February 12, 2015

I continue to be enamoured with Italian lighting design brand Bulbo, whose fashionably functional pieces I featured during my last BlogTour to Milan Design Week in April 2014.

Bulbo will be exhibiting their design-centric LED-powered vegetable garden systems at LOFT,… Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Great Finds, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lighting, Travel
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February 2, 2015

The United States will soon be exporting a bit of America to Frankfurt, Germany where it is this year’s partner country at Ambiente, one of the world’s most important design trade shows.
American designer Scott Henderson’s Bud Vase for … Read More...
Category: Composting, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Gifts, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Lighting, Travel, Urban Agriculture
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January 3, 2015

The Life of Plants is proof that you can’t tell a book by its cover. Flip it open to reveal the soil from which sprouts a living, breathing, narrative.

Designer Yasuko Furukawa’s planter/flower pot thrives incognito, at home among the … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Indoor Gardening
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December 14, 2014

In the hands of Parsons School of Design grads, Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse, a local sail maker’s post-production sailcloth waste and scrap boat covers have been reborn as planters. Not just planters, but portable flat-folding, space-saving babes that … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Sky Planters, Vertical Gardens
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July 2, 2014
Calochortus venustus, photo by Don M. Davis
Some plants are familiar to almost everyone. But then there are those that, no matter how many great characteristics they have or how easy they are to grow, never quite catch on.
Here … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Indoor Gardening, Shade Gardening, shopping
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