July 11, 2018
Imagine living in a self-sustaining eco-village of homes enclosed in greenhouses?
A new community in the Netherlands will harness the latest technologies to create a closed-loop system that will produce its own solar and biogas power, grow organic vegetables,
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Category: Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Greening, Lifestyle, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
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April 21, 2018
For a rooftop terrace in Barcelona’s Horta district, landscape designers Jordi Sanchez and Nico Doblado of Simbiosi Studi created a unique outdoor sanctuary with a retro aesthetic influenced by Japanese art.
Sanchez and Doblado’s plan interpreted the expressed interests of … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Lifestyle, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Rooftop Gardens, Vertical Gardens
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February 28, 2018
I’m riding 130 feet in the air at the top of the world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel. From my vantage point above the Santa Monica Pier at Pacific Park, I have a panoramic view of the surrounding Southern California coastline. … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Lifestyle, shopping, Travel
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February 8, 2018
Photo via Living Lights.
Read by the light of your arugula and kale? Researchers at MIT in Massachusetts are embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of plants and vegetables such as arugula, kale, spinach, and watercress to create…edible lights and … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Greening, Indoor Gardening, Lifestyle, Lighting
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December 21, 2017
We’ve all heard the aphorism, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.” The phrase comes from Robert Frost’s 1915 poem Mending Wall. In the poem, two neighbors disagree about a stone wall separating their properties, one with pine trees, the other apple … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Lifestyle, Privacy: Walls & Screens, Shade, Shade Gardening
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