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Terraformed Terrace in the Sky

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:06:56 +0000

Created from a lightweight concrete, plants, and moss, artist Robert Cannon refers to his sculptures and containers as Terraforms, which literally means “earth-shaping” or the process of “deliberate modification of the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be … Read More...

Produce Hoisted From Rooftop Vertical Farm to Kitchen

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:00:51 +0000

Bell, Book, and Candle Chef, John Mooney, using pulley to send crops down to restaurant below. Photo: Shawn-Erik Toth.

Food doesn’t get any fresher or local than this: Manhattan restaurant Bell, Book, and Candle’s Owner/Chef John Mooney and I … 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...

Urban Farm in a Shop

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:43:46 +0000

Launched in March, FARM:shop hopes to bring the countryside to the city. Photo: London Permaculture.

“People will think you’re crazy, then they’ll love it” commented Jamie Oliver on a recent visit to the FARM:shop, a once derelict London shop … Read More...

Garden Voyeur Inside New York City Private Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:50:35 +0000

Vines climbing the trellis-clad brick wall of Greenwich Village backyard.

I got seduced four times in one day last week. The first time was in a Chinese Garden on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Then I was swept away by the … Read More...

Design Challenge: Ten Urban Balcony Garden Ideas

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:39:53 +0000

Grass Mosaic

Garden Unique, a new premium outdoor section of spoga+gafa opening in September in Cologne, Germany, is sponsoring Garden Goes Balcony, a design contest inviting new or established designers to submit fresh ideas for creative balcony spaces. … Read More...

Melbourne Rooftop Garden Offers Urban Oasis

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:38:07 +0000

The rooftop garden of the Boldiston apartment in Melbourne, Australia, is an urban oasis filled with the homeowners’s collective finds, including an outdoor lamp sourced from Stockroom in Kyneton, “a birthday present from my lovely wife,”says Mark Boldiston.

The three … 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...

Inside Peek at New York Urban Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:00:46 +0000

I admit I was riddled with garden envy when I attended an urban gardens tour a few weeks ago presented by the French Institute Alliance Française of New York as part of their Art de Vivre series. Curated by Marie-Dominique … Read More...

Mobile Urban Gardens in Upcycled Parcels

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00:05 +0000

Welcome the itinerant gardener, not the one who travels from plot to plot, but the one whose community gardens travel from spot to spot. We’ve written about mobile gardens before, but these self-contained gardens go beyond being simply plant-growing mobile … Read More...