Gardening
Turn Your Balcony into an Urban Farm with Skypots
No matter how small your urban outdoor space is, it can offer a lot of unused space above your head. Skypots let you use that space to its full potential by offering a variety of simple white spheres with
Urban Patches is a Website That Teaches and Connects Aspiring City Farmers
Hoping to get your own urban farm started this year but unsure where to begin? Urban Patches is a website that can help! With interviews from current, economically successful urban farmers, best
HORTUS is a Crazy Greenhouse Contraption of 300+ Algae-Filled Bags
HORTUS — or Hydro Organisms Responsive To Urban Stimuli — is a crazy new exhibit in London made up of 325 transparent bags of algae hanging from the ceiling via a network of ropes. Long
Dozens of Beautiful Terrariums Now On Display at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
From sharing terrarium necklace DIYs to making our own terrariums at home, we’ve caught a little bit of terrarium fever, if you haven’t noticed. So we were thrilled to learn that the Brooklyn
Artist Stacy Levy’s ‘Ridge and Valley’ Is an Interactive Watershed
It might look like an unchanging giant stone museum piece, but this map of Pennsylvania’s water systems is very much alive. When it rains, the intricate carvings of the state’s creeks and
The Mino Garden Gnome Will Feed Your Plants Before It Disappears from Your Garden
Giovanni Tomasini‘s Mino Garden Gnome is a much more enterprising dwarf than those past. Despite its jazzy colors, the classic gnome we’ve all come to love is a melancholic figure, condemned
Quirky Seed-Sprouting Paper Pulp Faces Are the Creepiest Way to Garden
We’ve seen lots of quirky gardening ideas here at Inhabitat, but these sprouting seed faces are one of the strangest concepts we’ve come across. Formed from recycled paper pulp filled with
Parasite Farm: Brilliant Indoor Garden and Compost System Adapts to Any Kitchen
The Parasite Farm is a new indoor gardening system that encourages small space urban gardening while composting waste into fresh, fertile soil. Designed by Charlotte Dieckmann and Nils Ferber, the system
Last Minute Inhabitat Green Holiday Gift Guide: Make Your Own Gifts
Anyone can go to a store, buy something, and wrap it in some festive paper, but if you really want to show your giftee that you put time and effort into your present, why not make it with your own two
Occupy Vacant Lots Project Constructs a Pre-Fab Shed for Urban Gardeners
Students at Green Mountain College (GMC) recently took on a mission to develop a shed for urban farmers that would suit the needs of the gardeners of the future. The OVaL Shed — otherwise known as
Naturwall Turns Throw-Away Coffee Cups Into a Wall for Living Greens
If seeing all those disposable coffee cups spilling out of your office trashcan gives you heartache, then give them a new home in the Naturwall. This cool living wall system reuses disposable coffee and
Sophie Conran’s Classic Birdhouses Bring Sophistication and Wildlife to Your Yard
This beautiful bird house by Sophie Conran will give feathered friends in your neighborhood a safe place to roost, nest and start a family! It’s made from sustainable FSC wood and it sets up in a
Azuma Makoto Gardening Club Brings Modern Design to Japanese Concept Center
In the midst of the Ark Hills concept center in Japan, garden designers from Azuma Makoto Gardening Club are regularly working on new designs to reshape green centerpieces in the heart of the Mori
Window Farms Lets Green Thumbs Grow Fresh Veggies Indoors
We’ve been fans of Window Farm‘s edible gardens for long while, and just in time for the holiday season the team has evolved their fantastic gardening systems to create a brand new stand-up
DIY: How to Make an Enchanting Terrarium Necklace to Keep or Give as a Gift!
If you’re looking for a beguiling homemade gift that will enchant your favorite plantophiles, look no further than this darling DIY terrarium necklace! You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to
Studio Libel’s Pillow Pots Create a Unique and Plush Indoor Garden
Israeli design team Studio Libel’s philosophy gravitates around the spirit of rebirth. With the circle of life in mind, they created the Willo Collection, a series of quirky planters that also double
Rainwater Harvesting PET-Tree System Makes Urban Gardening a Breeze
Pet-Tree is a vertical eco gardening system made from recycled PET containers. The design consists of structural plastic pieces and PET pots that are combined to form a tree-like shape. The system also
Habitat Horticulture’s Green Living Partitions Divvy Up San Francisco’s Largest Patio Space
San Francisco based company Habitat Horticulture recently installed 3 gorgeous green wall partitions for The Metreon City View patio space overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens. The movable living walls create
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