Urban Gardens

Pruning is the selective removal of parts of a plant. And although I believe less is more, selective means subjective so on a city stroll, it’s not uncommon to find examples of overzealous prune jobs. 

In his series of photographs … Read More...

Photo by Caroline Voagen Nelson.

What happens when a New York–based treehouse architect gets a hold of oak trees felled by Hurricane Sandy? 

He creates a site-specific art installation at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Treehouse architect Roderick Romero utilized salvaged … Read More...

Fill it for storage, use as a planter, or flip it over as seating. However or wherever you use it, Duo will add a punch of color to any indoor or outdoor room.

Made of a rotational molded polyethylene/thermoplastic polymer … Read More...

What began as Danish designer Line Grüner’s thesis project, recently got rolling as the Urban Green House, a rather stylish but functional mobile greenhouse on wheels developed and designed for the small space metropolitan dweller.

Although initially intended for her … Read More...

A contemporary twist on the Victorian Tête à Tête love seat–aka the courting bench, kissing bench, or conversation bench where two people face opposite directions–the outdoor Double View bench easily switches from a side by side to facing position.

Just … Read More...

I spotted and fell in love with these colorful outdoor poufs for which Australian designer Cindy-Lee Davies utilizes post-consumer waste, employing traditional crocheting techniques to weave nylon equestrian ropes over old tires.

Whimsically called Tis Knot, the covers are fully … Read More...

How’s this for inventiveness? During Milan Design Week at Zona Tortona, designers from Testi di Legno exhibited a cool compact kitchen design assembled entirely from select Ikea pieces.

Designers Elia Maurizi and Francesco Pepa’s Unacucina kitchen would work well in … Read More...

I spotted this today on Instructables (from member pienkc) and just had to share. I’m not suggesting we all go out and steal a shopping cart, but if you happen to come across a rejected or trashed one, this … Read More...

A 450-pound pivoting teak entry door leads into this private oasis tucked away into the side of Santa Monica Canyon, part of my hometown, the urban west Los Angeles County seaside city of Santa Monica. Walking distance to the beach, … Read More...