March 28, 2010
Palo Alto, California manhole cover
When I come across a beautiful sewer drain cover, I feel a little flicker of joy seeing an object covering a not-so-pleasant space bringing a bit of beauty to the environment.
In Japan there is a…
Category: Experiencing, Garden Art, Guerilla Gardening!, Just For Fun, Reclaimed & Recycled
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March 26, 2010
With 110 transparent plastic food containers filled with leaves, branches, and a lighting source, “Packaged Vertical Gardens” climb the walls in Madrid, an urban vertical garden installation as commentary on the scarcity of available public green space.
In seeking to promote the preservation…
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Just For Fun, Uncategorized, Vertical Gardens
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February 20, 2010
City: PostCarden’s urban garden for the tabletop horticulturist
The card that keeps on cultivating… PostCarden is a post card that unfolds into a garden. You send it and the recipient just adds water, light, and some daily love. Comes with seeds and instructions…
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Just For Fun
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February 12, 2010
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…
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Just For Fun, Permaculture, Public Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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February 9, 2010
The Mobile Garden, recently approved by the Chicago Transit Authority, will add green space to the windy city as straphangers enjoy a flatcar train garden during their commutes. The moving urban garden, to become a part of regular transit service,…
Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Just For Fun, Raised Beds
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