20 Best Urban Gardens Stories of 2015
Have we told you lately that we love you? Well we do. And here’s what you loved in 2015. Your favorite stories of the year included plants growing up walls and on countertops. You loved hydroponic and...
View ArticleConversations On a Small Island to Accelerate Positive Change on the Planet
Turtle Island’s solar farm and five-acre organic garden. Monica Laurence exudes positive energy and is resolute in her mission to drive conversation toward creating positive change for the planet....
View ArticleCountry’s First K-8 Urban Farm School Sprouting in San Francisco
With an ecology and farming curriculum intended to “cultivate in the students and the staff a consistent and ongoing relationship with the outdoors,” San Francisco’s Golden Bridges School, a K-8 urban...
View ArticleA Bird’s Nest For People Doubles as Hydroponic Garden
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...
View ArticleFour Practical Ideas for Greening Indoor Spaces
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens. In an ideal world, we’d all have a backyard garden full of our favorite plants, maybe even a stunning greenhouse bursting with year-round color and...
View ArticleGuided Instagram Tour of the Global Urban Garden
Paris, Stockholm, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Winston-Salem, Los Angeles…In my visits across the country and abroad, I’ve experienced some compelling imagery and special moments that have captured my soul...
View Article"Vegitecture” Project Brings Vertical Farming to Paris Suburb
In the Parisian suburb of Romainville, a vertical farming project will transform the concept of urban agriculture in a “vegitecture” complex whose small production loop will enable residents to buy...
View ArticleThe Rise of Urban Vertical Forests
Vertical forests–living , breathing skyscrapers enveloped in trees, shrubs, and flowering plants–can, like the one’s featured above, absorb 25 tons of carbon dioxide annually and produce roughly 60...
View ArticleThe Storied History and Enduring Life of Terra Cotta
Contemporary terra cotta pot from Eye of the Day Garden Center. You’ve likely strolled through garden centers stocked with hundreds of ubiquitous terra cotta nursery flower pots in the usual shapes...
View ArticleA Barcelona Rooftop Sanctuary Inspired By Japanese Art
For a rooftop terrace in Barcelona’s Horta district, landscape designers Jordi Sanchez and Nico Doblado of Simbiosi Studi created a unique outdoor sanctuary with a retro aesthetic influenced by...
View ArticleMaximizing Your Space: Essentials for Crafting a Vibrant Urban Garden in...
Jonathan Kemper, Unsplash. Partner Post Cultivating an urban garden in the limited square footage of city dwellings is an eco-friendly pursuit that brings fresh flavors to your kitchen. Growing your...
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