Urban Gardens

While ringing in the new year, many cultures believe that consuming anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes “coming full circle,” completing the year’s cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on…

Looking for something a little out of the orbinary–like a low-maintenance indoor, organically grown, succulent garden in a glass orb? Spotted these 5.25″ planted glass spheres on Etsy. You can hang ‘em alone or in groups, or set them down on…

Andrea is an award-winning designed air filter capable of absorbing toxic gases, such as formaldehyde, from home and office environments by enhancing the natural absorptive properties of regular household plants. While plants alone in an interior setting are more efficient than…

1. Farming Freedom and Hope After Katrina

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2. Honey I’m Home! High Hives for Urban Beekeepers

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3. The Future’s Looking Up on a Rooftop Farm

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4. Window Farms: Getting the Hang of Urban Farming in Your Own Apartment

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5. Rain Barrels: It’s Pouring with Sustainable,…

Christmas in a Box, by Michael Johansson

‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…because they were all out shopping. Although it has morphed in the US, as many holidays have, into a celebration…

Photo montage by Robin Horton Design

Urban Gardens wishes you a joyful holiday
planted with the roots of a healthy and happy new year
budding with health and prosperity.
May all your dreams sprout and grow to heights never imagined!

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Green Piece, art installation, Michael Johansson, 2009

Function may follow form in this case, but who cares. I don’t know if all of the component garden tools and equipment of this piece actually work, but I think the idea is very cool.

Imagine…

While visiting my friend Andrea in her Cherry Creek, Denver neighborhood, we walked past a house we both decided was our personal favorite. No front lawn for this contemporary specimen. Instead they had laid gravel and grasses which served as…

Photo by Judy Mallett, Bloomsbury Gardens

While we deck the halls with boughs of holly during the Christmas season, the sanctity of the plant has a pagan origin. Two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate the…

Paris Hilton’s pooch resides in this canine castle

While many of us are working like dogs just to keep a roof over our heads, it may really be a dog’s life after all. Though the mortgage meltdown and falling home prices…