Urban Gardens

Here’s a living, growing, trophy that continues to salute winners long after it has been awarded. To illustrate the theme “naturally curious” for Paris’s 2006 edition of The Incredible Rally, a giant treasure hunt through Paris’s 11th district, the design … Read More...

In our small garden we have an unfortunate looking cedar tree which our son brought home as a seedling from a MacDonald’s Happy Meal when he was four years old. We looked forward to planting it together and watching our … Read More...

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...

Since chocolate is made from plants, this chocolate “plant” and vase from Chocolat Factory in Spain made me smile and salivate just a little. This chocolate exists for more than mere consumption: it is intended to create a user experience.… Read More...

On a visit to Terrain last month with my friend and fellow writer, Laura Matthews of Punk Rock Gardens, we spotted this fabulous Balcony Agave plant. Talk about easy to care for–it requires no water, sun, or fertilizing at … Read More...

When space is at a premium, necessity becomes the mother of invention: this hanging urban garden uses the air space outside a window. For urban gardeners and farmers without land, terraces, or balconies, Paris-based design/architecture firm Barreau&Charbonnet reinterprets the hanging … Read More...

“Sometimes a chair is not a chair, it is a multifunctional vehicle,” explains designer Ding Liu of his multifunctional piece, ‘A Beginning,’ a handcrafted pine and redwood rocking chair that converts into a tea table.

Built without any nails or … Read More...

It’s no surprise that Williams-Sonoma, one of the country’s foremost retailers of cooking equipment, would now venture outside the kitchen into the garden. With the launch on April 5 of their new seed-to-table concept, Agrarian, the brand will become … Read More...

Brooklyn’s Farrah Sit fires up some cool porcelain hanging planters stringing three together using a leather strap with brass detail. Hang them from your wall placing inside your favorite plants or herbs or use it for storage for pencils or … Read More...

Think orchids are delicate and hard to care for? Not true! Like many people, I used to believe this so I steered clear of them. But on a recent visit to Costa Farms, I learned that orchids are the … Read More...