By Michael Nolan

The New York Times carried an article on April 20th – no doubt in homage to Earth Day – that featured the story of how one developer in the Big Apple is helping to bring nature back to the city.

Tishman Speyer, who bought the huge Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complexes from MetLife in 2006, is now spearheading one of the largest landscaping projects in the area. According to Speyer’s lead gardener Read the rest of this entry »

I’m the oddball cousin you never want to introduce your friends to, but I promise not to talk bad about you behind your back.

Any good southerner knows to wait until you’ve left the room first! My posts here at UGC will be all over the board, much like my own life.

When life gave me lemons, I sprinkled in some fresh rosemary, grabbed my peppermill and made a killer lemon pepper chicken.

In all seriousness, I have been gardening all of my life; the only thing that has changed over the years has been the venue. From huge plots on my grandparents’ farm in Alabama to a few containers on my terrace in New York City, I have always found a way to grow Read the rest of this entry »