July 14, 2010
Located in a prime urban location in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Hotel de la Paix fuses ancient Khmer influences with modern art deco design.
The urban gardens offer a oasis of calm and verdant beauty, steps from the city center and … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: Cambodia, conservation, garden travel, save the elephants, urban gardens
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July 6, 2010
I came cross this cool spinning “ferris wheel” planter while researching items to include in the small two-room garden shed I am designing with interior designer, Victoria Lyon for the upcoming Stamford Designer Show House. Though the location is certainly … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Reclaimed & Recycled, Vertical Gardens
Tags: designing garden shed, garden shed, recycled garden accessories, Stamford CT
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April 17, 2010
Home to several lesser-known urban gardens that are wonderful destinations for some quiet respite from the concrete jungle, Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs, was mostly farmland until the 1960s when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was built.
Jacques … Read More...
Category: Composting, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Garden Design
Tags: children's gardens, garden travel, Public Gardens, staten island public gardens, travel, urban gardens
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July 6, 2009
How green is…Cleveland? Cleveland, Ohio is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire by celebrating the re-birth of a much greener city. The fire occurred on June 22, 1969 when some molten steel fell from a passing train … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Greening, Permaculture, Rooftop Gardens, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
Tags: Clean Water ACt, Cleveland EcoVillage, Cleveland's urban gardens, Community Gardens, Culinary Vegetable Institute, Great Lakes Science Center, green, Green Academy and Center for Sustainablility, not-for-profit gardens, Permaculture, sustainable, sustainable urban gardens, The Chef's Garden, Urban Agriculture, urban farms, urban gardeners, urban gardens, urban trees, wind farm
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July 3, 2009
The Waterpod, a floating eco-habitat and interactive exhibition gallery, will study self-sufficient, water-based living while demonstrating future pathways for nomadic, mobile shelters and water-based communities, both docked and roaming. For the next five months, four artists will rotate living … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Composting, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Education & Tours, Experiencing, Permaculture, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture
Tags: barge, benthic habitat, biodiversity, chicken coops, eco-habitat, environmental art, floating habitat, garden, living sculptures, natural water treatment, New York City, oyster reefs, sustainable, urban gardens, urban oyster reef, water-based living
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December 2, 2021
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You’ve finally found your dream home. Like other diligent home hunters, you’ve checked out the yard, the home’s exterior, and the bathrooms. But like most people, you’ve given little thought to the home’s water quality.
That’s not surprising. … Read More...
Category: Finding
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July 1, 2021
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There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting that Epsom salt provides numerous benefits in the garden. Is this fact or folklore?
Epsom salt has long been touted as an inexpensive, sustainable and multifunctional soil additive offering a myriad … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Permaculture, Urban Agriculture
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January 1, 2020
Photos: Robin Plaskoff Horton
Whether the new decade begins on January 1, 2020, or January 1, 2021, is a matter of debate. Whichever it may be, I hope during this period we’ll see the enactment of The Green New Deal… Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
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December 3, 2019
For whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here is the annual holiday gift guide with handpicked stylish, functional, and just plain fun home and garden gifts for grownups and kids, including my favorite gardening subscription boxes–the … Read More...
Category: Finding
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September 25, 2019
Young mother at #StrikeWithUs rally in New Orleans. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton.
Young people across the globe are demanding that world leaders stop acting like children and take real action against climate change.
Posters at New Orleans #StrikeWithUs rally. Photo: … Read More...
Category: Greening
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