May 20, 2013

I just found out about Garden on a Roll, a mail-order DIY garden border kit available in the UK that offers a choice of ten ornamental styles, including one shady and one “low maintenance,”and one edible border kit.

With non-gardeners … Read More…
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Urban Agriculture
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December 31, 2012

As we round the corner from 2012 to 2013, I want to stop and thank all my readers, subscribers, and social media followers for visiting Urban Gardens since it’s launch in 2009, and for supporting my vision for blending together … Read More…
Category: Apparel, Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Bulbs and Plants, Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Art, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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November 6, 2012


Radiant fall colors. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
With autumn in full swing and trees and plants ablaze with a burnished rainbow of gold, bronze, copper and ruby, nature has handed us a glorious palette of molten metal shades … Read More…
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September 16, 2012

Neighborhood florist adverting on roof of delivery car. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
I arrived in Paris last week to attend the design show Maison et Objet and absorb all I could from the concurrent Paris Design Week. If … Read More…
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Containers and Pots, Experiencing
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June 13, 2012

Three Double Knock Out® Roses surrounded by their own foliage. Photo: Robin Horton, Urban Gardens.
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
–Antoine Saint-Exupéry
I always thought roses were the … Read More…
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Experiencing
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