Urban Gardens

I’m smitten by Hungarian-born designer Gabriella Asztalos’s hanging planters, which she calls Floating Gardens–suspended from above by thin metal cables, they appear to float in mid air.

The sleek metal planters bring an industrial aesthetic to an interior or … Read More...

Geometric designs are trending and I love how these architectural vases and planters contrast beautifully with a plant or floral arrangement’s organic form. 

1. Icosahedron Concrete Planter

Get it at Anson Design for $10.00.

2. Geometric Ribbed Planter Pot… Read More...

Naturalist designers in St. Petersburg, Russia are creating innovative planters, vases, vessels and other objects for plants. They’ve got planters that hang and climb walls, vases with their own shelves, geometric multi-pot units, and even planters inspired by Sputnik.

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For those of us who have downsized to smaller digs where space is at a premium, there’s a new self-watering modular pot system for growing plants, herbs and flowers indoors in compact areas.

Connect a Pot fits well into the … Read More...

Remember those Isosceles and Scalene triangles you learned about in school? Brooklyn designer Farrah Sit would make Euclid proud. She creates objects, like her Tetra, Graphite, and Ballast planters using these geometric shapes. 

Ballast collection of matte stoneware planters.

Sit … Read More...

Crece Jicama is a collection of hanging ceramic pots inspired by the shape and texture of Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), a native Mexican climbing vine and root vegetable popular in Mexican cuisine. 

The handcrafted pots hang from long rust-hued leather straps, … Read More...

In the hands of Parsons School of Design grads, Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse, a local sail maker’s post-production sailcloth waste and scrap boat covers have been reborn as planters. Not just planters, but portable flat-folding, space-saving babes that … Read More...

When I was first dating my husband, I had no idea he was a gardener and worked at a garden center during the day. I met him when he was playing in a band at a local concert.

I remember … Read More...

When my kids were little, they enjoyed a family hydroponic gardening project conducted on the kitchen counter. You may have done the same experiment with your kids. We put a few plant clippings into a clear glass of water so … Read More...