May 16, 2012

Inspired by the Windowfarms in her former office, Brooklyn designer Danielle Trofe attended an urban farming conference which set her in motion to design her own self-sustaining vertical garden system, Live Screen.

Hydroponic Technology for Small Spaces
Live Screen utilizes … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Vertical Gardens
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May 8, 2012

Herb², an indoor vertical garden that doubles as a terrarium room divider and flexible partition, made its debut at Fabrikaat, an exhibition at this year’s Milan Design Week.
As part of the Master of Interior Architecture and Retail … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Herb Gardens, Privacy: Walls & Screens, Terrariums, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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April 19, 2012


I come from a healthy family tree of Midwest farmers, but by the time I inherited the family’s green thumb it was actually more like a dry shade of brown. After being uprooted last year from the never-ending greenness I … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Herb Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Window Boxes
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April 17, 2012

Brooklyn’s new urban farming pop-up shop, Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply, is part of the emerging trend of retailers who are going beyond merely making products available–they are creating an experience–selling a lifestyle in offering knowledge and ideas … Read More…
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Books, Bulbs and Plants, Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Rooftop Gardens, Shade Gardening, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
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March 31, 2012

When space is at a premium, necessity becomes the mother of invention: this hanging urban garden uses the air space outside a window. For urban gardeners and farmers without land, terraces, or balconies, Paris-based design/architecture firm Barreau&Charbonnet reinterprets the hanging … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Herb Gardens, Window Boxes
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