July 14, 2013
These days, we find gardens in unconventional places, from highway median dividers to old parking lots. The City of Barcelona has elevated growing plants to an art form in unlikely places, transforming newly exposed party walls into lush vertical gardens. … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Vertical Gardens
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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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April 6, 2013
Now you can print and plant a brick.
Planter Bricks are 3D printed concrete masonry units that double as vessels for growing plants and vegetation.
Created by Emerging Objects, a design and research subsidiary of Rael San Fratello Architects specializing … Read More...
Category: Creating, Green Walls, Hydroponics, Vertical Gardens
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April 2, 2013
While action toward building ‘greener’ more sustainable structures is gaining momentum in Europe and America, an office tower from down-under is putting Australia on the green buildings map.
A 30 story high-rise office tower in Sydney, Australia’s central business district, … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Rooftop Gardens, Solar Energy, Vertical Gardens
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March 24, 2013
Complex and intricate living art arrangements composed of thousands of plants climb the interior walls of of Isetan Shinjuku, one of Japan’s oldest department stores.
For a recent unveiling of the store’s “Fashion Museum” botanical artist Makota Azuma’s The Art … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
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