May 8th, 2012

Urban Agriculture adopted by 800m+ worldwide

In but a few years it’s going to be essential for urban dwellers to grow their own food, either on their roof tops or in community gardens and farms around the city in which they live. Here is a rather straight forward (if not a little mundane) video from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Enjoy.

December 29th, 2011

Some of the best Roof Gardens from around the world

Many Countries (and intelligent local governments…) are now making it mandatory that any new buildings with flat roofs have gardens on them. Such fantastic opportunities lies ahead with the proliferation of this concept.

Hopefully here in the UK the same will happen and this will also be employed retrospectively for existing buildings once it begins to catch on.

Here are some interesting examples we have found:

Kensington Roof Garden, London

New York

Singapore

Chicago City Hall

December 5th, 2011
physical-dreamscape:

Urban garden in Hochelega-Maisonneuve, 1940
from Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin 
via AgriUrbain

physical-dreamscape:

Urban garden in Hochelega-Maisonneuve, 1940

from Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin

via AgriUrbain

April 25th, 2011

Guerilla Gardening - Greatest Hits London 2006 - 2009 (by TheGuerrillaGardener)