Urban Gardens

Green Chimneys program participant, Indy, shows me their seed starting corner.

I recently had the privilege of facilitating a creative blogging workshop for a wonderful group of youth participants in the Green Chimneys Nature-Based Career Training Program. The New York … Read More...

(1/2013 Note: The App has been discontinued, but you can read on for fun…)
Want to see waterfalls in downtown San Francisco? What about rooftop gardens not open to the general public? Or perhaps be a voyeur for a few … Read More...

Here’s a living, growing, trophy that continues to salute winners long after it has been awarded. To illustrate the theme “naturally curious” for Paris’s 2006 edition of The Incredible Rally, a giant treasure hunt through Paris’s 11th district, the design … Read More...

In our small garden we have an unfortunate looking cedar tree which our son brought home as a seedling from a MacDonald’s Happy Meal when he was four years old. We looked forward to planting it together and watching our … Read More...

I’m smitten by Hungarian-born designer Gabriella Asztalos’s hanging planters, which she calls Floating Gardens–suspended from above by thin metal cables, they appear to float in mid air.

The sleek metal planters bring an industrial aesthetic to an interior or … Read More...

Since chocolate is made from plants, this chocolate “plant” and vase from Chocolat Factory in Spain made me smile and salivate just a little. This chocolate exists for more than mere consumption: it is intended to create a user experience.… Read More...

On a visit to Terrain last month with my friend and fellow writer, Laura Matthews of Punk Rock Gardens, we spotted this fabulous Balcony Agave plant. Talk about easy to care for–it requires no water, sun, or fertilizing at … Read More...