Cool Sustainable and Stylish DIY Ideas For Outdoor Solar Lighting

June 8, 2017

Line the path to your solar-lit gazebo with two rows of solar landscape lights. Via Indulgy.

Solar power is everywhere–solar-powered clothing and backpacks that charge your gadgets on the go, solar-powered camping tents, Tesla’s solar roof shingles, and even Read More...

Found it! Bright Ideas for DIY Lighting Using Repurposed Household Objects

September 3, 2013

Tomato Cage Chandelier

We were intrigued with the fun and unique lighting ideas out there all made from upcycled household objects. For the crafty out there, here are some creative DIY instructions as well as ready-to-go designs you can purchase.

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Using Outdoor Lighting to Create an Urban Oasis

December 10, 2012

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Welcome to today’s guest contributor, New York City-based lighting designer, and fellow BlogTour team member, James Bedell.

The topic of urban green space has always been fascinating to me. I’m a lifelong Queens resident and … Read More...

Lighting Up the Chrismy Tree

December 1, 2012

The contemporary Chrismy lamp designed by Teresa Sapey for Vondom, is lighting up spaces this holiday season from within. Inside its elegant vertical lines are energy saving LEDs that generate a revolving multi-hued glow of five different colors.

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Lighting the Winter Log

December 15, 2010

Nothing quite like getting bundled up and sitting outside by a warm winter fire. The Campfire Prairie, a fire pit by Dutch company Maandag, even resembles a snowflake, making it all the more winter friendly.

Made of Corten steel, the … Read More...

Lighting One Up in Public Space

February 21, 2010

Take a virtual spin through this urban environmental art installation, to be experienced, not just viewed and admired. With LEDs embedded in the cobbled surface below that bathe a steel plate suspended eight meters high by thin poles, the glow … Read More...

Girona, Spain’s Temps de Flors Festival Blends Horticulture and Art

June 6, 2024

temps-de-flors-eiffel-bridge-side-hanging-plants-urbangardenswebGustav Eiffel’s Pont de le Peixateries Velles over Onyar river. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton.

Updated June 6, 2024

The history of Girona, Spain, is as colorful as the ocher and coral-toned buildings lining the banks of the Onyar river

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Green Thumbs Up For the Gardyn Hydroponic Indoor Garden 

March 4, 2024

The Gardyn 3.0 indoor hydroponic garden.

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The Gardyn 4.0 hydroponic indoor garden is an AI-enabled hydroponic system capable of cultivating 30 full-size plants in just two square feet. Its smart functions make food-growing neophytes look like expert indoor farmers in as little as six Read More...

Urban Gardens Most Epic Holiday Gift Guide Is Here!

December 3, 2022

Urban Gardens Holiday Gift Guide

For whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here’s my biggest and greatest ever holiday gift guide packed with handpicked stylish, functional, and just plain fun home and garden gifts.

 

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Big Ideas For Optimizing Small Space Gardens

November 9, 2021

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Here’s your dilemma: You’d love an outdoor living space and garden but have a postage-stamp-sized patch of patio, balcony, porch or terrace with no earth in which to plant anything. It’s time to expand your thinking as small … Read More...

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