Urban Gardens» Extending the Season | Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces http://www.urbangardensweb.com Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Holly Jolly Christmas http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/12/20/holly-jolly-christmas/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/12/20/holly-jolly-christmas/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:37:26 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=2291 Judy_Xmas-'09
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…

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Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

Gardening in Fall is entirely dependent on the weather. If there’s an Indian Summer, there is no better time of year to be out in the garden. While gardeners in warm areas will have more to do than…

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Community and urban gardens are an important component of making sustainable communities. The National Community Gardening Week is an opportunity for your local government to show support by publicly promoting community gardens August 23 – 29.

According to the Department of Agriculture website,…

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With the gardening season in full-swing, many urban gardeners are beginning to plan next year’s garden. With the national economic recession still lingering, many urbanites are in their first year of gardening, or planning their first garden for next year.  Below…

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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,…

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