Nesting Inside an Indoor-Outdoor Luxury Cocoon

January 28, 2015

Cocooning Purple

One way to tolerate winter is to view it as a type of cocoon from which we emerge in the spring more beautiful and full of life. Another approach would be to hide under blankets in flannel pajamas until you … Read More...

Five Tabletop Edible Gardens to Make You Swoon

January 17, 2015

roots

Brown thumbs beware, you may be in for an identity crisis. Growing indoor gardens has never been easier.

With the advancements in the technology and design for hydroponic and aquaponic gardening systems, we can take our pick of edible … Read More...

Project Orange Thumb Seeds Community Gardens

January 15, 2015

fiskars-kids-flickr

Community gardens offer an opportunity to grow food collectively–great for those without their own land, and especially vital in areas where fresh produce may not be plentiful. But more importantly: community gardens improve the quality of people’s lives.

FiskarsCalgary_project-orange-thumb

Beyond Sowing Read More...

Killer High Heels That Plant Seeds

January 8, 2015

SPUTNIKO-Nanohana-Heels-Healing-Fukushima-highlikedotorg

Imagine gardening in high heels. Sexy and dangerous, totally impractical, right?

While at the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition, Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe, I spotted among the studded and bejeweled platforms, stilettos, wedges–and creations that could only … Read More...

A Novel Idea: Undercover Planter Goes Incognito

January 3, 2015

yoy_book_planter-closed-cover

The Life of Plants is proof that you can’t tell a book by its cover. Flip it open to reveal the soil from which sprouts a living, breathing, narrative.

yoy_book_planter_open

Designer Yasuko Furukawa’s planter/flower pot thrives incognito, at home among the … Read More...

The freshest innovative and eco-friendly designs, trends, and ideas for urban gardens and stylish small places.

Visit Robin Horton @UrbanGardens's profile on Pinterest.