Urban Gardens

Dung bunnies happen. These were borne out of Denver artist Susan Bell’s quandary about what to do with the copious quantities of manure produced by her two horses. Bell, a painter, was inspired when former New York City Mayor Giuliani’s … Read More…

More sod stories abound. Living furniture makes another debut,  this time growing from Japanese  studio, Mindscapes, who want you to sit on their grass–covered furniture.

The white feet make the stools look a bit like animals.

Fancy a … Read More…

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…

If you were wandering through Belgium’s Parc de Chaudfontaine, you might become awestruck by a giant clothespin “pinching” the grass landscape. Artist Uysal Mehmet Ali’s Pinching Earth plays with our perception of scale: the clothespin is 20 times greater than … Read More…

French Harvest Apron, from $34

Stone, metal, wood, jute, cloth, and even manure are among the materials found in the goods at Dirt Couture, the cool new online shop featuring handcrafted artisan-produced products made in the USA.

Cindy McNatt, … Read More…