Drainspotting: Just Don’t be a Manhole

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.


Matsimoto, Japan

In Japan there is a…

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Vertical Gardens Direct From Your Grocery Aisle

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…

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Greetings That Blossom Into Urban Gardens

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…

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Greening Flatbush: Garden Where You Are

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…

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Have Travel, Will Garden: Chicago Plants Rail Car

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,…

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