General Motors and Partners Create Detroit Urban Garden Using Repurposed Shipping Crates

August 2, 2012


GM’s metal shipping crates were repurposed into raised beds. Photo: John F. Martin for General Motors

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. The lot was abandoned. Then General Motors contributed 250 metal shipping crates that used to Read More...

New Indoor-Outdoor Furniture Collection Blends Driftwood With Modern Lines

July 24, 2012

Every two weeks designer Catherine Op de Beeck scours the French Camargue beaches for driftwood to incorporate into her stylish, modern, and functional furniture collection, Baptized by Nature–a new made-to-order collection to be unveiled in Paris at Maison et Objet Read More...

Chefs, Farmers, Gardeners, and Designers Create Pop-Up Feast on Interstate Bridge

July 18, 2012

Imagine bringing together a bunch of creative local farmers, food producers, gardeners, artists, and designers to collaborate on a massive pop-up dinner for 500 people on a city bridge overlooking an interstate highway…

That’s what Emerging Terrain, a non-profit … Read More...

Vive La France! Urban Gardens Paris Roundup

July 14, 2012


Paris florist and garden shop. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

In honor of Bastille Day, here’s a roundup of my favorite Urban Gardens posts about Paris gardens, happenings, shops, designers and follies…


Trellised arbor on the Promenade Plantée. Photo: Read More...

Growing Spinach on a Bicycle Wheeled Vertical Garden

July 6, 2012

Here’s another cool spin on recycled bicycle wheels for the edible garden, this time upcycled into an urban hydroponic vertical garden wall.

For his Bike Rim Planter, which extends from the wall by steel supports, Brian Carter replaced … Read More...

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