New York City Residence With Four Terraces

September 7, 2011

When JoJo Demirel and her husband Baris moved into their new place in Red Hook, Brooklyn last April, their first order of business was to put up a greenhouse.

The couple had always shared a love of gardening but only … Read More...

Online Landscaping and Garden Design Resource for Homeowners, Designers, Architects & Contractors

September 5, 2011


Landscaping Network interviewed Chris Meyers of Just Terraces about designing rooftop gardens.

For homeowners, Landscaping Network provides the resources for educating themselves in advance of working with a landscape or garden professional of their choice. “Armed with the knowledge … Read More...

Forget the Grocery Store, Your Neighbor has Produce!

August 31, 2011


Fresh limes on the tree. Photo: lewandowski.net

Guest post by, Lori Barudoni, Founder, Lemon for Limes, an online trading platform for gardeners to connect with other gardeners for the purpose of sharing the bounty of their harvest.

I grew Read More...

An Urban Garden Cocktail Party

August 25, 2011


Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

In 2006, Chicago resident LaManda Joy and her husband Peter purchased “a yard with a house attached to it.” The couple explain that they did this “for the sole, myopic, obsessive purpose of growing a … Read More...

Out of the Box Garden Thinking

July 29, 2011

It may look like a pizza box, but inside is not a pie but rather all one needs to grow what could become the pizza’s veggie toppings, and more. ALLOTINABOX™ is a super cool GYO kit complete with information to … Read More...

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