Being on the smaller side myself, and currently living without a garden, this particular alternative gardening really appealed to me. Created by Megan Andersen, she has a step-by-step guide on how to create your own on Radmegan. By using slow growing succulents they can withstand indoor and outdoor temperatures and locations and look great when … Continue reading
As the desire to grow your own increases and allotments, or community gardens as they are known Stateside, blossom, so does the temptation to pilfer the ripened bounty, as recently reported in The New York Times. What can possibly be more disheartening, after you’ve spent back-breaking hours weeding, preparing, and carefully tending your plot to … Continue reading
Terra preta or black earth found in the Amazonian basin has been mystifying scientists for the last hundred years. Originally thought to have occurred naturally from volcanic deposits this has been dismissed in favour of an anthropogenic source. Patches of this immensely rich soil up to two metres deep and up to several hundred hectares … Continue reading
US alternative design company Greenaid have been marketing their urban ecology solutions, Seedbombs via vending machines placed in forward thinking retail establishments in the States. They have just started to make their way across the Atlantic and so far there is just one in the UK located in London’s Selfridges. The seedbombs are made from … Continue reading
The “open book” fountain at the end of Henszlemann Imre utca, in Budapest, Hungary is absolutely amazing… I haven’t been able to find out anything about the designer, but as a landscape architect I’m always looking for new innovative ideas to transform spaces and places and introduce a sense of fun into our environment. The … Continue reading
I’ve just stumbled across the most amazing bijou artworks from The Pothole Gardener, artist, Steve Wheen. He takes guerilla gardening to a different level with these beautiful installations. He recently exhibited at the Chelsea Fringe, or more accurately, the Eastern Fringe which was Hackney’s very own version and hopefully will do so again next year. … Continue reading
Well, as the medals are distributed at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012 I’m sure some will be over the moon, and others disappointed as they narrowly miss out on the coveted gold. Nevertheless, all of the gardens look amazing, and it has been a feat in itself to have got them built in such … Continue reading
For the last 8 years, The Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane, Japan has been chosen as the best garden by the American Journal of Japanese Gardening, and I think you can see why. Unfortunately, I have not had the privilege of visiting it, yet, but it appeals to me for it’s breathtakingly simple blend of natural … Continue reading
As a landscape architect I’ve specified plenty of bird boxes to pass the BREEAM assessment for local house-builders, and am always somewhat disappointed that we resort to the same products which up until now have amounted to wooden boxes or wood-concrete nests courtesy of Schwegler at best. At last Dutch students from Piet Zwart Institute in … Continue reading
Further to last week’s post on Plantascrapers, more and more companies are responding to the planet’s dwindling resources and devising ways in which we can increase urban food production. Whilst AECOM did not win the Chicago Navy Pier Rejuvenation project which instead went to James Corner’s Field Operations, this did enable them to develop their Urban … Continue reading
Christina Odell 