August 12, 2020
Garden pots and planters come in a lot of sizes, shapes, styles and materials, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Whether yours is a small urban container garden or one that’s part of a large suburban patio, when it … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, No-Dig Gardening, Raised Beds, Rooftop Gardens
Tags: bacsac, Container Gardening, container gardens, gardening gifts, Gifts for Gardeners, lightweight concrete, metal planters, planters, plastic planters, resin planters, stone planters, terra cotta planters, textile fabric planter bags, wood planters
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May 8, 2020
As the world braces itself for the reopening’s new normal and wonders what that will look like, a waterside Amsterdam restaurant will be serving guests candlelit plant-based meals in the safety of individual glass greenhouses.
To maintain minimal physical contact … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Lifestyle, Travel
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July 18, 2018
Avant-garde botanical artist Azuma Makoto’s works are narratives about the ephemeral nature of life; fleeting moments to be experienced with passion before they disappear.
In his past works, Makoto has frozen vibrantly hued botanicals in large blocks of ice, created … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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May 8, 2018
It’s not too late to celebrate your cultivated Mom with these last minute Mother’s Day gardening gifts for the gardener!
1. Monticello Gardener’s Gift Basket
From the shop of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation residence, Monticello, comes this artfully arranged keepsake basket … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Finding, Garden Design, Gifts, Great Finds, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, shopping, Vertical Gardens
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February 2, 2018
Pasona, via Kona Design.
Ever tried growing rice at work? A Japanese company did. The Pasona Group, not only produced a bounty of nutritious food, they’ve also helped reap a healthy profit — and they aren’t farmers.
As urban populations … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Greening, Permaculture, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
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August 25, 2017
Inspired by current urban bike sharing programs, the hydroponic Bike Share Farm is a mobile solar-powered vertical urban farm that sits atop two connected bicycles. Changing bikes at each new stop is easy with this shared community farm on wheels… Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Green & Sustainable, Greening
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August 22, 2017
These are not your garden variety clothes. While fashion trends change season to season, these garments actually grow with the seasons.
Horticouture
Fashion designer Jacob Olmedo’s Wearable Gardens are a kind of HortiCouture twist on mobile gardens–portable pockets of … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
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August 7, 2017
For busy city dwellers, a monthly or quarterly gardening subscription box is an effortless way to get in the gardening groove to jump-start or maintain any size urban garden.
Perfect for those with limited time and space, these boxes arrive … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, No-Dig Gardening, Sky Planters, Terrariums, Window Boxes
Tags: gardening kits, gardening subscription boxes
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April 1, 2017
The Lyfbox Ecosystem is an app-connected indoor smart garden that combines the best of aquaponic, hydroponic, and aeroponic growing systems to enable the food consumer to become a food producer.
Perfect for urban dwellers without much space or free time … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, shopping, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: aeroponics, app-controlled garden, aquaponic gardens, closed-lopp systems, grow your own, hydroponic gardening, kitchen garden, smart garden
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