February 14, 2013
Heart-shaped cave etched by wind and water on face of Ayers Rock. Photo: Getty.
The ubiquitous stylized heart symbol we have come to associate with love and Valentines Day can be found in outdoor environments all over the world. Some are … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
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February 12, 2013
Within pages of the literary canon, gardens endure for eternity. Think Romeo and Juliet’s garden of the Capulet or the orchard garden in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
And literature grows into a garden inside a forested area at Les Jardins … Read More...
Category: Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: experimental gardens, Garden Art, Garden Design, garden exhibitions, garden tourism, garden walls, mushrooms, natural artifacts, upcycled design
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February 10, 2013
With urban gardeners in mind, Portuguese sibling entrepreneurs Miguel and Rita Ramos have combined their respective skills–he in design and she in environmentalism–in the creation of Stufa, an artfully packaged kitchen herb garden kit that one could love for … Read More...
Category: Finding, Herb Gardens
Tags: gardening kit, herb garden kit, kitchen garden, urban gardening
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In their largest community project to date, and the first of its kind partnership between a non-profit, a brand and a global crowdfunding platform, the socially conscious underwear company, PACT, has teamed up with the Whole Kids Foundation and the … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture
Tags: crowdfunded gardens, crowdsourced gardens, garden grants, Indiegogo, organic clothing, PACT apparel, school gardens, sustainable gardening, urban farming, urban gardening, urban gardens, whole fooeds foundation
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February 7, 2013
Designer Ruth Fore artistically crochets wire into stunning one of a kind chairs, planters, and garden sculptures.
In a process similar to biomimicry, where design emulates patterns in nature, Fore examines the characteristics and possibilities of raw materials, handcrafting unique … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Garden Art, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: Biomimicry, design from nature, organic designs, outdoor furniture, urban aesthetic, woven furniture, woven garden containers, woven planters
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February 6, 2013
StudioGorm, whose very cool “living” Flow Kitchen we previously featured, has unleashed its creativity again in the design of Peg Garden, a space-saving grouping of cedar elements that, when not being used, can hang out of the way on … Read More...
Category: Finding, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: cedar furniture, garden furniture, garden storage, outdoor furniture, outdoor pegboard, winter furniture storage
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February 5, 2013
Blown glass spheres hang haphazardly from the ceiling, tangled like vines, copper tubes looping around satellite white planters that connect them like natural roots.
Bocci’s No.38 takes lighting to new heights, in a sort of surreal grouping of suspended planters … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Lighting
Tags: indoor garden lighting, indoor gardens, planted lamps, planted lights, planted pendants
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February 4, 2013
Pulltab Design, whose indoor green wall I featured a few years ago, designed this beautiful urban garden for a client in New York City’s East Village, incorporating a novel custom water feature and space-defining canvas privacy screens made by … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Green Walls, Rooftop Gardens
Tags: built-in seating, fountain, garden fountain, outdoor rooms, outdoor shower, privacy screen, urban gardens, urban rooftop garden, water feature
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February 3, 2013
Photo: home-designing.com
Keeping your garden, even a small one, green and healthy year-round can be hard work for the best of us. Here are ten tips to help you keep your garden green while also making it an easier and … Read More...
Category: Composting, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Irrigation, Urban Agriculture
Tags: eradicating weeds, good soil, japanese knotweed, knotweed, mulch, soil, watering plants, weeds
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February 2, 2013
Mobile food purveyors are becoming more common in urban settings, from trending food trucks to food and beverage bikes. Blending the moveable feast concept with nature, Stockholm creative consultancy, Byggstudio, will host a touring mobile café where guests will sip … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable
Tags: art, mobile, urban food
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