Urban Gardens

The Big Scrubber is the brainchild of Ben Baker, a talented post graduate student who studied furniture design at Bucks New University in the UK.

Ben says, “Occasionally we have items around us that can get taken for granted and … Read More...

No, it’s not a picnic basket. It’s a woven willow coffin.

Gives new meaning to going green. If you want to die really green, you can first arrange to be embalmed with ultra-low impact chemicals, then buried in … Read More...

One night the big bad wolf, who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw.
He said “Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I’ll huff … Read More...

Go ahead, get inebriated for the common good. Every time you drink a Treetini, a tree gets planted. The Treetini is a martini made with VeeV acai spirit. The recipe changes seasonally in a commitment to use local and organic … Read More...

The world’s biggest collection of non-nettly-looking nettles – or Urticaccae, for those in the know–as well native plants and flowers, are sprouting vertically up the exterior walls of The Athenaeum Hotel in London. The city’s humid microclimate is the perfect … Read More...

If you can handle worms in your kitchen, then Studio Gorm’s Flow Kitchen might appeal to you. It’s a living kitchen where nature and technology are integrated in a symbiotic relationship, processes flow into one another in a natural cycle, … Read More...

Kalib Lee harvesting vegetables from the garden on 55th Street between Haverford Avenue and Line Street on Thursday. He and other Veggie Kids offer their produce to neighbors in West Philadelphia’s Haddington section for $1 a bag. Photo by Bonnie … Read More...

Craig Ian MacPherson, a graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art, is exhibiting his work ‘Mulch Chair’ Sep 24 – 27 at Designersblock London. The chair, part of The Outcast collection, is about reusing garden waste to create … Read More...

With a bold goal to “Save the Plants, Save the Planet,” the Chicago Botanic Garden has scheduled the opening of the Plant Science Center for members on September 22, and for the general public on September 23.

“One-third of the … Read More...

A grassroots group of Santa Barbara neighbors is encouraging others to grow and share their locally grown food, seeds, and ideas in an effort to promote the transformation of unused lawns and other urban land into sustainable organic micro farms.… Read More...