Urban Gardens

Amsterdam-based Architectural Designer Robert van Embricqs’s practice is based on “movement and transformation combined with practicality.” The rounded beads of his Decorating Fence, above, are designed to engage children in play as they actively move the colorful beads.

Through the design of her Zoie Planter, Helen Kontouris expresses her belief that “ecology in design today, rests on the role of the designer as cultural architect, creating products with clear purpose, intelligent material appropriateness and function that arrest you … Read More...

Spotted at the Philly Flower Show: simple ceramic vases like the Dots vases, above, by Tod Newgren of Toronto company, Chive. Dots are flat round vases that hang on the wall. For the show, they grouped various colors in rows … Read More...

One of the most interesting items I spotted at the Philadelphia Flower Show wasn’t even for sale. Michael Cullen of Lichen & Moss built this vertical planter from two pieces of reclaimed perforated sheet metal that someone gave him. He … Read More...

With its Hawaiian theme, this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show did succeed in transporting me, if not to paradise, at least into my imagination for a few hours of fantasy. It did immersed me, perhaps a bit Disney-style, into the sights, … Read More...

From the mold of a genuine Chesterfield sofa, a glass textile reinforced casting was created to produce this concrete rendition suitable and “sittable” for indoors or out.

Originally created by UK-based company Gray Concrete to demonstrate the company’s molding techniques … Read More...

I’m enamored with concrete these days. The indoor/outdoor Oxygen table from Parisian company, Taporo, has a center well into which you can insert your favorite plants, or any other home accessory.

How would a row of gorgeous Granny Smith … Read More...

Photo via Cal Lane.

Artist Cal Lane wields her welder’s torch into steel objects like wheelbarrows and shovels, cutting into them delicate and intricate lace patterns transforming the once utilitarian tools into works of art.

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Gotta say, I just love these lightweight concrete dog and cat houses that double as planters from French company, Loft Dog. Even if you don’t have one, almost makes you want to get a pet just to have one … Read More...

Contemporary London garden, Thewattspad’s Place,  available for garden camping.

Garden camping is a cool new concept in which homeowners rent their private gardens to campers. From urban gardens to country estates, tourists in search of affordable garden accommodations and gardeners … Read More...