July 7, 2012
When my kids were babies, they had more fun playing with the boxes than they did the gifts that came inside. Dutch stroller manufacturer, Joolz, may have had this idea in mind when they devised a second playful and … Read More...
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July 6, 2012
Here’s another cool spin on recycled bicycle wheels for the edible garden, this time upcycled into an urban hydroponic vertical garden wall.
For his Bike Rim Planter, which extends from the wall by steel supports, Brian Carter replaced … Read More...
Category: Creating, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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July 5, 2012
From fighting to feathering, this creation says war is for the birds. A single protruding bullet functions as a perch for this stunning brass birdhouse made from over 2,500 stray bullets recovered from hunting sites in Lebanon. New York City-based … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: reclaimed bullets into birdhouse, Urban wildlife
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Guerrilla gardens, including mobile gardens, are really a kind of pop-up with a message. For the town of Bristol’s Big Green Week, local residents created a pop-up Mobile Forest consisting of a fleet of a few dozen … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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July 2, 2012
Banner made from vintage fabrics from ArtToGo.
For years we hosted a huge barbecue in the front garden of our Connecticut house next to the park where the town launches its Fourth of July fireworks display.
We’d provide the main … Read More...
Category: Finding, Food & Entertaining, Garden Art
Tags: 4th of July, fourth of July, holidays
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It’s not news, but it’s cool. Pedestrians on the ground below flocked to the scene when Dutch artist Benjamin Verdonck hatched the idea of building himself a giant bird’s nest in which he lived for six days on the facade
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Category: Experiencing
Tags: urban art installations, urban public art, urban street art
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