April 18, 2011
Ideal for urban living, the strong yet lightweight 100% recyclable aluminum Hen’s Dream Chicken Coop is for chicken keepers looking for a high style rust resistant low-maintenance coop.
Along with their love of gardening, Trix and Jade Toma of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture
Tags: urban chicken raising, urban chickens
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April 12, 2011
Fun, colourful straw umbrella keeps you cool and protected. Available in pink, lime, and blue. £15.
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It’s spring: time to get outside and into your garden, onto your balcony, terrace, or patio. Tesco Direct offers a range of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Heating & Cooling, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: children's garden tools, garden furniture, kids garden tools, patio furniture, terrace furniture
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April 9, 2011
Photo: Jess X Chen, Model: Connie Leung
When Rhode Island School of Design apparel designer, Tessa Zeng, was challenged to create a garment with recycled materials other than fabric, she had an innovative idea that would leave no carbon … Read More...
Category: Creating, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: eco-friendly clothing, plantable paper, recycled paper, seed paper, seeds
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April 7, 2011
The Garden2Blog event, hosted by P Allen Smith April 26-27, will be a rich opportunity for the invited bloggers to learn and explore–to offer “cuttings” from each other’s own unique perspectives, to spread the seeds of creativity. As described in … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Public Gardens
Tags: design blogs, garden bloggers, garden industry, garden writers
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P Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm, venue for upcoming Garden2Blog event.
There is a long tradition of sharing among gardeners. They share information, ideas, seeds, cuttings, and some–even non-gardeners–share their land, offering it to those wanting to garden but without … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: bloggers, creativity, garden events.
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April 2, 2011
Urbio is a new magnetic-backed and modular vertical garden system that easily enables you to bring green to empty urban walls. As urban dwellers, or those who live and work in small spaces, it can be difficult to find … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Great Finds, Herb Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Green Walls, modular gardens, modular green wall system, modular vertical garden
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April 1, 2011
GardenSpace NYC, a cool interactive field guide to Manhattan’s publically accessible parks and gardens, by Brooklyn-based Landscape Design Firm, Green Sky Designs, brings city dwellers closer to their urban ecosystem, bridging the gap between the plugged-in pace of the … Read More...
Category: Finding, Garden Software, Great Finds
Tags: garden mobile app, iPhone app. iPad app. iTouch app, iPod app, mobile garden app, urban gardens mobile app
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March 30, 2011
Photo: Kerry Michaels
According to Kerry Michaels, who writes about container gardening for About.com, there are absolutely no rules when it comes to container gardening, but there are some tips and guidelines that can be helpful when designing your container.… Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Container Gardening, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Herb Gardens, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: garden bloggers, garden trends, gardening contest, photography contest
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March 29, 2011
As I peered through the cut-out of a beautiful metal screen into landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s award-winning installation, Pi r Squared, for the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I definitely felt this designer’s invitation to Get Your … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Decks, Patios, & Paths, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Food & Entertaining, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Outdoor Furniture, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
Tags: bay area gardens, garden shows, native California gardens, native plants
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March 24, 2011
Originally from California, each time I return, I dream of moving back where the plant scents fill the air all year and where, even in supermarkets, they don’t wrap the tomatos in cellophane.
At the San Francisco Flower and Garden … Read More...
Category: Decks, Patios, & Paths, Experiencing, Food & Entertaining
Tags: garden shows, succulent gardens. living chandelier
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