August 25, 2010

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.

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Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Garden Design, Great Finds, Hydroponics, No-Dig Gardening, Sky Planters
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June 20, 2010

A group of Dutch artists have made Amsterdam a little greener with the launch in March of the Mobile Gardens, an initiative to promote vertical gardening with citizens of Amsterdam New West.

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Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Sky Planters, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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May 19, 2010

Scheduled to break ground in early 2011, Forwarding Dallas, the product of a collaboration between Portuguese-based architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov, will run “off the grid,” acting as a working model of sustainability for cities around the globe.… Read More…
Category: Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Permaculture, Rain Gardens, Rooftop Gardens, Sky Planters, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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March 27, 2010

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…
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Garden Design, Hydroponics, No-Dig Gardening, Sky Planters, Vertical Gardens
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February 15, 2010

With Cocoon, Swedish designer Mans Salomonsen combines decoration, storage and gardening in a kitchen window sky planter. You can grow spices and store fruits in the organic shape and while cultivating both life and color into your environment. Made of … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Great Finds, Herb Gardens, No-Dig Gardening, Sky Planters
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