July 22, 2017
The train station in Angers, France just got very green. Five illuminated “trees” hang from the ceiling in French designer Alexis Tricoire’s latest interior landscape installation.
Tricoire–the self-proclaimed “green fingers designer”–describes The Levitating Forest as a symbolic gateway to the … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: hanging gardens, indoor gardens, interior landscaping, trees
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July 31, 2016
All you need to be an urban farmer is a countertop or desktop. Even those living in the smallest of living spaces, city apartments with no patios, terraces, or balconies, can grow fresh micro-greens while at the same time illuminating … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Greening, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Lighting
Tags: desktop gardens, Hydroponic Gardens, indoor gardens, micro-greens
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July 27, 2016
Milan-based DesignLibero describes their design practice as an interaction between form and function. If their multifunctional Nido (Italian for nest) is any example of this, then I’d say their work is more a combination of form, function and fun.
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Category: Finding, Green Walls, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Outdoor Furniture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: garden technology, Hydroponic Gardens, indoor gardens, multi-functional furniture
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June 26, 2015
Rising 41 feet up and four floors high, designer Paul Cocksedge’s Living Staircase floats within the space like a soaring indoor garden.
The steel and American white oak spiral staircase forms the internal nucleus of London’s Ampersand building in the … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening
Tags: architecture, green desing, indoor gardens, planted staircase, sustainable
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January 17, 2015
Brown thumbs beware, you may be in for an identity crisis. Growing indoor gardens has never been easier.
With the advancements in the technology and design for hydroponic and aquaponic gardening systems, we can take our pick of edible … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: Aerogardens, aeroponics, countertop hydroponic planter, Easy Gardens, Herbie, Hydropod, Hydroponic Gardens, Hydroponics, indoor gardens, Prepara Power Plant Pro, Root
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February 3, 2014
By Logica:architettura, found on the Pinterest board of Justin DiPiero Interior Designer, SCAD alumnus
I took a virtual design tour of visual discovery to see what Pinterest indoor and outdoor garden finds offered unique ideas and inspiration. Join me … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green Walls, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Solar Energy, Vertical Gardens
Tags: 10 garden finds, indoor gardens, indoor-outdoor. garden spaces
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October 23, 2013
I love Norwegian designer Philipp von Hase’s seed shaped “plantable” (plant table, I love the name too) crafted from fine walnut and maple wood with a handmade porcelain bowl.
Multi-functional planted furniture like this is also a great space saver … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: indoor gardens, plantable furniture, plantable table
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October 3, 2013
Photo via Art of Bonsai, by Nacho Marin, Caracas Venezuela
As a gardener, I know what I like and don’t like. Then there’s the middle gray area: the mysterious garden endeavors I might like, but I’d always been too freaked … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating, Education & Tours, Indoor Gardening
Tags: bonsai, classes, courses, garden education, indoor gardening, indoor gardens, indoor plants
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July 27, 2013
The word “Opus” refers to creation or works of art, an encompassing, open-to-interpretation definition that suited what Marissa Pretorius hoped to do with her life.
“I did not want to be bound by the name, but rather have a creative … Read More...
Category: Bulbs and Plants, Container Gardening, Finding, Garden Design, Sky Planters
Tags: Container Gardening, flower shop, hanging gardens, indoor gardening, indoor gardens, indoor plants, Kodedama, New Zealand, plants, string gardens, succulents, suspended gardens, urban gardens
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June 1, 2013
Hey apartment and small space dwellers, here’s an easy DIY compact hydroponic indoor farm system you can make with repurposed off-the-shelf IKEA storage boxes.
ELIOOO is not a product, it’s architect and designer Antonio Scarponi’s cleverly conceived and designed instruction … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
Tags: Container Gardening, crowdfunded design, Ikea hacking, indoor gardens, organic gardening, planters, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, sustainable design, urban farming, urban garden, vegetable gardening, vegetable gardens
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