An old Volkswagen bus-turned-planter, at the Dallas Arboretum — a fine addition to the old-cars-used-in-gardens group. (A closer shot of the VW can be seen on Flickr here. Above photo via Volkswagen Utah.)
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An old Volkswagen bus-turned-planter, at the Dallas Arboretum — a fine addition to the old-cars-used-in-gardens group.

(A closer shot of the VW can be seen on Flickr here. Above photo via Volkswagen Utah.)

Source: volkswagenutah.wordpress.com

weworkhere:

watershedplus:

The Science Barge greenhouse is a prototype of sustainable urban farm floating on the Hudson River. The greenhouse grows an abundance of fresh produce including tomatoes, melons, greens, and lettuce with zero net carbon emissions, zero pesticides, and zero runoff.

More at Groundwork Hudson Valley

Yes please!

(via poptech)

Source: watershedplus

utnereader: What do you get if you cross an apple tree with a littleleaf linden? The Guerrilla Grafters—a renegade urban gardening group in San Francisco—hope the result is a metropolitan food forest. The volunteer activists splice branches from fruit trees onto the non–fruit bearing trees that line their city streets in an effort to grow cherries, Asian pears, and other fresh produce for local residents, free of charge. Keep reading … I keep seeing mentions online of this effort/movement. Wouldn’t it be great for the idea to be carried out in other cities?
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utnereader:

What do you get if you cross an apple tree with a littleleaf linden? The Guerrilla Grafters—a renegade urban gardening group in San Francisco—hope the result is a metropolitan food forest. The volunteer activists splice branches from fruit trees onto the non–fruit bearing trees that line their city streets in an effort to grow cherries, Asian pears, and other fresh produce for local residents, free of charge.

Keep reading …

I keep seeing mentions online of this effort/movement. Wouldn’t it be great for the idea to be carried out in other cities?

Vittori Lab and a handful of other designers got together and designed the AirTrain, which uses NASA-patented technology to improve air quality using certain plants that absorb carbon dioxide emissions and release oxygen. (via NASA-Patented Technology Purifies Vittori Lab’s Greenery-Filled AirTrain | Inhabitat)
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Vittori Lab and a handful of other designers got together and designed the AirTrain, which uses NASA-patented technology to improve air quality using certain plants that absorb carbon dioxide emissions and release oxygen.

(via NASA-Patented Technology Purifies Vittori Lab’s Greenery-Filled AirTrain | Inhabitat)

Source: inhabitat.com

Besides greening derelict urban spaces, guerrilla gardens offer city dwellers a moment’s surprise or a break from the familiar, when they happen upon a garden that wasn’t there the day before. Brooklyn-based artist Edina Tokodi with collaborator József Vályi-Tóth, employ “guerrilla tactics” to prompt New York City residents to reconsider their relationship with nature. In the last few years, Tokodi and Vályi-Tóth, through their collective Mosstika Urban Greenery, have created a series of public artworks incorporating plants. In Tokodi’s words: “… we aim to give green guerrilla tactics a new twist by creating works meant to be touched, in turn aiming to touch the souls of all that pass by.” (via Guerrilla Gardens: Look to the Wall)
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Besides greening derelict urban spaces, guerrilla gardens offer city dwellers a moment’s surprise or a break from the familiar, when they happen upon a garden that wasn’t there the day before.

Brooklyn-based artist Edina Tokodi with collaborator József Vályi-Tóth, employ “guerrilla tactics” to prompt New York City residents to reconsider their relationship with nature.

In the last few years, Tokodi and Vályi-Tóth, through their collective Mosstika Urban Greenery, have created a series of public artworks incorporating plants.

In Tokodi’s words: “… we aim to give green guerrilla tactics a new twist by creating works meant to be touched, in turn aiming to touch the souls of all that pass by.”

(via Guerrilla Gardens: Look to the Wall)

Source: soiledandseeded.com

Via steveleathers: For PARK(ing) Day, my company created an Urban Farmlet on SW 2nd Street in Portland (between Taylor and Yamhill).  It’s only two parking spots, but it feels like a lot more. If you’re in the area, come by and check it out. Have some lemonade. Enjoy some space that you normally wouldn’t have the chance to. Happy 2011 PARK(ing) Day, y’all.  PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good. Click here to view a map of cities where residents have set up pop-up parks.  See also: Earlier Gardens in Unexpected Places post here.
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Via steveleathers:

For PARK(ing) Day, my company created an Urban Farmlet on SW 2nd Street in Portland (between Taylor and Yamhill). 

It’s only two parking spots, but it feels like a lot more. If you’re in the area, come by and check it out. Have some lemonade. Enjoy some space that you normally wouldn’t have the chance to.

Happy 2011 PARK(ing) Day, y’all. 

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good.

Click here to view a map of cities where residents have set up pop-up parks. 

See also: Earlier Gardens in Unexpected Places post here.

Plantbombing! Yarnbombing — or the cozying up of the urban landscape with random acts of gorgeous knitting — has already been seen popping up in a number of cities. Now San Francisco-based urban knitter and guerilla gardeners Heather Powazek Champ and Derek Powazek have publicly come out with yarn bombing’s next evolution: planting low-maintenance species in beautifully hand-knitted yarn pockets all over their fair city. Inspired after this year’s International Yarn Bombing Day, the husband and wife pair call their project “Plantbombing,” and it combines Heather’s love of “urban knitting” and Derek’s skill at gardening. Using yarn, a bit of soil, and some hardy plants, the result is a hands-off, smile-inducing work of art.  For those of you who want to try making your own plant pockets, Heather’s site provides the instructions to get started. (via Plantbombing: Colorful Yarn-Wrapped Plants Soften Up The City : TreeHugger)
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Plantbombing!

Yarnbombing — or the cozying up of the urban landscape with random acts of gorgeous knitting — has already been seen popping up in a number of cities. Now San Francisco-based urban knitter and guerilla gardeners Heather Powazek Champ and Derek Powazek have publicly come out with yarn bombing’s next evolution: planting low-maintenance species in beautifully hand-knitted yarn pockets all over their fair city.

Inspired after this year’s International Yarn Bombing Day, the husband and wife pair call their project “Plantbombing,” and it combines Heather’s love of “urban knitting” and Derek’s skill at gardening. Using yarn, a bit of soil, and some hardy plants, the result is a hands-off, smile-inducing work of art. 

For those of you who want to try making your own plant pockets, Heather’s site provides the instructions to get started.

(via Plantbombing: Colorful Yarn-Wrapped Plants Soften Up The City : TreeHugger)

Source: treehugger.com

Via smartercities: San Francisco Parklets Provide New Public Waysides San Francisco’s new parklets program is adding dozens of street-side public spaces for you to enjoy. This innovative initiative replaces parked cars with seating and landscaping, to the benefit of weary walkers and local businesses. Read more. via untappedcities:
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Via smartercities:

San Francisco Parklets Provide New Public Waysides

San Francisco’s new parklets program is adding dozens of street-side public spaces for you to enjoy. This innovative initiative replaces parked cars with seating and landscaping, to the benefit of weary walkers and local businesses. Read more.

via untappedcities:

Source: untappedcities

Via urbangreens: thegreenurbanist: Pop-up park - Logan Square, Chicago Noisivelvet’s Joe Baldwin transforms Logan Square blacktop into green space. Love stuff like this! Makes me think of temporary/pop-up parks created in urban areas on PARK(ing) Day, which takes place this year on September 16.
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Via urbangreens:

thegreenurbanist:

Pop-up park - Logan Square, Chicago

Noisivelvet’s Joe Baldwin transforms Logan Square blacktop into green space.

Love stuff like this!

Makes me think of temporary/pop-up parks created in urban areas on PARK(ing) Day, which takes place this year on September 16.

Source: timeoutchicago.com