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cleaning airhave you ever noticed a certain similarity in public parks and back gardens in the cities of the West?
and pollution removal all in the same garden with the right choice of plants, configurations, and management practices.
and urban food gardens. Â However, until recently we have been lacking the datasets and science-based specifications for designs that work to serve all of these purposes at once.
Grey water goes straight back to kitchen gardens. In 1949, the environmental scientist Aldo Leopold  wrote:"
and lightweight manufactured screens, all manicured like a fantastic topiary. Â My own work on Near-Living Architecture group at Waterloo,
Bright lights, big cityincluded in the mix of successful city-based agricultural projects are rooftop gardens
attracting birds and wildlife to sky-gardens, tens of floors up. In Singapore, for example, the Marina Bay Sands hotel features a skypark on the 56th floor, with trees,
street corners and rooftops to micro-wildernesses or manicured into formal gardens. A disused raised railway in New york city has become a popular park,
self-styled"guerilla gardeners  are planting flowers and trees in plots among the tarmac and traffic of London's highways,
But what is certain is that the survivors of these menagerie experiments in the human garden will produce a genetic legacy.
called bioprocessing, is being realised in wastewater gardens. These may be thought of as bacterial cities within our own,
these sewage plants are popular visitor attractions, odourless greenhouses with the look and feel of a botanical garden (such as Koh Phi Phi Don in Thailand).
we are the planet's gardeners. And that means we must develop our nurturing skills.
Damon Little, a curator at the New york Botanical gardens has used it to see whether there's really gingko in gingko supplements.
I have seen some great vegetable gardens growing on floating lily beds in Bangladesh, for example oe it is doubtful we could replace as cheaply the many ecosystem functions that soils provide, from water management to pollution, remediation to supporting structures,
#Crack Garden is Not What it Sounds Like Crack garden This crack garden is not
what it sounds like Its a sustainable, simple and cheap answer to a design problem.
How to make a garden out of a concrete slab without spending a fortune. Pics) Created in the small back yard of a San francisco apartment building,
The garden is a series of cracks, made by a jackhammer, in formal rows, in an existing concrete slab
This sustainable garden is only one of many described in an informative and interesting online exhibition by the American Society of Landscape architects (ASLA
These include rooftop garden oefloral therapy, art classes making realistic representations of everyday objects, music therapy with bongos sounding oelike a heartbeat.
#Aquabundance Worlds First Aquaponic Gardening System Featured invention at the Davinci Inventor Showcase Aquabundance is the worlds first green gardening system that has been designed to grow plants and fish, year-round
All while using a fraction of the water of a dirtbased gardening system. Via The Aquaponic Source Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati r
810.5 pounds, shown here with New york Botanical garden staff. Scientists now think they understand how pumpkins like this one can grow to enormous sizes without splitting apart.
The New york Botanical garden where the worlds biggest pumpkin will be carved this weekend, says that a 2,
It has been one of the great murder mysteries of the garden: what is killing off the honeybees?
#Amateur Gardener Grows Worlds Biggest Potato Thats One Crazy Big Potato! An amateur gardener has grown the worlds biggest potato.
The prize potato, grown by Peter Glazebrook, tips the scales at a whopping 8lbs 4oz (3. 76kg), smashing the previous world record by 9oz.
The vegetable, Peters Kondor variety, was put on show on Friday at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
#Gardening In School Boosts Child Development Projects in the dirt are good for kids! A study out of the UK suggests that school gardens actually improve academic skills in children.
Children who participated in school gardening projects were found to be better problem solvers. The projects also encouraged patience, independence,
and healthy eating habits Teachers who used gardening as part of childrens education said they displayed more independence
and were better at solving problems. Working in school gardens also had an impacts on other subjects,
it was claimed oefundamental to the success of school gardens in stimulating a love of learning was their ability to translate sometimes dry academic subjects into practical,
School gardening projects are also great because they dont require much cash to start or maintain.
But unluckily for this man a mobile left behind on a bar stool at a German beer garden in Redwood City,
The mobile which was left behind on a bar stool by an Apple employee at a German beer garden in California Gizmodo said the person who found the phone claimed it was logged into Powells Facebook account
grows an organic garden on-site, builds accommodations from recycled and reclaimed wood, and composts kitchen trashll of which is part of their effort to be a zero-waste property.
Urban gardening or oegrowing your own food is another emerging trend. Due to the absence of food sources, people who go organic
In the ancient Arabian sex manual, The Perfumed Garden, rubbing the penis with various ointments is prescribed for oeincreasing the dimensions of members and making them splendid.
Leaves of Certain Plants Are Susceptible to Leaf Burn from Too much Sun Ginkgo leaves in sunshine To the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact,
but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday sun can lead to burnt plants.
provides an answer that not only reverberates across gardens and allotments, but may have implications for forest fires
The latter not only partly confirms the widely held belief of gardeners, but also opens an analogous issue of sunburn on hairy human skin after bathing. oein sunshine water drops residing on smooth hairless plant leaves are unlikely to damage the leaf tissue,
a professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo, built his boyhood dream hideaway in Takasugi-an (Chino, Nagano), a teahouse on stilts, in the bottom of his fathers garden.
Located on the grounds of Alnwick Gardens just 95 miles south of Edinburgh (and next to the Alnwick Castle, the very one used in the Harry potter films), this 6, 000-square-foot tree house
The drive to make all food supplies local has touched off a number of battles to rewrite municipal codes to accommodate everything from rooftop gardens, to backyard cows and chickens
Firstly, hose down your tree in the garden and leave it to dry before bringing it inside.
including a specimen that was collected at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 2009. That species was named Lasioglossum gotham,
#Electronic gardening kit A whole new way to garden. If there ever was a product that best demonstrated our increasing disconnect with nature,
Click & Grow is an electronic gardening set that includes a soil-less pot, plant cartridges and yep, even batteries.
#10 best iphone apps for gardening Whether or not you ve got a green thumb, these apps will help your garden grow.
Timing is everything as those who garden are well aware. And a bountiful crop requires planning and organization.
For novice and advanced gardeners alike, there is always something that can be learned about getting the best from the earth.
Following are 10 great gardening apps that serve that very purpose, and can help yield juicier tomatoes, more fragrant rosemary,
and brighter hydrangeas. 1. Landscaper s Companion Although the cost of this app is high,
gardeners of all levels will appreciate the sheer volume of information that is contained in Landscaper s Companion.
$9. 99 2. Fruit Garden Fruit Garden focuses on the harvesting of 22 different fruits,
$4. 99 4. Bugs and Insects Speaking of bugs, with a database of more than 900 pests, the Bugs and Insects app is a great resource for gardeners looking to determine the culprits who have been nibbling on their harvests,
and avid gardeners will appreciate the myriad varieties of vegetables it covers, including 26 different kinds of lettuce, 19 peppers, 20 tomatoes,
In addition, there s a comprehensive tab outlining basic guidelines on planting an herb garden. Cost: $1. 99 8. Garden Pilot Garden Pilot combines a directory of more than 14,000 plants with a comprehensive article database.
It covers a wide range of topics, including plant diseases, fertilizers and chemicals, organic gardening and eco-friendly ideas.
A recent update to the app also shows which plants are available for purchase at local app-participating retailers.
$2. 99 9. Gardens If you prefer more visual gardening instruction, this app features informative videos on topics such as Small Gardens, Big Ideas,#Novice Knockout Gardens,
ilocate Gardening Supplies In order to get the garden, you need the garden tools. ilocate Gardening Supplies offers listings of garden supply retailers in your area.
With a simple and easy-to-use interface, this app provides one-click calling functionality and relies on Google maps to identify locations nearby.
a local villager weeding her garden. A dosimeter placed next to her registered radiation levels of more than 5 microsieverts per hour, far exceeding government safety levels.
and blackberries as they grow in my garden, thinking I wont be able to eat them this year.#
they confided to Abe their worries about radioactive contamination of the soil in their gardens.
On top of Chicagos City hall is a garden with wildflowers and native grasses. In the garden stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come
and go in patterns more graceful, but just as busy, as the traffic on the street 11 stories below.
and organic gardening practices. Not to mention the urban residents who are building hives at a brisk pace.
Her bees live in three hives in a community garden in a once-vacant lot near a fire station and elevated train tracks.
He described it as complex with nectar from a variety of mints from Lurie Garden in Millennium Park and linden trees in Grant Park.
The honeys taste changed after Lurie Garden was installed in 2004, he said. I guess it tastes more complicated now,
and the end product would be garden-ready compost, suitable for all ornamental garden applications. Using it on veggie gardens is discouraged.
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#American cities built for the young strained by aging boomers Atlanta Regional Commission project constructed the new ramp to accomodate the aging population in Atlanta.
when seniors preferred to shop#and intergenerational community garden. To the east, Dekalb County is building a library near a senior center,
House & Garden folded after 106 years. It succumbed to the advertising downturn, a lot of competition,
a restored former saltwater marsh turned into an urban wild#with community gardens, a playground, and basketball courts.
Then theres noteworthy Charles street in Beacon hill, the Boston Public Garden (which your kids will recognize from Make way for Ducklings),
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Theres nothing quite like freshly grown toad straight from the garden...Keep your friends close,
artistic gardens that bloom in concert with the people who get involved, evolvable playgrounds that grow along with the thinking of play,
At least the Goldman sachs vampires have plenty of money to buy guns to shoot starving peasants who will be trying to steal heirloom tomatoes from their manor gardens.
The last decade has been an exciting time as people started growing gardens upside-down and even on vertical walls.
In fact, gardening is rated among the top ten best forms of exercise. Some people will want to join this community for reasons of self-sufficiency and others just for the fun of it.
and How to Grow Them in Your Garden Growing Vegetables is a nutritious and delicious past time.
A perfectly ripe, juicy tomato, still warm from the sun. Sweet carrots, pulled from the garden minutes (or even seconds!
For the tastiest veggies with the best nutrition, try growing a few of these nutrient-dense foods in your own garden.
simply pick them off by hand. 2. Peas There is nothing like peas grown right in your own garden#the tender sweetness of a snap pea just plucked from the vine is unlike anything you can buy in at a store.
kidney beans) While snap beans (green beans/wax beans) are a great addition to any garden, its the beans we grow as dried beans that are real nutritional powerhouses.
5. Tomatoes Fresh, homegrown tomatoes are the reason many gardeners get into vegetable gardening in the first place. Theres just nothing that compares to eating a perfectly ripe tomato,
and less flavorful. 8. Leaf Amaranth Leaf amaranth is a less-common vegetable that is well worth a try in your own garden.
crunchiest best when freshly harvested from the garden. These icons of healthy eating deserve their good for you-you#rep#theyre very high in fiber, manganese, niacin, potassium,
of these nutrient-dense, delicious vegetables in your own garden, and youll get double the health benefits:
The Kids Closer to Nature online adventure club has been established to inspire children to frequent their back garden, local park,
Garden Clearing A garden clearing is clearly visible from above. A man painted red with annatto-seed dye can be seen on a path leading to the garden.
Red paint is a common body decoration among Amazon tribes. They must feel relatively comfortable to have settled a community with developed gardens and structures,
which is said good news Chris Fagan, executive director of the Upper Amazon Conservancy, an environmental-and-cultural-conservation group that works in southeastern Peru.
Man in the Garden A closer view shows the man in clearer detail, along with details of banana plants and annatto shrubs in the garden.
Papaya and manioc would also be grown there, and perhaps cotton used to make bracelets, anklets and hammocks, said Watson.
The chemicals, that mimic the insect-killing properties of nicotine, are used widely in the UK on both ornamental garden plants
#Chicago Combats Food Deserts and Childhood Obesity One Seed at a time Chicagoans that vote for their favorite seeds, get free seeds to plant in their gardens.
Chicagos land trust of community gardens, and One Seed Chicagoare motivating urbanites to start their own urban garden by handing out free seeds and then asking gardeners to vote on their favorite.
The goal of the program is to get those that wouldnt have been interested in gardening before to give it a try.
Its about working from seed to table#in order to break up food deserts and fight childhood obesity all in the same breath.
get free seeds to plant in their gardens. According to the press release, voting started on January 1
For the fourth year One Seed Chicago is uniting Chicago gardeners, #said Ben Helphand, Neighborspace Executive director.
community gardens and balconies across the City will be linked together in a season-long celebration of urban gardening and local eating.#
#This comes in the wake of a new emphasis on urban gardening in Chicago. According to an article in the Chicago tribune, The city hosts hundreds of community gardens and about a dozen small farms
whose produce is sold to the public. But Chicago is peppered also with roughly 14,000 empty lots that all parties agree could be farmed to create jobs,
which contends that the ordinances are bringing urban gardens out of the shadows and recognizing their importance.
The portable fluorescent garden goes is on sale for $90, 000, with the target market ostensibly being restaurants that want locally manufactured, sun-free vegetables on site.
he planted some vegetables in the garden. He didn t expect to live to harvest them,
he reaped his garden and, feeling emboldened, cleaned up the family vineyard as well. Easing himself into the island routine,
Wake naturally, work in the garden, have a late lunch, take a nap. At sunset, they either visited neighbors
Lunch was almost always beans (lentils, garbanzos), potatoes, greens (fennel, dandelion or a spinachlike green called horta) and whatever seasonal vegetables their garden produced;
because islanders eat greens from their gardens and fields, they consume fewer pesticides and more nutrients.
instead planting a huge garden that provided most of their fruits and vegetables. She lost weight without trying to.
#Although unemployment is high#perhaps as high as 40 percent#most everyone has access to a family garden and livestock,
You re going to grow a garden, because that s what your parents did, and that s what your neighbors are doing.
and this allowed us to determine that our effective clientele is everyone that is a Gardener First.
Second we were able to determine that Gardeners/Farmers with an existing infestation are more likely to buy our products.
As mentioned previously hitting the organic conscious people, garden stores, attending trade shows with our booth.
Contacting Botanic Gardens and Hospital Gardeners are some of the new marketing plans we are currently working on.
and We have developed the Product that does something no other garden product does. We have sold Dragon Juice (at least one bottle) in almost every state in the country.
and organic gardening marketplace. We feel that Dragon Juice was invented at the right time#as the interest in organic and natural ingredients for the garden has been steadily increasing lately.
Where do people go to find out more about your product? On the web at Dragonjuice. org, Facebook (inature Organics and/or Dragonjuice), Twitter@organicspray,(where we have 2300 followers.
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Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami, told Reuters Health that she thinks it s natural for people to draw a connection between the two rising rates.
#said Gardener, who has investigated risk factors for autism in the past. But Gardener warns that she believes researchers are far away from understanding
what might create a link between obesity and autism. Krakowiak told Reuters Health there are a few theories,
Gardener said there is enough evidence to encourage moms-to-be to get healthy. Even though this association is far from being proven
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#Use of common pesticide, Imidacloprid, linked to Bee Colony Collapse Imidacloprid is in a lot of commonly used products.
(and IMHO tastier) to that $5 crappucino you buy every day from Starbucks. 8) Start a garden.
If you re new to gardening, start small, with things you know you ll actually eat.
and there is no denying that garden-fresh veggies are preferable to ones that have spent the past several days in a truck or on a supermarket shelf.
if they plant a garden. For those of us in colder regions, however, things get a bit more challenging come winter.
We can rig up indoor herb gardens on windowsills or using full-spectrum fluorescent lights, but that can sometimes get a little complicated.
which is a hydroponics system inspired by vertical gardens. Trofe s creation works much like hydroponic systems,
Gardening has long been known to have positive psychological impact on those who indulge in it.
Because of the limited space on the ISS, growing a full-scale garden there isn t feasible,
the#oewater Gardens#are groupings of water-extracting towers for high volume and high quality water.
Is it possible to add a water extracting ground spike next to every plant or tree in our garden?
and MIT has a cherry tomato garden that is managed by a small crew of robots equipped with vision sensors.
The New york Botanical garden) 4.)Dropping a penny from the Empire state building won t kill someone. The penny will top out at 50 miles per hour,
Bright lights, big city Included in the mix of successful city-based agricultural projects are rooftop gardens, rooftop greenhouses (both low tech and hydroponic), aboveground planting
and lightweight manufactured screens, all manicured like a fantastic topiary. My own work on Near-Living Architecture group at Waterloo,
#10 great indoor vertical gardens Plants are natural friends and always lend a sense of warmth and spread freshness.
when it comes to gardens. But, bringing the charm of gardens in the life of people who suffer a space crunch are vertical gardens that will bring the garden inside the comfort of your house.
Designers have come up with ideas that cover the walls with vegetation and give them an all new life.
Pics) 1. Indoor vertical garden by Urbanarbolism Urbanarbolism joined hands with Paisajismo Urbano to come up with a three story tall indoor vertical garden.
The attention-grabbing garden has been wedged in the courtyard that gets necessary sunlight for the garden to remain in a vibrant state.
2. Vertical Gardens from Green Over Grey Give living walls a greener life with Vertical Gardens from a Vancouver based company named Green Over Grey.
3. Patrick Blanc s Vertical Gardens Absence of an abundant garden space did not deter Patrick Blanc s spirit to find a room for his love for plants.
The urban garden guru, as he is called fondly, looks at walls like an empty canvas that he paints with real plants.
4. Flora Grubb Gardens Injecting some green fun in walls is Woollypocket, who have been creating lush oasis on vertical spaces from quite some time now.
and give them an all new meaning just like the Flora Grubb Gardens...5. URBIO Indoor Vertical Garden URBIO comprises of wall mounted plates
and plant pots that will sprinkle magic on otherwise dead walls. Eco-plastic has been used to craft these pots that stick to the wall with the help of neodymium magnets.
URBIO will bring the garden inside your house if you crave for one in an urban setup.
6. Ecohabitare by Daniele Adamo Ecohabitare is a vertical garden that can be fitted on a wall measuring just 3 meters in length.
The garden can be maintained without bending, which will not strain your back. This will also keep water usage under control
The soil needs to be changed once every year to keep the garden in a great state...
7. Maze Wall hanging The Maze Wall hanging Garden will grace both inside and outside spaces. The basic structure of the plates is in the form of a maze,
The vertical garden is a great way to stay connected with nature even in the hustle-bustle of city life...
8. Indoor Vertical Garden by Green Fortune Here is an Indoor Vertical garden that will not only add elegance
The garden will shower added natural freshness in office areas, which will influence people working there in a positive way...
9. Terrascreen Green Wall Vertical Garden Terrascreen has been designed by Shane Pliska. The interior plantscaper belongs to a family that owns one of the most famous interior plantscaping companies in the United states, named Planterra.
The vertical garden comprises of watertight containers, which can be used to grow plants. Capillary action is used to sub-irrigate these plants
Urb garden Urb Garden looks like a wooden closet, but will be a perfect fit for small-sized dwellings.
The vertical garden won t consume much space and can be positioned easily in courtyards or balconies.
http://www. lopezlibrary. org/music. html Libraryfarm#orthern Onondaga (N y.)Public library#oethe Libraryfarm is an organic community garden on one-half acre of land owned by Northern
and Herb garden Mixology as well as many other unusual events.#(#Sacramento Public library, Sacramento, CA) Haunted history tour:#
making contest, Classes on making wreaths, walking sticks, vegetable gardens, butterfly gardens, native plants and hypertufa Madison County Public library::
and much more. 2. Water Harvesting Irrigation Spikes Will it someday be possible to add atmospheric water harvesting ground-spikes next to every plant or tree in our garden?
#Nasa tests growing lettuce in space A plant growth chamber designed to make gardens thrive in weightlessness.
If shoots emerged there was no sun. In short the space station is a gardener s nightmare. The solution appears to be aveggie flight pillow a tailored environment
It s a plant growth chamber designed to make gardens thrive in weightlessness. A batch of these plant pillows were included on the Spacex Dragon cargo ship
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But in an effort to green the city, officials have given up the space on the roof train stations to make community gardens.
The small plot of land has a waiting list for commuters keen to have some time in the garden
We started this vegetable garden business out of a desire to contribute to the environmental maintenance and the revitalization of the area along the train line.
which includes amenities such as gardening tools and seeds. When people are not busy, gardening the space is used as a community gathering ground,
According to Springwise, the company has plans to open up similar gardens at atop or near all their rail stations throughout Japan.
Walking robotic lamps reorganize garden landscapes Toro-bots No matter how pretty your garden may be it only gets that way because of all of the hard work you put into it.
But, in the future gardens might not need your help at all, reordering themselves at a robotic whim.
These little garden bots are meant to meander about your topiaries and flower pots, altering the overall aesthetic of your garden every time you lift your head.
Even better, each of the Toro-bots has its own encodedpersonality. With a series of infrared rangefinders, the robots can sense their surroundings,
even reacting to human visitors to their garden by stepping out of your way. The robots are connected to a central hub via Xbee radios.
Not only your lanterns but every single plant in your garden could simply decide to pack up and move to a new location on its own.
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