Urban Gardens » Urban Gardens | Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces http://www.urbangardensweb.com Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Indoor Hydroponic Vertical Garden Screen http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2012/05/16/indoor-hydroponic-vertical-garden-screen/ http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2012/05/16/indoor-hydroponic-vertical-garden-screen/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:41 +0000 Robin Plaskoff Horton http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=11729

Inspired by the Windowfarms in her former office, Brooklyn designer Danielle Trofe attended an urban farming conference which set her in motion to design her own self-sustaining vertical garden system, Live Screen.

Hydroponic Technology for Small Spaces
Live Screen utilizes … Read More...

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If awarded  funds from the Partners in Preservation grant, The New York Botanical Garden hopes to conduct a comprehensive restoration of the Rock Garden Cascade.

Urban Gardens wants to give you a $50 American Express gift card for entering this … Read More...

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Tall bamboo extends to the second floor from the lobby below. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

The five-story Japan Society building in Manhattan stands apart from its granite and limestone neighbors, a flat black modern reinforced concrete “bento box” … Read More...

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A while back Urban Gardens debuted the Trook, UK designer Geoffrey Fisher’s bespoke carved hooks made from found wood. We are now pleased to announce the arrival of the Trook’s as yet un-named sibling, a hook that holds a … Read More...

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Chickens at P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Retreat. Photo: Urban Gardens.

I got to talk chicken with award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert, P Allen Smith, when I was a guest recently for the second annual Garden2Blog at his … Read More...

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UK pothole gardener extraordinaire, Steve Wheen, recently touched ground in Milan to plant 14 of his ubiquitous small-scale gardens during Milan Design Week. Italian auto manufacturer Lancia, who recently launched a new range of eco cars and was … Read More...

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Herb², an indoor vertical garden that doubles as a terrarium room divider and flexible partition, made its debut at Fabrikaat, an exhibition at this year’s Milan Design Week.

As part of the Master of Interior Architecture and Retail … Read More...

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Here’s a great way to extend and blend the boundaries between indoors and out. For a designer show house where we helped convert a potting shed into a Creative Garden Retreat, we upcycled ordinary terra cotta garden pots into … Read More...

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The Armstrong house garden in Corona, Queens. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

The great jazz artist, Louis Armstrong spent his last 28 years in a modest home in Corona, Queens. Armstrong’s fourth wife Lucille purchased the house in 1943 … Read More...

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When I spotted these colorful modular vertical planter systems at the Independent Garden Centers show, they reminded me of Uten.Silo, the classic 1969 wall storage containers designed for Vitra by Dorothee Becker. Their design cousin, Bellavaz, are modular self-watering … Read More...

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