April 17, 2017
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton
Outdoor parties can be magical events perfect for celebrating the warmer weather and enjoying all that nature offers.
Hosting a party outdoors can also give guests more room to roam than they might otherwise have indoors. … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Food & Entertaining, Garden Design, Lifestyle, Lighting, Outdoor Furniture
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April 4, 2017
This curated selection of planters for the desktop, tabletop, or kitchen counter includes some that are so smart they practically take care of themselves. Others I have selected just for their good looks and because they’d make great design focal … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, shopping
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March 30, 2017
Munich-based brand, Agrilution, is one of many companies developing smart indoor farming systems to enable ordinary folks like us to grow fresh, healthy food in the comfort of our own homes.
With the debut of the plantCube, the company … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Urban Agriculture
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September 4, 2016
Category: Container Gardening, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Garden Tourism, Public Gardens, Travel
Tags: art installations, botanical art, Girona, Spain, Temps de Flors Festival
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August 12, 2016
I love double duty and multi-functional designs, and a lamp doubling as planter is kind of a no-brainer since plants need light. Lighting and plants are a symbiotic pairing that can be both fashionable and functional, stylish and sustainable.
Polish … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: lamp and planter. planter lamp, living lamps
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August 10, 2016
Animated GIF by David Simon from architect’s images.
Monaco-based Russian designer, architect, futuristic designer, and writer, Vasily Klyukin dreams up some spectacular “out-there” concepts. It’s no wonder that he once wrote a sci-fi novel about a society ruled by artificial … Read More...
Category: Creating
Tags: urban art installations
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July 31, 2016
All you need to be an urban farmer is a countertop or desktop. Even those living in the smallest of living spaces, city apartments with no patios, terraces, or balconies, can grow fresh micro-greens while at the same time illuminating … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Greening, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Lighting
Tags: desktop gardens, Hydroponic Gardens, indoor gardens, micro-greens
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July 30, 2016
Ecovative Interior’s Wall Flower acoustic tiles. Photo via Ecovative.
There’s a fungus amongus and it’s sprouting some cool designs. For sustainable and innovative industrial design solutions, designers and manufacturers are growing mycelium-based materials to replace wood and plastic foams.
Ecovative … Read More...
Category: Greening
Tags: biomaterials, DIY projects, Ecovative, mushrooms, mycelium, products
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May 21, 2016
Edyn gardening app.
Gardening can be a great way to disconnect from the technology that has taken over our lives. Making use of the many available garden technology apps and objects may seem in opposition to the notion of unplugging … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: garden tech, garden technology, IoT
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April 23, 2016
As 2016 is the Year of the Allium, it seemed like a good opportunity to pay tribute to this lovely genus of flowering plants. Appearing often amid the naturalistic planting schemes for which the Dutch landscape designer and father of … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: Allium, Contest, deer repellants, flowering plants, flowers, Longfield Gardens
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