July 13, 2021

Two floating urban parks made entirely of reclaimed plastic waste, one in the Netherlands and the other in Germany, demonstrate the value and potential of reusing plastic debris to create public green spaces.


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Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Public Gardens, Reclaimed & Recycled
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July 30, 2020

Hidden within a 6.4-acre botanical garden in Mexico City’s Santa Marîa la Ribera district lies an abandoned factory transformed into as a vast greenhouse garden filled with aromatic native plants.


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Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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June 26, 2020

The novel Cornavirus has inspired some novel ideas. From personal glass greenhouses at an Amsterdam restaurant, stuffed pandas occupying chairs in a Bangkok eatery, to pool noodle hats at a cafe in Germany, people are exercising their collective creativity to … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Experiencing, Garden Tourism, Green & Sustainable, Lifestyle, Public Gardens, Travel
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November 2, 2018

It was an unseasonably warm autumn day as I strolled along the water’s edge shaded by a canopy of trees. I took my place in line (or “queued up” as the Brits say) to board the 55 minute London Waterbus … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Public Gardens, Travel
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