February 25, 2025

The view looking down into the park from the entrance above.
Updated April 2025
The scent of aromatic plants wafted in the air as I climbed the steps near the Place de la Bastille to reach the world’s first elevated … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Public Gardens
Tags: European parks, Paris, Public Gardens, public parks
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July 5, 2017

In the Parisian suburb of Romainville, a vertical farming project will transform the concept of urban agriculture in a “vegitecture” complex whose small production loop will enable residents to buy produce directly from their local urban farm.

In a … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Rooftop Gardens, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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January 31, 2016

It was apparent during my recent visit to the design show Maison & Objet in Paris, that furniture and home accessories brands traditionally known for interior products are venturing outdoors.

As evidence of the trend toward indoor-outdoor living, the show … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: concrete furniture, garden hoses, hanging gardens, indoor-outdoor design, Maison & Objet 2016, paris design, planters
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September 2, 2015

Parisian Architect Stéphane Malka addresses the economic inequities inherent in urbanization in a concept that re-imagines how people might live in today’s mobile world–in this case, hanging off the side of the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris.

Malka thinks people … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: architecture, Stéphane Malka, urban spaces
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March 27, 2015

Perched atop rolling mobile gardens adorned with plants, insect hotels, branches, shells and more, a group of spirited young women and girls–Princesses of the Earth and Climate–paraded recently down Paris’s rue du Chemin Vert (which happens to translate … Read More...
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: agricultural bi-products, eco-art, ecological consciousness, environmental issues, International Women's Day, Le Petite Rockette, mobile gardens, Paris Label, Princesses of the Earth and Climate, seed diversity, sustainability, urban sustainability
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February 20, 2014

MaPharmacie is a Paris pharmacy of a greener kind. On the exterior, the standard green flashing cross which represents French pharmacies, belies what’s inside. Tinctures and capsules appear to float on living walls of medicinal plants, all reflected in mirrors … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Indoor Gardening, Vertical Gardens
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August 12, 2013

Photo: Mairie de Paris.
Paris is transforming an utterly urban area along the River Seine to a cleaner, greener space. A new Left Bank promenade called the Berges de Seine (Banks of the Seine) was unveiled last month, and is … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Greening, Herb Gardens, Permaculture, Raised Beds, Urban Agriculture
Tags: Paris cycling, Paris riverfront, Paris tourism
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July 28, 2013

Move over perpetrators of urban graffiti, yarn and Lego bombing, and even the pothole gardener!
Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera wove a tale in the streets of Paris to call attention to the city’s many potholes in need of repair.



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Category: Creating, Guerilla Gardening!
Tags: lego bombing, Paris, Parisian Street Art, Parisian street artist, street art, street artist, urban street art, urban street artists, yarn bombing
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May 26, 2013

Photo: Adrian Leeds.
Hidden within the walls surrounding Paris’s National Archives, there lies a quiet haven of tranquil gardens perfect for a quiet city escape. Located in the heart of the Marais, one of the city’s most stylish neighborhoods, the … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design, Public Gardens
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