May 12, 2022
Longwood Gardens Topiary Garden. Image via Longwood Gardens.
Edward Scissorhands had nothing on the horticultural artists who painstakingly sculpt topiaries in some of North America’s most spectacular topiary gardens. Come along with us on a virtual tour to experience some … Read More...
Category: Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Garden Tourism, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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July 13, 2021

Two floating urban parks made entirely of reclaimed plastic waste, one in the Netherlands and the other in Germany, demonstrate the value and potential of reusing plastic debris to create public green spaces.


The floating urban parks offer green open … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Public Gardens, Reclaimed & Recycled
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July 30, 2020

Hidden within a 6.4-acre botanical garden in Mexico City’s Santa Marîa la Ribera district lies an abandoned factory transformed into as a vast greenhouse garden filled with aromatic native plants.


The disused space is on the grounds of the botanical … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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June 26, 2020

The novel Cornavirus has inspired some novel ideas. From personal glass greenhouses at an Amsterdam restaurant, stuffed pandas occupying chairs in a Bangkok eatery, to pool noodle hats at a cafe in Germany, people are exercising their collective creativity to … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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