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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February 8, 2010
Yogami, photo by Guglielmo Trupia, 2009
Creative minds are challenged to think inside of the urban parking spot in the Public Design Festival’s international Duepercinque contest during the forthcoming Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile, April 13-18.
Midondolo, photo by Masiar Pasquali, 2009
Installations, communication projects, services for…
Category: Experiencing, Guerilla Gardening!, Just For Fun, Public Gardens
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January 20, 2010
Coloured Reflections, Hal Ingberg
As some animals in the have evolved to blend in with their environments, some designers have experimented with creating environments that do the same. They have done so by utilizing techniques and materials to reflect the natural images onto…
Category: Experiencing, Garden Art, Just For Fun, Public Gardens
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