July 24, 2013
For Barcelona area landscape designer Marc Grañén, the test of his concept was the reaction from his young children. When he told his kids, ages 6 and 9, about his lightweight green roof system for city buses, the boys began … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Greening, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Rooftop Gardens, Water
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June 21, 2013
Inside a massive building on the outskirts of one of the world’s most polluted cities, the air is clean — all thanks to three plants and one man.
Kamal Meattle is an Indian researcher whose lung capacity became severely … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Outdoor Furniture
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June 10, 2013
A slew of high-tech weapons could soon occupy home gardeners’ arsenals. From soil humidity sensors, to computer-generated growing tips, to weather detection devices, these contraptions challenge the notion that plants need a human touch.
Whether you’ve mastered indoor herbs, wrestled … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Garden Design, Garden Software, Great Finds, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Irrigation, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
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June 1, 2013
Hey apartment and small space dwellers, here’s an easy DIY compact hydroponic indoor farm system you can make with repurposed off-the-shelf IKEA storage boxes.
ELIOOO is not a product, it’s architect and designer Antonio Scarponi’s cleverly conceived and designed instruction … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
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April 11, 2013
Conceived as part wine rack and part hydroponics, a hydroponic bottle wall garden will spout from April 7-24 in the lower bar of a local Cornell University campus area venue, Stella’s Bar and Restaurant.
Architecture students Peter Gudonis and Carly … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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