Zoie Planter Brings Green Style Indoors

March 8, 2012

Through the design of her Zoie Planter, Helen Kontouris expresses her belief that “ecology in design today, rests on the role of the designer as cultural architect, creating products with clear purpose, intelligent material appropriateness and function that arrest you … Read More...

Bringing Nature Inside With These Classic Plants

October 17, 2011


Paperwhite bulbs started now provide fragrant white flowers in time for winter holidays. Photo by Kairu Yao via Flickr.

This post is part of a series of exchanges between Urban Gardens and Seasonal Wisdom, exploring the latest in gardening, Read More...

Culinary Herb Barn Raising

March 7, 2011

Soup’s on. Now snip a few culinary herbs from your ECOGRO Herb Barn and toss ’em in.

“My love of gardening and plants in general coupled with my craft was the inspiration for ECOGRO,” says the designer, W.A. Francis, who … Read More...

Photosynthesis in Your Living Room

July 27, 2010

New from French company, La Corbeille: a combination standing lamp and plant container. The fabric lampshade rests on the top rim of the pot until you pull it up to turn it on–providing light for the plant and illuminating … Read More...

Sitting on the Garden Throne

April 13, 2010

“I’d like to garden, but I don’t have any space for one.” Or, I’d like a garden, but I don’t have time to water it.” Like many people who have “aha” moments in the bathroom, Charles McCarthy conceived of this … Read More...

Table Those Plant Containers

February 18, 2010

This beautifully crafted mahogany and maple table by California designer Greg Zulkie has three stainless steel pots for holding anything from plants to pens. Viewed from the top, one can see how the mahogany “stitches” the maple surfaces together.

Over … Read More...

Au Revoir Paris: Bringing Home the Garden

January 27, 2010

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Patrick Blanc vertical garden wall behind glass at Marité et François Girbaud shop in Paris

It’s been a week of creative inspiration and as I pack it all up from Paris for my to return to New York, I will Read More...

Great Last Minute Urban Gardener’s Holiday Gifts

December 18, 2009

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It’s the Holidaze, and you may have waited till the bitter end as I have. For your garden and green-loving friends and family who may be short on space, here are some cool last minute gifts that I love either Read More...

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