March 8, 2016


From Winston-Salem’s vibrant contemporary urban center, Old Salem is just a 10 minute drive, yet it’s centuries away. Visitors to the North Carolina historic town travel back 250 years to experience 100 of America’s most authentic and comprehensive collections of … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: 18th century homes and gardens, heirloom vegetables, old salem, travel
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December 23, 2014

We love our Urban Gardens community! Thank you so much for all of your support this year. Urban Gardens traveled the world in 2014–to palace gardens in Venice and to Milan Design Week in search of cool things to share. … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: holidays, travel
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October 21, 2013


It may be my backyard, but whenever I’m in New York City I like to view it as though I’m visiting it for the first time. Join me on a visual and virtual journey to one of my favorite cities. … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Guerilla Gardening!, Public Gardens, Travel
Tags: Big Apple, Instagram, New York City, tourism, travel
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September 11, 2013

Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton
What I love about travel is that it is about more than place, it’s about storytelling. Through stories, we visitors begin to absorb the essence of where we are, both historically and in the moment, and … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Girona, girona hotel, Spain, travel
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August 16, 2013

Lately we’ve featured a few can’t-miss culinary ventures, including tasty fried flowers prepared by a foraging chef, and an idyllic restaurant famed for its onsite laboratory and farm. Here’s a quick look back at the edible innovations we’ve been exploring, … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Travel
Tags: Catalan, Catalonia, cooking, dining, farm-to-table, farms, food, foraging. edible gardens, gastronomy, Hudson Valley, Spain, sustainable agriculture, tourism, travel, urban gardens, vegetable gardens
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June 27, 2013


Imagine a self-sustained utopia laden with delicious food and drink, set amidst sandstone mountains and lush winelands. In South Africa, within an hour from the Cape Town International Airport, this utopia exists.

Babylonstoren is an historic Cape Dutch farm built … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens
Tags: Capetown, Capetown resorts, farm hotel, farm-to-table, garden tourism, getways, South Africa tourism, travel, vineyard hotel
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September 16, 2012

Neighborhood florist adverting on roof of delivery car. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
Although I have lived in Paris and visit every year, there are neighborhoods I’ve not fully explored. I like to stay in the 3rd, 4th, 5e … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Containers and Pots, Experiencing
Tags: BlogTour, maison et objet, Montmartre, Paris, Paris apartment rental, Paris Design Week, Paris garden shops, Paris walks, travel
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February 20, 2012

Contemporary London garden, Thewattspad’s Place, available for garden camping.
Garden camping is a cool new concept in which homeowners rent their private gardens to campers. From urban gardens to country estates, tourists in search of affordable garden accommodations and gardeners … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: garden accommodations, garden trends 2012, global, private gardens, travel, trends 2011
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February 23, 2011


In dire need of a respite from the relentless east coast winter, my husband and I headed to the Hotel Maroma Resort and Spa on Playa Maroma in Mexico, about half an hour south of Cancun on the Riviera Maya. … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable
Tags: beach getaway, Cancun, getaways, Maroma Resort, Mexican tropical plants, Mexico travel, quick getaways, Riviera Maya, travel, tropical plants
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May 14, 2010

Located at the intersection of fairy tale and surrealism, the new Milan hotel Maison Moschino brings nature indoors to guest rooms with names like Life is a Bed of Roses, Forest, and Ivy.

The hotel’s creative team, led by … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Lifestyle, Travel
Tags: indoor gardens, Milan, travel
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