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Inside Peek at O’Hare Airport’s Vertical Farm

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:56 +0000

After traveling a lot for the majority of my career, airport delays are usually not something I get excited about. However, a recent (cancelled) trip from Columbus, Ohio to my home in Chicago (and a resulting wait … Read More...

Urban Gardens 2011 Eco-Awesome Holiday Gift List

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:50:51 +0000

I’m so excited to share these hand picked eco-friendly and well designed goodies from my holiday wish list! I’ve selected mostly experiential gifts–creative things that your friends and family can do with their own hands. How about … Read More...

Moving Outdoor Gardens Indoors for Winter

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:29:25 +0000

Indoor plants on a New York City windowsill enjoying the view. Photo: mccorvie.net

The days of warm weather are quickly slipping away, now being replaced by cooler temperatures. It’s time to transfer plants from the outdoors to inside for the … Read More...

Five Easy Steps for Creating an Indoor/Outdoor Vertical Garden or Green Wall

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:09 +0000

You don’t have to be Patrick Blanc to create your own vertical garden. In even the smallest spaces, you can plant up instead of out with modular pocket planters like those from Woolly Pockets. Design your own green living wall … Read More...

Brown Thumbs Up for the Biome Terrarium

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:42:42 +0000

No green thumbs needed here: Biome, by London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson, is a smart terrarium powered and managed by an iPad or smartphone which controls its climate, water level, and nutrients. Sunlight for the mini eco-system is replicated … Read More...

Holistic and Social Container Gardening Kit

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:38 +0000

8 is a holistic container gardening kit that, in the designer’s words, “unites the social elements of food, ethical and moral issues about food production, and contemporary technology.” I love the classic, handmade quality of Derksen’s design. In this digital … Read More...

New York City Residence With Four Terraces

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:33:20 +0000

When JoJo Demirel and her husband Baris moved into their new place in Red Hook, Brooklyn last April, their first order of business was to put up a greenhouse.

The couple had always shared a love of gardening but only … Read More...

An Urban Garden Cocktail Party

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:01:33 +0000

Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

In 2006, Chicago resident LaManda Joy and her husband Peter purchased “a yard with a house attached to it.” The couple explain that they did this “for the sole, myopic, obsessive purpose of growing a … Read More...

Design Inspiration From Independent Garden Center Show in Chicago

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:43:35 +0000

I’ve just returned very fired up from several days at the Independent Garden Center Show. I brought back with me so many new ideas and so much cool product information that it’s going to take me a while to … Read More...

This Planter Really Sucks!

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:46:39 +0000

Young Dutch designing duo Nathan Wierink and Tineke Beunders think herb planters suck. Their transparent planters adhere right on the window with suction cups. Kitchen gardening just got really cool.

“Buy your kitchen herbs ready-made in a supermarket,” instruct the … Read More...