July 24, 2017
This low tech watering system will keep your houseplants and garden irrigated for a month. Get outta town!
Handmade by local Egyptian artisans, the system consists of a set of six clay pots whose unglazed bases let water … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Indoor Gardening, Irrigation, Water
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July 22, 2017
The train station in Angers, France just got very green. Five illuminated “trees” hang from the ceiling in French designer Alexis Tricoire’s latest interior landscape installation.
Tricoire–the self-proclaimed “green fingers designer”–describes The Levitating Forest as a symbolic gateway to the … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: hanging gardens, indoor gardens, interior landscaping, trees
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July 15, 2017
Vertical forests–living , breathing skyscrapers enveloped in trees, shrubs, and flowering plants–can, like the one’s featured above, absorb 25 tons of carbon dioxide annually and produce roughly 60 kilograms of oxygen daily, while also promoting local urban biodiversity.
Milan-based Stefano … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Vertical Gardens
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July 9, 2017
If you are the kind of person who likes to reserve the option to change your mind, or you have difficulty choosing things, then you will flip over this Flip Vase.
You simply flip the pages of this whimsical tabletop … Read More...
Category: Finding, Gifts, Great Finds, Lifestyle, shopping
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July 5, 2017
In the Parisian suburb of Romainville, a vertical farming project will transform the concept of urban agriculture in a “vegitecture” complex whose small production loop will enable residents to buy produce directly from their local urban farm.
In a … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Greening, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Rooftop Gardens, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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