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Plant Lust

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:18:19 +0000

Calandrinia grandiflora, contributed by Cactus Jungle. Photo: Stan Shebs.

Novice and experienced gardeners alike can now, without ever leaving home, indulge their plant lust by finding the nurseries and garden centers to satisfy their botanical yearnings. Plant Lust is a … Read More...

New Electronic Field Guide Identifies Leaves in a Snap

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:10:48 +0000

Leafsnap, the new electronic field guide available for iPhone, iPad, and Android, aims to build an ever-greater awareness of and appreciation for biodiversity, by engaging users as citizen scientists, allowing them to automatically share images, species identifications, and geo-coded … Read More...

Mobile App for Green Thumbing Your Way Through NYC

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:35:16 +0000

GardenSpace NYC, a cool interactive field guide to Manhattan’s publically accessible parks and gardens, by Brooklyn-based Landscape Design Firm, Green Sky Designs, brings city dwellers closer to their urban ecosystem, bridging the gap between the plugged-in pace of the … Read More...

Create Your Own Design Mood Board

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:00:16 +0000

I just found out about OlioBoard, a site on which for free you can create your own mood board to experiment with styles, colors, products. I created the mood board above by browsing their library of thousands of items … Read More...

From Dustpan to Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:50:05 +0000

Better hanging in your urban garden than in a landfill, yes? We’ve seen all sorts of discarded items breathe new life as garden containers, and some, like this vintage dustpan spotted on Etsy, as vertical gardens. Do you have … Read More...

iPhone Garden App for Math Challenged Gardeners

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:18:14 +0000

For the math challenged gardeners among us, there’s an app for that.

The Garden Buddy iPhone garden app features a number of handy calculators as well as useful planting information. Using the native GPS location services on the iPhone, it

Does Money Grow on Your Trees?

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:26:33 +0000

Want to know the environmental and economic value your trees provide on an annual basis? The Tree Benefit Calculator allows you to make this simple estimation. Input your location by zip code to find your climate zone, add the tree

Sustainable Food Movement Takes Some Bytes

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:32:15 +0000

“We may be going back to the land, but lots of us are bringing our smart phones and laptops along,” comments Destin Joy Layne, director of the Eat Well Guide, a free online directory of fresh, locally grown and … Read More...

I’ll Trade You a Zucchini for That Kholrabi

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:18 +0000

Maybe you live in a space that can’t accommodate a vegetable garden, or you don’t have the time to cultivate one. Perhaps you weren’t blessed with a green thumb, or you were but grow much more than you can eat.… Read More...

Free Mobile App Locates Recycling Locations

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:39:01 +0000

iRecycle, a free iPhone application from Earth911.com, makes it easy to find recycling locations anywhere in the U.S. Find places to drop-off your old cell phone (or water bottle or motor oil or… well, you get the idea), get … Read More...