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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 more peri-urban…

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’ is Easy:…

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.

Jacques Marchais…

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 kids and adults, composting…

Carbon-Neutral Green Arts and Education Center Planned for New York City

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:22 +0000

Solar One, New York City’s first solar-powered “Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center,” that inspires New Yorkers to become environmentally responsible city dwellers, presents SOLAR 2: The First Carbon-Neutral, Net-Zero Energy Building in New York City. Construction is set to…

Hollywood Goes Holistic: Celebs on Green Auction Block

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:57 +0000

Colbert current estimated value: $1000, Oprah current estimated value: $50,000…

Want to spend a day in the studio with Howard Stern, meet Steven Colbert on the set of The Colbert Report, or go backstage with Oprah while supporting an important environmental…

Urban Go Green Expo Today in New York City

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:00:19 +0000

The UrbanGoGreen Expo takes place tomorrow, Saturday, October 24, from 10am-5pm at the 369th Harlem Armory, 40 W. 143rd Street at Lenox Avenue in New York City.

The green culture, business, career fair, and symposium promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency, recycling, sustainable…

BCIT Annual Green Action Workshop: Vancouver Urban Agriculture on Rooftops

tdomf_fd1a9 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:51:02 +0000

Not too late to sign up for the annual Vancouver Green Roof Action Workshop, today, Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 2 – 5 pm at the BCIT Green Roof Research Facility, 555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver.

The 2009 Green Roof Action Workshop…

Landscape Architects Unveil Sustainability Design and Planning Resource Guides

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:33:10 +0000

Cayuga Medical Center, Restorative Garden

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced a new series of comprehensive online resource guides on sustainable design and planning. Created for national and local policymakers, government agencies, design professionals, planners and students, the guides include hundreds of project…

Chicago’s New Plant Conservation Center Showcases Green Design

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:22:23 +0000

With a bold goal to “Save the Plants, Save the Planet,” the Chicago Botanic Garden has scheduled the opening of the Plant Science Center for members on September 22, and for the general public on September 23.

“One-third of the world’s plants…