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The Year’s 20 Best: Urban Gardens 2012 Roundup!

December 31, 2012

As we round the corner from 2012 to 2013, I want to stop and thank all my readers, subscribers, and social media followers for visiting Urban Gardens since it’s launch in 2009, and for supporting my vision for blending together … Read More…

Category: Apparel, Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Bulbs and Plants, Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Art, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: best of 2012, compostable, Composting, DIY, edible clothes, edible gardens, garden shows, indoor composter, New York, Paris, Philadelphia Flower Show, potting, Urban Agriculture, urban beehives, urban beekeeping, urban gardening, urban gardens, urban plantation, Vertical Gardens
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More Urban Garden Ideas From the Golden State

March 29, 2011

As I peered through the cut out of a beautiful metal screen into landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s award-winning installation, Pi r Squared, for the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I definitely felt this designer’s invitation to Get … Read More…

Category: Bulbs and Plants, Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Decks, Patios, & Paths, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Food & Entertaining, Furniture, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
Tags: bay area gardens, garden shows, native California gardens, native plants
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California Dreaming at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

March 24, 2011

Originally from California, each time I return, I dream of moving back where the plant scents fill the air all year and where, even in supermarkets, they don’t wrap the tomatos in cellophane.

At the San Francisco Flower and Garden … Read More…

Category: Decks, Patios, & Paths, Experiencing, Food & Entertaining
Tags: garden shows, succulent gardens. living chandelier
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Philadelphia Flower Show Draws Some Ooh La La!

March 13, 2011

A planted car in The Auto Salvage Garden, created by Delaware Valley College.

With Edith Piaf ‘s La Vie en Rose in the air, it was Springtime in Paris this year at the Philadelphia International Flower Show, the world’s … Read More…

Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Experiencing, Garden Art, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: flowers, garden shows
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