How to makes Plants like in Avatar?

So im thinking of making plants like in avatar, with that lights and glow effect, im wondering how to do this, would it be possible to make a whole new leaf texture or maybe a shader? any ideas how i can achieve this?

 

I would make the model, unwrap it, paint a texture. Then I'd make an emmissive map for the "glow". Then use a shader which supports Emissive properties.

 

thanks