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You don’t have to ask why the chicken crossed the road to get to one of these sophisticated coops. It’s an idea that seems to be hatching all around us, an extension of the urban farming trend that has city … Read More…

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has announced today’s opening of LentSpace, which transforms an entire city block into a platform for contemporary art exhibitions complemented by public programs. A model for citywide land use, this temporary project—made possible by the … Read More…

The Big Scrubber is the brainchild of Ben Baker, a talented post graduate student who studied furniture design at Bucks New University in the UK.

Ben says, “Occasionally we have items around us that can get taken for granted and … Read More…

No, it’s not a picnic basket. It’s a woven willow coffin.

Gives new meaning to going green. If you want to die really green, you can first arrange to be embalmed with ultra low impact chemicals, then buried … Read More…

One night the big bad wolf, who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw.
He said “Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I’ll huff … Read More…

Go ahead, get inebriated for the common good. Every time you drink a Treetini, a tree gets planted. The Treetini is a martini made with VeeV acai spirit. The recipe changes seasonally in a commitment to use local and organic … Read More…

The world’s biggest collection of non-nettly-looking nettles – or Urticaccae, for those in the know–as well native plants and flowers, are sprouting vertically up the exterior walls of The Athenaeum Hotel in London. The city’s humid microclimate is the perfect … Read More…

Urban Gardens occasionally publishes guest posts in an effort to provide readers with a variety of perspectives. The following is a guest post from Nikhil Aziz, Executive Director of Grassroots International.  Mr. Aziz is responsible for the content of … Read More…

If you can handle worms in your kitchen, then Studio Gorm’s Flow Kitchen might appeal to you. It’s a living kitchen where nature and technology are integrated in a symbiotic relationship, processes flow into one another in a natural cycle, … Read More…

Kalib Lee harvesting vegetables from the garden on 55th Street between Haverford Avenue and Line Street on Thursday. He and other Veggie Kids offer their produce to neighbors in West Philadelphia’s Haddington section for $1 a bag. Photo by Bonnie … Read More…