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Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:04:43 +0000

Landscaping Network interviewed Chris Meyers of Just Terraces about designing rooftop gardens.

For homeowners, Landscaping Network provides the resources for educating themselves in advance of working with a landscape or garden professional of their choice. “Armed with the knowledge … Read More...

Garden Voyeur Inside New York City Private Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:50:35 +0000

Vines climbing the trellis-clad brick wall of Greenwich Village backyard.

I got seduced four times in one day last week. The first time was in a Chinese Garden on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Then I was swept away by the … Read More...

The Design Therapist Is Here to Help

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:18:48 +0000

Apartment Therapy’s Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan speaking at ABC Home in New York City.

“Home is a path, not a place” was the mantra at Apartment Therapy’s recent Design Evening in New York. “Home is something you do, not something you … Read More...

Urban Gardens Launches New Column at VENÜ Magazine

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:38:03 +0000

Urban Gardens (yup, that’s me, Robin Plaskoff Horton) is excited to be the creator of Exterior Motives, a new bi-monthly column for VENÜ Magazine, a vibrant and colorful print publication in Connecticut and New York. VENÜ offers … Read More...

New York City Landmarks Created From Nature

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:59:23 +0000

Photo by Robin Plaskoff Horton

Amid the glimmer and twinkle of tiny lights, G-scale model trains chug along a half-mile of track circling 140 miniature landmark buildings constructed entirely of natural materials including, bark, twigs, seeds, fruits, nuts, vines, mosses, … Read More...

Cool Blogs to Follow: Not Just Your Garden Variety

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:40:51 +0000

Photo by Ellen Shapiro, Dig-it-Blog

I’ve made some new friends in and out of the garden lately. Some I met at the Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium in Dallas last month, some through other bloggers and on Twitter, others just … Read More...

New Spin on Planters and Design

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:07:50 +0000

I came cross this cool spinning “ferris wheel” planter while researching items to include in the small two-room garden shed I am designing with interior designer, Victoria Lyon for the upcoming Stamford Designer Show House. Though the location is certainly … Read More...

Urban Gardens Featured in New Interactive Magazine

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:50:10 +0000

There’s a new kid on the interactive magazine block. Urban Gardens was a contributor to this month’s issue of Artizen Magazine, a bi-monthly online publication of Catstone Press. The magazine’s June issue features our story Summertime and the Gardenin’ … Read More...

Bridge, Tunnel, and Hidden Urban Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:26:05 +0000

Home to several lesser known urban gardens that are wonderful destinations for some quiet respite from the concrete jungle, Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs, was mostly farmland until the 1960s when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was built. … Read More...

Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are

tdomf_fd1a9 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:24:54 +0000

Sustainable Flatbush volunteers planting daffodils, 2009

More than a tree is growing in Brooklyn. Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are, presented by Sustainable Flatbush Sunday, February 21, is an afternoon of short demonstrations and hands-on workshops including seed-starting for … Read More...