Urban Gardens » Terrariums | Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces http://www.urbangardensweb.com Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Biophilia–it’s Catching! http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/12/27/biophilia%e2%80%93its-catching/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/12/27/biophilia%e2%80%93its-catching/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:00:39 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=9977

Artist Daniel Goers, whose Scrap Ecology botanical sculptures we recently featured, runs Autumn Workshop, a Brooklyn, New York design fabrication studio where he works with “the idea of biophilia (a natural bond between humans and other living systems) and … Read More...

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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...

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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...

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Back room of the garden retreat. Photo by Robin Plaskoff Horton.

Urban Gardens was honored to be invited by friend and blog follower, Victoria Lyon of Victoria Lyon Interiors, to design Conversing With Nature: A Creative Garden Retreat… Read More...

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Vertical Garden from Plants on Walls

Containers planted with herbs. Check. Green wall hung and planted with ferns and Philodendron by our landscape partners, Eden Farms of Stamford, CT. Check. Moss birds on wall. Check. We’re gearing up for Wednesday’s … Read More...

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It’s the dead of winter and you want to use this garden down time to plan for the spring. You’ve scanned the web and all your garden books for inspiration. Now it’s time to bring pencil to paper and dig … Read More...

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Looking for something a little out of the orbinary–like a low-maintenance indoor, organically grown, succulent garden in a glass orb? Spotted these 5.25″ planted glass spheres on Etsy. You can hang ‘em alone or in groups, or set them … Read More...

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