Ally Hirschlag

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Ally Hirschlag

The holidays are supposed to be a time for enjoying special moments with family, but often they become a source of stress. Traveling, navigating familial relationships and tensions, talking politics at the dinner table, and handling the all-encompassing issue of "presents" can wear down even the most patient and even-keeled person.

2 weeks ago | kritik.com.my | Ally Hirschlag

By Ally HirschlagGardens packed with blooming flowers or adorned with neat insect hotels, are extremely popular. But are these highly curated creations actually helpful – or would it be better to allow nature to take its own course? When she's not leading garden-based learning at Cornell University's School of Integrative Plant Science in New York, Ashley Louise Miller Helmholdt is a mum who likes to garden.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Ally Hirschlag

Is it better to neglect your garden? Getty ImagesGardens packed with blooming flowers or adorned with neat insect hotels, are extremely popular. But are these highly curated creations actually helpful – or would it be better to allow nature to take its own course? When she's not leading garden-based learning at Cornell University's School of Integrative Plant Science in New York, Ashley Louise Miller Helmholdt is a mum who likes to garden.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Ally Hirschlag

'If we can come back from that, we can come back from anything': The burning river that fuelled a US green movementGetty ImagesOhio's Cuyahoga River used to be so polluted it regularly went up in flames. Images of one dramatic blaze in 1952 shaped the US's nascent environmental movement, long after the flames went out. The last time Ohio's Cuyahoga River notably caught fire was 22 June 1969.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Ally Hirschlag

'Meadowscaping': The people turning their lawns into meadowsSara Weaner CooperTurning lawns into meadows can have big benefits for people, wildlife and the climate. Here's why 'meadowscaping' has become the latest gardening craze. When Sara Weaner Cooper and her husband bought their first home in Pennsylvania, they knew they didn't want a perfectly manicured front lawn like their neighbours.