January 11, 2013
I love this modular and stacking HoneyComb Gardening System designed by Audrey Lea Lucardi of Brooklyn-based StudioTJOA.
Perfect for small urban spaces, the entire honeycomb structure collapses flat for shipping or storing. When assembled, it can be connected to an … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Furniture, Great Finds
Tags: double-duty design, garden furniture, garden planters, garden tools, modular, modular furniture, multi-functioning design, multipurpose furniture, outdoor furniture, outdoor storage, patio furniture, planter table, stacking furniture, urban gardens
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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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December 11, 2012
We’ve discussed before the benefits of plants and vertical gardens–how they can not only beautify indoor and outdoor spaces, but can help decrease energy usage by providing insulation, improve indoor air quality, even provide a place to grow … Read More…
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Vertical Gardens
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November 20, 2012
The Fogger is Hamburg-based studio, Vakant Design’s concept for a highly efficient, indoor-outdoor vertical garden “fogponic” planting system. A nearly self-sustainable alternative to the traditional edible garden and great for those with small urban spaces, the design compliments almost any … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: edible gardening, fogponics, growing food indoors, indoor gardening, urban gardens, vertical garden unit, verttical gardens
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November 14, 2012
Prospect Park volunteers cleaning up after the storm. Photo via Prospect Conservancy.
Since Hurricane Sandy blew in and out, many people have asked about the city’s green areas–the parks and gardens. Many of the city’s parks and public gardens suffered … Read More…
Category: Experiencing
Tags: Hurricane Sandy, New York City, NYC Parks, Sandy, urban farms, urban gardens
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July 13, 2012
Around 500 visitors braved London rain showers over the weekend for The King’s Cross Picnic, a pop-up picnic garden installed in a neglected cut-through in King’s Cross for the London Festival of Architecture.
Local architects Squire and Partners in … Read More…
Category: Experiencing
Tags: pop-up gardens, urban gardens
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July 7, 2011
Passing a yin-yang floor mosaic that leads to the front door. Photo: Robin Horton.
On a warm Saturday at the end of June, armed with a GPS, I navigated around the labyrinth of Los Angeles freeways and surface streets for … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: Garden Art, sustainable architecture, urban gardens
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May 31, 2011
The rooftop garden of the Boldiston apartment in Melbourne, Australia, is an urban oasis filled with the homeowners’s collective finds, including an outdoor lamp sourced from Stockroom in Kyneton, “a birthday present from my lovely wife,”says Mark Boldiston.
The three … Read More…
Category: Experiencing, Rooftop Gardens
Tags: urban gardens
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March 17, 2011
Talented landscape design duo Susan Morrison and Rebecca Sweet’s new book Garden Up! is out and you’ve seriously gotta get your hands on one.
A fan of vertical gardening, I love how these gals have packaged their combined creativity with … Read More…
Category: Books, Finding, Vertical Gardens
Tags: containers, garden books, small space gardening, urban gardens, Vertical Gardens
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