer, it's tempting to fall back on tried-and-true picks — you know, the kind you see all around your neighborhood without fail year ...

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers. Earlier this year the ...

It is a testament to the gardening-crazed culture of the Bay Area that when you say the word "ginger," people are as likely to think of the plant as the spice. With ginger's often striking tropical ...

I like the idea of turning as many shotguns as possible into flower guns. I don't think we can plant too many flowers Per Cromwell, Studio Total cofounder Removing lead for seeds is almost a symbolic ...