Inhabitat Green Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Green Thumb

Whether you know someone with a blossoming flower garden, or someone who has yet to cross off “planting tomatoes” on their to-do list, give them a gift that will keep things growing this

Biodegradable Pod Garden Makes Planting Fresh Herbs a Snap

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

Plantini: A Miniature Growing Kit In the Form of an Ornate Victorian Hothouse

Designed in collaboration with Finch & Fouracre, the Plantini is a miniature growing kit that emulates the remarkable steelwork of Victorian hothouses. The ornate facet topped structure stands just

Packaging the Future: Can Plantable Seed Paper Give Way to a Blooming Garden?

Olli Hirvonen and Mirko Ihrig’s ‘Urban Farming Tools’ Make Gardening in the City Easy

Urban farming makes sense in many ways: it’s good for your health, the environment, and, since you grow your own food locally, great for your budget. However, it’s not always easy to pull a

A-Frame Hanging Planter Turns Your Plants Into Trapeze Artists

If your windowsill is getting a little cramped with flora, first give yourself a pat on the back for your green thumb, and then create some new space for your oxygen-giving friends with this A-frame

Inhabitat Interviews Nancy Somerville About Sustainable Sites Landscape Rating System Program

Cool Planting Pots Made from Recycled Tires

For all of you green thumbs looking for a way to spice up your garden, we’ve found the perfect way to add a little edge to your delicate backyard blooms. Inspired by the handcrafted recycled tire

Grow Your Own Hydroponic Garden With the GrowBottle

If you’re fascinated by the idea of having a hydrogarden, but have no idea how you would ever get one started, then let us introduce you to the GrowBottle! Cleverly repurposed from wine bottles,

Top 5 Green Gadget Gardening Tools

Brown thumbs got ya down? The good news is that nowadays, there are plenty of technological cheatsheets out there to help you keep your plants alive and well. From smart iPhone apps that offer a plethora

LabBox: The World’s Smallest Hydroponic Gardening System

Gardening indoors can be tricky – especially when growing plants that require carefully controlled environments with lots of light. Enter Pocket Grow’s LabBox, a high-tech planter that is

Bug-Like Urban Gardens Filter Water and Air in Skyscrapers

Watch out — swarms of gigantic bugs are invading the city and may be coming soon to a rooftop near you! Designer Natalie Jeremijenk has conceived of a series of bug-like urban gardens that are

Urban Biofilter Project Plants Bamboo Forests to Clean up Brownfields

Bamboo forests are beautiful things — especially when they are cleaning urban air, soil, and water AND shielding communities from industry and heavily trafficked areas. Urban Biofilter creates

Hydroponics Are Hot

Olympic medals are not the only thing that come out of Vancouver, Canada; it is also a hotbed of hydroponic creativity. TreeHugger contributor Sami Grover has suggested that equipment developed for a

MIO Debuts Line of Eco Products for Target!

We loved MIO‘s Flat Pack Origami table at first sight and couldn’t wait to see what would come next from this Philly fave. Luckily for us, Brothers Isaac and Jaime Salm do not disappoint.

Michelle Obama To Plant White House Edible Garden

Eleanor Roosevelt’s World War II-era Victory Garden was a shining example to Americans that they could grow their own food. And now Michelle Obama is following in her footsteps, taking up the cause

Sprouting Cards Blossom Into Wildflowers!

Wondering what to do with all those old greeting cards and thank you notes? Now you can stick them in the ground and sprout wildflowers with Botanical Paperworks plantable greeting cards.. We’ve

West Coast Green 2008: The H2OG Rainwater Storage System

Every once in a while we come across an idea so fresh and simple it seems incredible that it has not been thought of before. The Rainwaterhog is just such an idea – the H2OG system is a modular