July 17, 2015
Budapest-based designer Judit Zita Boros designed Plantus Planters, a system of modular indoor vertical gardens, with indoor urban gardeners in mind.
Planted Walls and Living Curtains
These modular indoor vertical gardens are double-duty systems which not only offers the … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Green Walls, planted dividers, planted privacy screens
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November 19, 2014
When iconic French architect Jean Nouvel and his botanist and landscape “artist” colleague and friend Patrick Blanc collaborate, you can expect a novel and cutting edge statement combining the best of their respective talents with the latest in green technologies, … Read More...
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: architecture, Ateliers, Biomimicry, CTBUH, Heliostat, Hydroponics, Jean Nouvel, sustainability, sustainable architecture, sustainable design, urban green
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December 11, 2012
We’ve discussed before the benefits of plants and vertical gardens–how they can not only beautify indoor and outdoor spaces, but can help decrease energy usage by providing insulation, improve indoor air quality, even provide a place to grow … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Vertical Gardens
Tags: benefits of plants, campana brothers, Firma Casa, green, green building, green facades, Green Walls, green walls for insulation, health benefits of plants, indoor plants, landscape architecture, living walls, Sao Paolo, SuperLimão Studio, sustainable design, urban gardens, Vertical Gardens
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February 15, 2011
Send out a signal to urban birds so they’ll flock to your balcony for a place to feed within the backdrop of a vertical garden. The Plantenna from Berlin-based company, Rephorm, is a combo bird feeder and plant trellis … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Vertical Gardens
Tags: bird feeder, plant trellis
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November 8, 2010
Hanging from adjustable cables, the Etcetera vertical garden system from French company, La Corbeille, forms a planted curtain where you can grow your own edibles or ornamentals while also creating privacy screening indoors or out. The modular use of … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Privacy: Walls & Screens, Vertical Gardens
Tags: hanging planters, modular plant container systems, planted wall tiles, vertical garden systems
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June 20, 2010
A group of Dutch artists have made Amsterdam a little greener with the launch in March of the Mobile Gardens, an initiative to promote vertical gardening with citizens of Amsterdam New West.
The mobile garden project, created by artists Jair … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Sky Planters, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: green, hanging gardens, mobile allotment, mobile community gardens, mobile gardens, Public Gardens, public green spaces
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March 26, 2010
With 110 transparent plastic food containers filled with leaves, branches, and a lighting source, “Packaged Vertical Gardens” climb the walls in Madrid, an urban vertical garden installation as commentary on the scarcity of available public green space.
In seeking to … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Uncategorized, Vertical Gardens
Tags: green, Greening, urban green, vertical garden
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December 3, 2022
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.
Walnut Garden Scissors
Shear style with these comfortable … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Garden Design, Gifts, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lifestyle, shopping, Terrariums
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November 9, 2021
Partner Post
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...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Decks, Patios, & Paths, Edible Landscaping, Garden Design, Herb Gardens, Outdoor Furniture, Raised Beds, shopping, Vertical Gardens
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February 7, 2021
Valentine’s Day is a good excuse (not that we ever need one) to celebrate a significant or sorta-significant other, and don’t forget dear friends. Stay home, break out some bubbly and raise a glass to those you appreciate and love. … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Gifts, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, shopping, Vertical Gardens
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