Gardening
Artist Jaroslaw Koziara’s Gigantic Fish Sows Seeds of Unity Between Poland and Ukraine
Artist Jaroslaw Koziara grew this gigantic ‘crop circle’ fish on fields between Horodyszcze (Poland) and Warez (Ukraine) for the Land Art Festival. He wanted to symbolize the history of unity
Vicky Pendant Lamp Terrarium Shines a Light on Indoor Gardening
Mexican-born, Netherlands-based designer José de la O unveiled a brilliant hanging pendant lamp that doubles as a vegetable garden at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair. Dubbed “Vicky”,
Kenji Huang Designs a Wooden Toolkit to Help Children Connect with Nature
Flooded with cheap plastic toys and electronic games, the world of children’s toys is in need of stronger, basic designs. Created by Kenji Huang, a half-Japanese, half-Taiwanese designer Ima-jen
Incredible Gardens Sprout in Quebec for the International Garden Festival
Redford Gardens in Grand-Métis, Québec, Canada is set to host the 13th edition of the International Garden Festival from June 23 to September 30, 2012. An amazing array of botanical feats will be on
Coconut Coir Makes an Eco-Friendly Soil That Helps The Earth & Your Plants To Thrive
Check out the roots of the plant on the left (which was grown in peat) and compare them to the roots of the plant on the right (grown in coconut coir). Anyone who has ever cared for plants has probably
Mind the Plant Garden Planters Are Made from Recycled Plastic from Local Construction Sites
Mind the Plant makes its garden planters from recycled plastic from local construction sites. The woven baskets are manufactured locally by the work integrating social co-op YallaTrappan in Malmo, Sweden.
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
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
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
DIY: How to Make Your Own Green Moss Graffiti!
We lurve green graffiti, so when we spotted this DIY moss graffiti recipe over on Green Prophet we just had to share it with you. Stories from Space is experimenting with the perfect formula that allows
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
Tree Cards by Seed Our Future Help Businesses Plant Trees Around the World
In a happy marriage of brand marketing and global restoration efforts, Tree Cards are a way for a business to encourage clients and customers to help developing communities become self-sustaining. Tree
Data Garden Debuts World’s First Plantable Music
The innovative digital musicians from the Data Garden label are giving fans an alternative to wasteful vinyl EPs, by offering downland codes embedded on seed paper. Digital music in inherently an
Habitat Horticulture Living Walls Create Healthy, Vibrant, Energy-Efficient Interiors
City dwellers who spend their daily lives surrounded by a concrete and steel jungle often yearn for something that resembles nature and can bring them back to earth amidst their urban environment. This is
Martín Azúa’s Furniture Creates a Cozy Home for Plants and Animals
If sustainable design is about designing to enhance our relationship with nature, then Martín Azúa‘s designs are the perfect example of this principle in action. The Spanish designer created
Functional Green: Kollektiv Stadtpark Fills an Old Slaughterhouse with Plant-Based Experiments
Photo by Anna Rosinke Functional Green is an installation by kollectiv stadtpark that transforms an old slaughterhouse in the second district of Vienna into a temporary space for experimenting with
Plant a Wish Restores Native Plant Habitats Around America
Founded by Hawaii-based husband and wife team Joseph Imhoff and Sara Tekula, Plant a Wish is a public awareness and documentary film project focused on encouraging the restoration of native habitats
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