Summer Rayne Oakes lives in an apartment in one of the busiest cities in the world — not exactly the most obvious place to grow a garden. But despite the lack of space, she has turned her Brooklyn apartment into an indoor jungle containing 500 plants.
Asian Crossroads Over the Sea (ACROS) was designed to give the city of Fukuoka a much-needed new government building, without destroying one the city’s last remaining green spaces. The result is one of the world’s largest and most impressive green roofs.
Timber decking is a popular, cost-effective and time-tested way to make your garden more useful & practical, with millions of British homes already using them. This new infographic from our friends at 4everdeck points out some of the benefits of having a deck.
Foster Huntington masterminded the project in Washington State, which includes two elevated timber houses, walkways, a concrete skate bowl and a wood-fired hot tub.
François Abélanet is a landscape designer who uses geometry and perception to trick your mind and create these amazing optical illusions.
There’s a new extreme sport in town — The Blindfold Mowing Olympics. The sport was invented by the Mower Gang, a volunteer group who give up their free time to maintain overgrown public spaces in their native Detroit, USA.
This 200 square metre green wall was commissioned by Transport for London in an ambitious effort to combat air pollution in one of the capital’s busiest areas.
A zinnia flower was the first to bloom in the International Space Station’s new vegatable facility. Zinnias are a type of edible flowering plant that are fairly easy to grow down here on earth. Astronauts have been observing how plants grow in space in order to learn more about producing food on long, deep-space missions. …
On the edge of Lake Klejtrup in Denmark, you can walk around a giant map of the world made entirely out of stones and grass.
Our favourite piece of garden inspiration this week comes from Vietnam, where Vo Trong Nghia Architects have created a school that doubles as an eco-friendly garden.
