October 19, 2009
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...
Category: Finding
Tags: eco-conscious, green, home gardening, sustainable products
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October 18, 2009
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...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Experiencing
Tags: flower shops, garden inspiration, Green Paris, plants
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October 17, 2009
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...
Category: Creating
Tags: blog design, blog design awards, graphic design awards, green design awards, green trademarks and logos
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October 14, 2009
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...
Category: Finding, Garden Software, Great Finds
Tags: gardens design, iPhone, locally grown, vegetable gardening
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October 13, 2009
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...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Urban Agriculture
Tags: Los Angeles urban farming, micro farms, South Central LA, sustainable farming, urban collective farms
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October 10, 2009
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...
Category: Community Gardens, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Permaculture, Reclaimed & Recycled, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
Tags: abandoned facilities, aquaponic gardening, greenhouse, locally grown produce, passive solar energy, seedling plants
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October 9, 2009
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...
Category: Community Gardens, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Public Gardens, Raised Beds
Tags: garden design competition, Public Gardens
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October 7, 2009
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...
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Travel, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
Tags: Lyons-en-Forêt. French towns, small space gardening
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October 6, 2009
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...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Lighting, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: green materials, sustainable design
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October 5, 2009
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...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Public Gardens
Tags: hidden gardens, Paris markets
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