August 22, 2013

When an abandoned rusted bicycle had outlived its usefulness as trustworthy transportation, American-born and Berlin-based artist, Brad Downey, mounted it on an equally rusty bike rack and then transformed it into a working fountain.


With an established reputation for public … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Art, Green & Sustainable, Public Gardens, Reclaimed & Recycled
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August 16, 2013

Lately, we’ve featured a few can’t-miss culinary ventures, including tasty fried flowers prepared by a foraging chef, and an idyllic restaurant famed for its onsite laboratory and farm. Here’s a quick look back at the edible innovations we’ve been exploring, … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Travel
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August 9, 2013

Though I have been there several times, it’s a new experience each time I visit Stone Barns, a year-round working farm, living classroom, and laboratory set on a six acre parcel of the former Rockefeller estate, 80 acres in Pocantico … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Permaculture, Travel
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August 4, 2013

Like the nearby open fields where La Calendula’s owner-chef Iolanda Bustos forages for flowers and herbs, her restaurant’s exposed kitchen resembles a verdant theater in the round, a center stage surrounded by the colorful bounty she gathers every day between … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens
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August 2, 2013


Just twenty minutes from Cancun, away from the parties and chaos, a new resort called Nizuc is quietly doing its part to preserve the lush local landscape.

Photo: Sarah Amandolare, Urban Gardens.
Set on the grounds of what was once … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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