Green New York Pop-Up Store Opens Today

October 19, 2009

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Boho Bodega, a pop-up shop selling easily accessible and affordable natural, organic, eco-friendly, fair-trade, recycled, local, compostable and biodegradable products, will be open for consumer consumption for five days, October 20-25, in downtown New York City.

Tonight’s opening night … Read More...

Visual Caffeine on Streets of Paris

October 18, 2009

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No matter how many times I stroll the streets of Paris, I am always amazed by the quantity of visual inspiration I receive. From the beautiful way in which ordinary shopkeepers arrange their vitrines, or store windows, to the … Read More...

Urban Gardens Site Recipient of Platinum Design Award

October 17, 2009

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One of the longest running international creative design competitions in the world has given its highest honor, the Platinum Award, to Robin Horton Design for its design of this blog, Urban Gardens.

Judges from some of the nation’s most prestigious … Read More...

Reap What You Sow With This iPhone App

October 14, 2009

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Americans are getting back to agrarian basics as they did during the Great Recession. How to make the most out of little? As Michelle Obama recommends–grow your own garden! ? And that?’s exactly what more and more Americans across … Read More...

Great Harvest of Urban Farming Films

October 13, 2009

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As our access to fresh and local foods becomes more important to us, many of us have begun to grow our own, either on our patios, terraces, and rooftops, or collectively in community gardens. In a window box, schoolyard, or … Read More...

Greening and Filling Vacant Real Estate: Repurposing into Urban Gardens

October 10, 2009

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Auto plant transformed into hydroponic garden: Landscape Architect Rick Kacenski, HOK Planning Group, St. Louis

Hydroponics in Auto Plant? The recent tidal change in local auto production and sales has left numerous idled and shuttered facilities throughout our communities but … Read More...

Bilbao Competition Plants 27 Urban Gardens

October 9, 2009

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First place winner, Cacticity, by Anouk Vogel, at the Museao de Belles Artes in Plaza Chillida

In BilbaoJardín, the city of Bilbao, Spain has converted itself into a singular and compelling urban garden exhibition.

This is the second Read More...

From Repose to Repast, of Gardens and Gastronomy

October 7, 2009

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Chefs through the window on opening night at the Bistro du Grand Cerf in Lyons la Forêt

As my new blogger friend Felicity from gardenbeet.com said, “the French just ooze with style.” Prior to my recently strolling Paris for a Read More...

Planting a Light Bulb in the Garden

October 6, 2009

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They’re so strange looking that they might also offer protection from intruders. Manufactured of green and sustainable materials like water hyacinth and rattan, The Bulb, designed by Belgian designer Gaëtan Van de Wyer, is a chair that doubles as … Read More...

Paris: Sustainable Hidden Gardens of Solitude

October 5, 2009

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A hidden place of repose opens up to the Potager des Oiseaux.

Having savored a Salade Paysanne at the unpretentious northern Marais café, La Perle, I was fortified for my afternoon search of more little-known Paris gardens and whatever else … Read More...

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