What Houseplant Should I Get: A Chicago flowchart
Ever wonder what houseplant is right for you? Our handy flowchart can help give you some ideas.
Think Spring: Native Plants for a Healthier Chicago
The native plants in front of Moss HQ attract butterflies (and curious neighborhood children). Here’s why we love growing them!
Put some GREEN in your green space this Weekend
The lawn – that great American pastime – isn’t all that great, or even that American. Maybe its time to start rethinking all that green carpet. Here’s why!
Think Spring: Four Reasons for Gardening in Raised Beds
Spring is finally here. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and people everywhere are getting out into their yards. Whether you have access to acres of rolling green lawn or just a little extra landing area on the wooden fire stair off the back of your apartment, you have the ability to garden.…
Replace that lawn with a native plant urban farm
Our native, mostly perennial, urban permaculture farm is entering its second growing season! The farm started as a patch of dirt in the sideyard of are office and was transformed into an edible landscape. The ‘bed’ was raised with strawbales from a farm in Warrenville, Illinois and filled with a soil mix from Buy-the-Yard in…