By Rachel Wilkerson, Lover.ly

The summer solstice on June 21 is also known as the magical "midsummer." We're celebrating the longest day of the year with a round-up of idyllic summer weddings that are downright dreamy. With lush green florals and dance floors lit by the moon, these weddings are ethereal and beautiful. Even though William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the source of the quote, "The course of true love never did run smooth," these weddings make true love look easy a can be.

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By Rachel Wilkerson, Lover.ly

When it comes to your wedding flowers, you can skip the fussy bouquets and create a down-home look with sunflowers instead. Bright and cheery sunflowers are a fun way to do your wedding flowers; you can skip other flowers entirely, or combine them with other blooms to create a colorful bouquet. Here are our favorite ways to incorporate this sunny flower into your wedding.

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grow foodFirst off, let's dispense with the myth of the "green thumb," and shed concerns that growing food requires lots of free time and special skillz. Sure, there are people who have keener instincts for plants than others, but really anyone, anywhere can grow their own food - even Amanda, who works full-time, has two small kids, and can barely keep a fern alive. Only three weeks ago, Amanda planted a vegetable garden following Jeanne's crazy-simple growing guidelines.

Jeanne isn't a by-the-book type, she's a get-down-in-the-dirt-and-learn-by-doing type, and after 26 years of experience growing food in hundreds of farms and food gardens, she's boiled down the magic and mystery of edible gardening to the barest essentials. We'll roll out our Rookie Guide in three posts-this one on planning your food garden, then planting, then tending-with five simple steps to success in each. The guidelines will apply whether you're growing on a rooftop, in the ground or in containers or pots. Without

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I'm in the mood for summer, so I've been planting left and right at my house. I've particularly been on the prowl for some trendy outdoor planters - and I thought I'd share my favorite projects I found with you. Check out these 7 ideas to get your creative juices flowing, and jump-start your summer greenery!

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By the year 2050, nearly 80 percent of the world's population is expected to live in cities. In the face of climate change and rising energy prices, it makes more and more sense to grow food in and around cities; Why schlep fruits and vegetables thousands of miles across the country or import them from abroad when you can grow them closer to home? But as urban populations swell, there's increasing pressure to grow more food in less space.
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Enter the innovative trend in urban farming.

Urban farming has been building globally for decades. Today, urban farms provide more than half of Beijing's vegetable supply, and this local produce costs less than what's trucked in from afar. Vancouver, Canada doles out low-cost leases for community food gardens on 284 plots of city-owned land. In Havana, Cuba, more than 70 percent of the produce is local and organic. In Sweden, developers are planning to build a 177-foot skyscraper

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We told you in our welcome post that health is just one of the many diverse benefits of homegrown food. There are real nutrition advantages, to be sure; organic produce has been shown to be richer in nutrients than conventional fruits and vegetables. But growing at home can also save you money and shrink your carbon footprint. It can empower your kids by fostering a strong work ethic. It can connect them to the natural world and serve as a kind of antidote to the electronic media they're plugged into so much of the time - actually helping them focus and perform better academically. Working in soil may also be the cheapest and safest anti-depressant known to man because it actually has a neuro-chemical effect on the brain similar to Prozac. (The only side effect: exposure to fresh air.) Oh, and it tastes vastly better - fresher and more flavor-rich - to eat sun-ripened food rather than the grocery store produce that's chemically ripened in warehouses. Here are 7 fact-studded,

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Kimberly Rider, an eco-designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area and author of "The Healthy Home Workbook: Easy Steps to Eco-Friendly Living," shares her simple 10-step program to a healthier and more Earth-friendly living space.

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1. Inspect Your Beauty Products
Look at the ingredients of your personal-care products. Educate yourself, research the chemicals, and read what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has to say about them. Be aware that there is a healthy, petrochemical-free alternative to nearly every product you use, from shampoo to deodorant.

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2. Assess Your Clothing
Ask yourself: Is the fabric natural? Has it been chemically treated? Was it mass-produced? Consider buying from companies with small production lines so you're not contributing to the waste generated by factories. And buy vintage! That's the best way to recycle clothes.

3. Look at the Food You Buy

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Bea Johnson and her family have done something extraordinary - they've reduced the amount of trash they generate down to nearly nothing. Over the course of 1 year, they only add about 1 quart of waste to our landfills!

Bea is the author of the new book "Zero Waste Home," and in this clip from "The Jeff Probst Show," she shares some of the tips and tricks that they employ to live a more environmentally-friendly life. From composting to bringing containers to the supermarket to cut back on wrappers, Bea is full of good ideas on how to lessen your contributions to the local dump. Check it out!

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