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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...

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...

Mini Vertical Garden for Balcony, Patio, or Kitchen

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:31:52 +0000

Looking for a living wall or vertical garden system to screen your balcony while you grow veggies, fresh aromatic herbs, or flowers either indoors or out? The modular system is great for creating a small green wall or larger vertical … Read More...

Eco-Awesome Urban Gardens Gift List

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:57:17 +0000

Lovi foldable wood trees, from 12″ to approximately 4ft at Lovi Shop (website lists retailers by country)

Here at Urban Gardens we’ve made our list and checked it twice…our 2010 gift list is here:

Put some “fun” in functional: Loose … Read More...

Balcony Farming With Flexible Organic Growing System

tdomf_fd1a9 — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:08:48 +0000

In the realm of patio or balcony farming for enjoying home grown organic vegetables, another new kid on the block, The UrBin Grower, is pretty nifty for those living in limited spaces. The compact all-in-one system works by facilitating … Read More...

Things Looking Up for Your Urban Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:14:43 +0000

Lacking floor space or just want to add plants to the upper reaches of your living space while at the same time conserving water and purifying the air you breathe? You may want to consider the Boskke Sky Planter.

Since … Read More...

Vertical Farming on Rise for Urban Food Supply

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:00:24 +0000

Valcent Product’s VertiCrop system of hanging gardens

By 2050 more than 80% of the world’s population is expected to be living in urban areas. How will we feed them? Vertical farming offers a highly effective, sustainable, and cost-efficient solution. On … Read More...

NYC Urban Garden Event Today

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:37:09 +0000

Today, April 25, from 10 am to 4 pm, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and the NYC Parks Department, along with presenting sponsor Organic Gardening magazine, invite New Yorkers to this annual, FREE outdoor festival that promotes community gardening, tree … Read More...

Stringing Together an Urban Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:51:25 +0000

What started out two years ago as the whimsical project of Fedor, a Dutch fellow about whom nobody seems to know much, has blossomed into a series of string gardens: planted hanging gardens that are a variation of … Read More...