Most people would recycle them, toss them in the garbage or sell them in an antique store, but Elmer Long created a roadside attraction when he began making art sculptures with the thousands of glass ...

Anyone who knows me at all knows I love glass in the garden — colorful reflective “gazing” balls, flower beds lined with up-ended beer bottles, a cactus and succulent collection mulched with smooth ...

AKRON, Ohio - Deidre Betancourt is used to getting puzzled looks and wisecracks about the tree sprouting from her yard. It's not a living plant, but a bottle tree - a tree-shaped metal frame with wine ...

Looking for a holiday gift for the gardener who has everything? How about a bottle tree? The decorative “trees” — with colored glass bottles for “branches” — are a tradition in the rural South and the ...

A 36-foot glass pine tree will grow this month in Wisconsin with the help of participants who will string melted recycled glass into a sparkling structure. “The goal is, create an environment where ...

Dubbed the "World's Tallest Glass Tree," a winter attraction is back on display in a popular lake town 90 miles from Chicago. The winter art installation is constructed using 3,000 pounds of recycled ...

Dec. 15: The corner of Neil and Washington streets in downtown Champaign was a beehive of activity as artist Jason Mack and a team of workers built a 31-foot-tall glass Christmas tree. ‘I’ve talked to ...