A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. What if we could make the process happen ten times faster? Eco-entrepreneur Shubhendu Sharma’s figured out a way of growing native, self-susta

This forest of fringe Christmas trees in a rainbow of colors is made out of crepe paper but I’m thinking of trying it with recycled paper like sale flyers and maybe scraps of wrapping paper? Pop on over to the blog The House that Lars Built for the tuto

Obviously, you can't literally grow a century-old forest in just a decade, but by mimicking nature's forest-building process, it's possible to kickstart your own mini-forest.