August 11, 2016
Is 3D-printed architecture for the birds? It is now. The organic branch-like facade of Bird House is based on Cairo pentagonal tiling, a pattern that appears in many Islamic decorative designs and on the streets of Cairo.
Bird House combines … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: 3D printed garden accessories, 3D printing, bird houses
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March 19, 2014
Designed by Nishant Jethi
And just like that… we’ve collected five blog posts full of fabulous finds, and placed them on to one tidy little post! There’s something here for everyone, even the birds. Enjoy.
1. 5 Totally Awesome … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: bird houses, Community Gardens, Cutlery, garden indoors, Hydroponics, outdoor furniture, Tableware
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February 13, 2014
Nothing says a fine feathered nest can’t be a stylish one–even if the birds don’t notice, we do. I’ve found five whitty modern birdhouses that will make any avian friend feel at home in style.
1. Birdhouse S.P.H.E.R.E. (Screech Owl … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding
Tags: bird feeders, bird houses, birdhouses, contemporary bird houses, midcentury modern bird houses, modern bird houses
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November 20, 2013
Pushpin birdhouse design spotted on MakerBot’s Thingiverse.
I’ve been seriously wowed lately by many of the inventive 3D printed objects I have found, like concrete planter bricks, a mini planter system with drip irrigation, and a modular vertical garden perfect … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Creating, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Vertical Gardens
Tags: 3D printed, 3D printed garden accessories, 3D printer, 3D printing, bird houses, birdhouses, self-irrigating planters, sustainable design
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June 5, 2012
Funny how some people find their passions. After tripping over an overgrown creeper’s tendril in 2008 and fracturing his hip, Johannesburg, South Africa-based designer, Joe Paine, was inspired to design products for plants.
Kreep Planter System by Joe Paine.… Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture, Urban Agriculture
Tags: bird feeders, bird houses, handcrafted, handmade, modular outdoor furniture, planters, Vertical Gardens, wall planters
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August 1, 2011
Nathan Danials designs modernist bird dwellings that humans will wish were large enough for them.
Available: Modernist Birdhouse with Pool
For “upper middle class modernist birds,” looking to enjoy their leisure time, this clear western red cedar and birch birdhouse … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: bird houses, birds, Urban wildlife
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June 29, 2010
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: bird houses, bird nesting boxes, London birds, London sparrows, urban birds, urban forest
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January 17, 2010
Calling all city birders. Birdhouse, by French designer Emilie Cazin, links city balconies to their green surroundings, and urban apartment dwellers to the birds outside. Lacking a garden in her LEGO-like apartment building, Emilie Cazin created this Birdhouse in … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable
Tags: bird houses
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September 9, 2009
Birdtreehut from, Maandag meubels, offers a birdhouse in a tree sans tree. It’s a kind of duplex for the birds, a comfortable home for breading and feeding in a garden, on a balcony or terrace. The habitat is made … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable
Tags: bird houses, city garden, garden, urban garden
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June 13, 2009
Share your urban garden sanctuary with your fine feathered friends: create an oasis that’s for the birds. The organic bird table by Eva Solo is a 5-liter glass container with a synthetic base that floats above the ground. The table … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding
Tags: bird baths, bird feeders, bird houses, bird tables, birds, urban gardens
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