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Out of the Box Garden Thinking

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:52:37 +0000

It may look like a pizza box, but inside is not a pie but rather all one needs to grow what could become the pizza’s veggie toppings, and more. ALLOTINABOX™ is a super cool GYO kit complete with information to … 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...

More Urban Garden Ideas From the Golden State

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:10:22 +0000

As I peered through the cut out of a beautiful metal screen into landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s award-winning installation, Pi r Squared, for the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I definitely felt this designer’s invitation to Get … Read More...

Just Let Me Slip Something On Over My Balcony

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:51:09 +0000

It’s a challenge making the most of a small urban balcony to allow room for planting as well as dining. German designer Christian Lessing’s multi-functional balcony wall system offers the opportunity to mix and match surfaces that become a variety … Read More...

Ten Fave Features From Our Creative Garden Retreat

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:35:28 +0000

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...

Food-Growing Hydroponic Christmas Trees

tdomf_fd1a9 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:19:52 +0000

Just in time for the holidays, the team behind the Windowfarms Project, has discovered that vertical hydroponic gardens make “mighty fine Christmas trees.” Their mission is to populate the windows of the world’s existing buildings with vertical hydroponic food … Read More...

Life on the Edge in Your Urban Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:18:51 +0000

Berlin-based designer Michael Hilgers offers a fresh alternative to the traditional balcony planter box, one that is perfect for any urban garden with limited space. His On the Edge line of pots are 100% water-resistant polyethylene with two separate chambers… Read More...

Got Nature in the Bag

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:49:41 +0000

Spotted recently at the Maison & Objet design fair in Paris, the clever and very au courant Bacsac flexible container system really piqued my interest. Constructed of double-walled polypropylene canvas, a “geotextile” fabric, they are lightweight yet strong, impervious to … Read More...

Great Last Minute Urban Gardener’s Holiday Gifts

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:03:42 +0000

It’s the Holidaze, and you may have waited till the bitter end as I have. For your garden and green-loving friends and family who may be short on space, here are some cool last minute gifts that I love either … Read More...

Autumnscape Your Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:09:39 +0000

Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

Gardening in Fall is entirely dependent on the weather. If there’s an Indian Summer, there is no better time of year to be out in the garden. While gardeners in warm areas will have more to … Read More...