December 18, 2017
The festivities begin as soon as I step into the streetcar.
I sit next to a woman wearing a large hat adorned with flowers and illuminated by tiny, white lights. This might seem a bit odd anywhere else, but … Read More...
Category: Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
Tags: garden tourism, New Orleans, Nola, southern travel, travel
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November 23, 2017
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton
This Thanksgiving morning I’m pondering all the things in my life for which I am grateful.
I am blessed with two great children and many dear friends. I’m grateful for my loyal readers and followers who … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Lifestyle, Travel
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October 10, 2017
With the opening of Seoullo 7017, a new elevated public park on the site of a decommissioned highway overpass, the city of Seoul has introduced a pedestrian oasis and much-needed urban green space to the central station district of its … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: elevatd park, Urban renewal, urban revitalization
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August 17, 2017
When I think disposable, I think landfill. So when I heard about the new $8 biodegradable and disposable cardboard CasusGrill, I thought, wow, this has everything–environmentally friendly, convenient, easy to use, and so compact and lightweight you can throw it … Read More...
Category: Finding
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June 12, 2017
Paris, Stockholm, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Winston-Salem, Los Angeles…In my visits across the country and abroad, I’ve experienced some compelling imagery and special moments that have captured my soul with their intriguing visual details.
The New Nordic Cuisine
The luscious beet, perched … Read More...
Category: Composting, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Public Gardens, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Travel, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
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June 6, 2017
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
“Climate change arguably represents the greatest threat of this generation. Fortunately, it also represents a tremendous opportunity.” commented L. Rafael Reif, President of MIT, in response to the US withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord.… Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
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September 23, 2016
Over fifty years after the debut of Italian architect Gae Aulenti’s first outdoor furniture collection, Locus Solus for Poltronova, Exteta has re-released the series which they launched at Milan Design Week 2016.
Exteta faithfully reproduces Aulenti’s colorful collection of … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: Gae Aulenti, Italian design, Milan Design Week, outdoor furniture
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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 9, 2016
The Netherlands is reinventing urban dairy farming. By January 2017, the port city Rotterdam will be home to the world’s first Floating Dairy Farm.
With the rapidly rising world population and land scarcity in mind, the Dutch companies behind … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture
Tags: cows, dairy, Floating Farm, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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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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