Urban Gardens

There are two things urban gardeners are short on: space and time.  The Urban Garden, brainchild of Bill Arquitt, resolves both of these issues, making it efficient and simple to plant a vegetable garden with up to 55 plants in a…

While we’re spending more time entertaining at home and in our gardens, a fire pit provides a wonderful place to gather with friends.  There are a number of new designs that offer warmth and ambiance in a variety of sizes and…

Here’s a little garden idea, an idea for a little garden, an idea for little gardeners, or an idea for someone who knows little about gardening.

It’s simple:
1. Open the can.
2. Pour a glass of water into the can and wait…

Cellule, a snap-together modular lattice system designed by NYTO Studios, is perfect for urban spaces, both outdoors and indoors. Each module has mounting features for cable ties that attach to railings, and a generous hole for screwing into wood, drywall, siding, brick,…

GreenovationTV which launches today, heralds itself as the first internet TV channel for green remodeling. They describe their mission as helping “green the 130 million inefficient and sometimes unhealthy homes in the U.S.  GreenovationTV inspires viewers with practical advice and real solutions…

Here are five simple things you can do help save the planet and your cash:

1. Contain Yourself, or Not
Plant an herb garden. Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still plant herbs in a pot or window box…

There’s still time to enter your urban home, school, or community garden to win one of three prize packages worth $1000. Just go to the National Gardening Association website to enter.

Deadline is April 30, 2009.

Welcome to the launch of Urban Gardens! My interest in the subject began about eight years ago when I attended a professional design workshop with famed graphic designer Milton Glaser.  At the end of the week, our assignment was to, in…