Urban Gardens

Wow, we sure had fun this year! From the world’s largest hanging flower pot to a mini vertical garden…gardens sprouting atop city busses and those on parking poles…The High Line in New York and its Parisian cousin…partying in … Read More…

After two snowstorms, New Yorkers might be happy to escape the cold by stepping into the 73 degree warmth of a new indoor pop-up park. If they can make an indoor park here, they can make it anywhere. New York, … Read More…

Located at the intersection of fairy tale and surrealism, the new Milan hotel Maison Moschino brings nature indoors to guest rooms with names like Life is a Bed of Roses, Forest, and Ivy.

The hotel’s creative team, led by … Read More…

The Shake Shack in Madison Square Park sports an ivy-covered roof

It’s fast food, but really good fast food, and it helps preserve an urban park. Shake Shack donates a portion of every purchase to The Madison Square Park Conservancy. … Read More…

While visiting my friend Andrea in her Cherry Creek, Denver neighborhood, we walked past a house we both decided was our personal favorite. No front lawn for this contemporary specimen. Instead they had laid gravel and grasses which served as … Read More…