December 3, 2014
Drumroll! It’s that time of year and we’re excited to present our 2014 holiday gift guide, a curated list of 12 fun, functional, and fashionable items for home and garden. Have you been naughty or nice? No matter, we’re not … Read More...
Category: Finding
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September 18, 2014
I often think of vertical gardens as the utilitarian cousin of the decorative container garden. You’d love a vegetable garden, but your studio apartment in the city didn’t come with an acre of land. Enter the vertical garden. Focusing only … Read More...
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: edibles, gardening, gardens, small spaces design, urban gardening, Vertical Gardens
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June 30, 2014
What was once an historic movie theater within the green Parco Trivisio of Milan’s fashionable Brera design district, debuted last year as a secret garden and wellness concept lab for Gessi, the Italian Private Wellness Company.
Photo: Gessi
Appropriate to … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: BlogTour, BlogTour Milan, Gessi, Salone di Mobile 2014
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May 23, 2014
Mediterranean herbs growing among annual Salvias and Marigolds. Photo by Nicole Brait.
If you have nutrient poor soil don’t despair, you have the beginnings of a great Mediterranean herb garden.
Not only do Mediterranean herbs thrive in nutrient poor soils, … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Garden Design, Greening, Herb Gardens
Tags: edible gardens, gardening, gardens, herbs, Mediterranean Herbs, Oregano, Poor Soil, Rosemary, sage, Thyme
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April 2, 2014
Fuorisalone is where Angelo Grassi’s Ortofabricca will be on view.
I’m packing for my trip to Milan Design Week where I will be joining a stellar team of eleven design bloggers on the Modenus BlogTour. From Milan, I’ll report back … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, shopping, Travel, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Angelo Grassi, BlogTour, BlogTourMilan, Fuorisalone, Milan, Modenus, Salone del Mobile
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March 7, 2014
New York City rooftop gardens, design and photo by PullTab Design.
With your busy life, it’s highly possible you missed one of the wonderful things we’ve shared recently on Urban Gardens. Understandable. The good news is, we’ve rounded up the … Read More...
Category: Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Lighting, Reclaimed & Recycled, Sky Planters, Vertical Gardens
Tags: bidegradable lamp, composatable, compostable lamp shade, hydroponic lighting, hydroponic planter fixture, Jardins Jardin, palnted lighting, Paris, planted light fixture, vegetative lighting
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January 14, 2014
When my kids were little, they enjoyed a family hydroponic gardening project conducted on the kitchen counter. You may have done the same experiment with your kids. We put a few plant clippings into a clear glass of water so … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Hydroponics
Tags: aeroponics, ancient hydroponics, aquaponics, countertop hydroponic systems, fogponics, home hydroponic planters, hydroponic history, nutrient film systems, soiless gardening, soilless gardening, water gardening, wicking systems
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December 29, 2013
Urban Gardens readers and followers have spoken. In 2013, vertical gardens continued to reign in popularity, as did outdoor and indoor edible gardens, some of which were climbing the walls.
You loved concrete as much as I did, and the … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green Walls, Guerilla Gardening!, Reclaimed & Recycled, Travel, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: edible gardening, European garden design, garden destinations, garden travel, outdoor showers, succulent gardends, succulent wall, top 10 urban gardens posts, urban gardens, Vertical Gardens
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November 20, 2013
Pushpin birdhouse design spotted on MakerBot’s Thingiverse.
I’ve been seriously wowed lately by many of the inventive 3D printed objects I have found, like concrete planter bricks, a mini planter system with drip irrigation, and a modular vertical garden perfect … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Creating, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Vertical Gardens
Tags: 3D printed, 3D printed garden accessories, 3D printer, 3D printing, bird houses, birdhouses, self-irrigating planters, sustainable design
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