Urban Gardens

Photo courtesy of  Ohanaware.

iPhone apps are sprouting up like…weeds. Here’s a helpful guide to some of the best apps out there. In an earlier post, I wrote about iPhorest, the app that allows you to plant a real tree. To further…

Three days after the sweet success of the Beekeeper’s Ball, in a continuing effort to legalize urban beekeeping in New York City, Just Food is sponsoring  a virtual Hidden Hives Tour tonight at Jimmy’s No. 43.  Explore the incredible hidden world of…

Ilkka Halso, Restoration, C-Print on aluminum,125 x 171 cm, artist’s collection © Ilkka Halso

Nature in a Kit, which opens tomorrow at the Musée de Design et d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains in Lausanne,  examines the position and “quality” of nature today and the use…

If you don’t have a pot to…sit in…here’s one from Casamania. If you don’t have room in your garden for a pottin’ shed, then at 143.5cm wide x 160cm deep x 160cm high for the smallest model, you may not…

I love these fresh and colorful designs by Australian designer Surya Graf. “His design has a major influence from new technologies,” according to his website, “combined with an innovative and experimental use of existing materials and processes. While always focused on…

Watch your salad practically grow itself. There are a number of products available that make growing your own salad greens and other vegetables a cinch. The 3-pod and 6-pod AeroGardens have an aerator to directly oxygenate the water, and their seed…

Reuse the haulm, from potatoes to gherkins, courtesy of Instructables

Do something good for your fellow gardeners in cyberspace by showing them how to turn their reused and recycled objects into something functional for use in their gardens. One of my favorite how-to-do-everything-yourself websites, Instructables, is featuring…

Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I’ve got a bad case yellowing yew! A few days ago I published a post about black thumbs. With all the knowledge out there and, now, with some of that even available on your iPhone,…

Share your urban garden sanctuary with your fine feathered friends: create an oasis that’s for the birds. The organic bird table by Eva Solo is a 5-liter glass container with a synthetic base that floats above the ground. The table also functions as…

Cross-posted from Not Eating in New York

Rooftop Farm for the Future: A rustic scarecrow looms before the skyline of Manhattan’s midtown skyscrapers. Under its watch lie more than 30 varieties of vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs on a rooftop in Greenpoint,…