October 8, 2010
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…
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Books, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Great Finds, Public Gardens
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July 6, 2010
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…
Category: Container Gardening, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Reclaimed & Recycled, Vertical Gardens
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June 10, 2010
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…
Category: Books, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Great Finds, Lifestyle
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April 17, 2010
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…
Category: Composting, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design
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November 10, 2009
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 … Read More…
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Solar Energy
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