Urban Gardens

Just as its name implies, Barcelona industrial designer, Gerard Moliné’s terra cotta Half Pot sits on the edge of an indoor or outdoor table, office cabinet, or top of a low wall.

It could also work on the edge of … Read More...

I come from a healthy family tree of Midwest farmers, but by the time I inherited the family’s green thumb it was actually more like a dry shade of brown. After being uprooted last year from the never-ending greenness I … Read More...

Brooklyn’s new urban farming  pop-up shop, Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply, is part of the emerging trend of retailers who are going beyond merely making products available–they are creating an experience–selling a lifestyle in offering knowledge and ideas … Read More...

I spotted these bentwood suspended chairs in Paris at last September’s Maison et Objet Outdoor show. Designed for his company, Concept Suspendu by William Lelasseux, the chairs offer a feeling of weightlessness while hanging (literally) out in the garden, or … Read More...

I would make any excuse to go to Brooklyn these days, a hub of creativity, urban farms, and great food. So I jumped at the chance to attend the recent Etsy Labs event, Hands-On: Dirt.

There were no plants … Read More...

Appropriately named, Brandy, is a cast-iron fire pit shaped as a brandy glass. Standing just over 3 feet, the heat-resistant Brandy will keep you toasty while drinking up a cool spring or summer evening outdoors.

Green Chimneys program participant, Indy, shows me their seed starting corner.

I recently had the privilege of facilitating a creative blogging workshop for a wonderful group of youth participants in the Green Chimneys Nature-Based Career Training Program. The New York … Read More...

(1/2013 Note: The App has been discontinued, but you can read on for fun…)
Want to see waterfalls in downtown San Francisco? What about rooftop gardens not open to the general public? Or perhaps be a voyeur for a few … Read More...

Here’s a living, growing, trophy that continues to salute winners long after it has been awarded. To illustrate the theme “naturally curious” for Paris’s 2006 edition of The Incredible Rally, a giant treasure hunt through Paris’s 11th district, the design … Read More...

In our small garden we have an unfortunate looking cedar tree which our son brought home as a seedling from a MacDonald’s Happy Meal when he was four years old. We looked forward to planting it together and watching our … Read More...