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Build a natural and more connected lifestyle by growing your own! On Lovely Greens, you’ll find inspiration for vegetable gardening, natural soapmaking, skin care recipes, & eco-friendly DIY projects. You’ll also find ideas for how to grow an organic garden and use plants in delicious, healthy, and creative ways.
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Online Soapmaking Course
In this new 16-Video natural soapmaking course, you’ll learn how to make soap from scratch using the cold-process method. Watch the introduction video to learn more.
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If there’s one medicinal herb to grow, it’s calendula. This ebook will teach you how to grow it and then use it in skincare.
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Soapmaking Ebook
An in-depth guide that teaches you how to make natural cold-process soap from scratch from the comfort of your home.
Latest Green Beauty Recipes
Simple handmade soap recipes and skincare made from herbs and flowers
Gardening Projects & Ideas
Creative garden projects and low-cost ways to grow food, herbs, and flowers in your organic garden
Latest Articles on Lovely Greens
DIY Sea Glass Stepping Stone
How to make garden stepping stones using colorful sea glass. It’s incredibly beautiful, especially when wet with rain! This project requires only a few inexpensive materials including glass pieces.
Easy Green Tomato Relish Recipe
Use end-of-the-season green tomatoes to make a sweet green tomato relish. It has a classic relish flavor, and you can use it in the same way—one of the best green tomato recipes you can make in a jar.
Indigo Soap Recipe for Natural Blue Soap
Two ways to use indigo powder to create natural blue soap. Indigo is an excellent natural soap colorant for blues that range from pale blue to deep denim. Includes an introduction to the differences between blue and green indigo powder in soapmaking.
Homegrown Indigo Pigment Extraction
How to grow Japanese indigo and extract pure indigo pigment from its leaves. Includes tips on growing it from seed,…
Welcome to Lovely Greens
I’m Tanya Anderson
Gardening and soapmaking writer, YouTube creator, and author of A Woman’s Garden. Lovely Greens is where I share ideas for growing a garden and using plants in creative ways. Please make yourself at home and sign up for the free newsletter.
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