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Country’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 K-8 Golden Bridges School unveiled...
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A 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...
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Small Space Smart Combo Aquaponic, Hydroponic, Aeroponic Indoor Garden
The Lyfbox Ecosystem is an app-connected indoor smart garden that combines the best of aquaponic, hydroponic, and aeroponic growing systems to enable the food consumer to become a food producer....
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Four 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...
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Guided 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...
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“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...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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A 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...
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26 Last Minute Home and Garden Mother’s Day Gifts
It’s not too late to celebrate your cultivated Mom with these last minute Mother’s Day gardening gifts for the gardener! 1. Monticello Gardener’s Gift Basket From the shop of Thomas Jefferson’s...
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From Cargo Beds to Flower Beds: Japanese Pop-Up Gardens Keep on Truckin’
Gardens on four wheels? Some mobile gardens are on casters for portability and to chase the sun, others are traveling green roofs on the tops of busses and vans, and still others sprout in the backs...
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How To Bring a Dull Dorm Room to Life With Plants
College dorm move-in day is around the corner. You’ve snagged colorful bedding, a rug, and some cool wall decor. Integrate an indoor garden into the room design and bring your dull dorm room to life...
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Self-Powered Hydroponic Solar Greenhouse Harvests Food and Electricity
What does the future of urban farming look like? For Marjan van Aubel, it’s Power Plant, a self-powered hydroponic solar greenhouse she showcased last week at the London Design Biennale. Power Plant’s...
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23 Gardening Gifts For Mother’s Day You May Want For Yourself
For gardeners and non-gardeners alike, here’s my curated collection of 23 gardening gifts for Mother’s Day—including some delicious finds for relaxation. Mini Ceramic Planters on Bamboo Tray Wither on...
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AI Platform Turns Empty Office Spaces Into Smart Urban Vertical Farms
As the global pandemic continues with many people still working from home, large amounts of urban office space remain empty. To offset consequential disruptions to the food supply chains, a group of...
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Urban Gardens Valentine Gift Guide
Valentine’s Day is a good excuse (not that we ever need one) to celebrate a significant or sorta-significant other, and don’t forget dear friends. Stay home, break out some bubbly and raise a glass to...
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This Modern Aquaponics Furniture Design Mimics the Natural Environment
Mimicking the natural environment, EVA is an aquaponic planter system and light fixture designed as a modern piece of indoor furniture. Although robust enough for use in restaurants, Hong Kong...
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Big Ideas For Optimizing Small Space Gardens
Partner Post Here’s your dilemma: You’d love an outdoor living space and garden but have a postage-stamp-sized patch of patio, balcony, porch or terrace with no earth in which to plant anything. It’s...
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How To Bring a Dull Dorm Room to Life With Plants
Updated October 2022 College dorms can be sterile and lacking in personality, but there are fun ways to personalize the space and bring nature indoors. Adding plants and nature-themed objects can...
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Maximizing 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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