Fab.com, a new design-minded flash sale site, is wowing me with their modern garden items. First I fell for these planters and now this trellis from Terra Trellis. Would you put a sculpture-trellis in your garden? (Isn’t trellis a really strage sounding, ugly looking word. Especially if you say it over and over: trellis, trellis, trellises) Would [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
17 May
Cheers, Fire Escape Farms!
“Ledges, light-wells and rooftops, oh my!” says Fire Escape Farms. This San Francisco based online store specializes in the special tools we urban gardeners need to get the job done. They want to “help you turn even the smallest patch of sunlight into a farm so you can get your hands dirty and eat home-grown [...]
7 Mar
Two Trends in One: Stacking Giraffe Planters from Anthropologie
I hear that all things “figural” are hot. Plates passing as otters, teapots turned into top hats . . . so why not stacking planters that looks like giraffes? Stacking planters are also super popular right now. The stacking trend seems to come from at least two inspirations: trendy succulents do well in stacking planters + [...]
6 Mar
Urban Big Box Gardening: Round Containers and Solar Lights at Target
Last summer we searched for low glazed pottery container under $100 for our succulents. We didn’t find much and ended up with a plain terra cotta pot from Home Depot. (These succulents didn’t make it, but we want to try it again.) Well, look what R* and I found at Target yesterday! Pretty great right? [...]
18 Feb
Urban Big Box Gardening: Cheap Stackable Planters (and Swans!) at KMart
Now is the time! If you want to pick up cool, inexpensive gardening items at big-box prices, city gardeners need to watch these stores closely. You have to shop early and shop fast. Much of the good stuff (like the solar lights at IKEA, my favorite Target pots) goes quick and is not evenly replenished. [...]
3 May
Reminder: Brooklyn Botantic Garden Plant Sale Kicks Off Tomorrow
I’m looking forward to the plant sale preview. I’m hoping to race there after work tomorrow night. Maybe I’ll see you there? I’ve never been before so I’m not sure what to expect, but I’m hoping to find: lantana for a hanging basket, some succulents, Thai and bush basil. Visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s site [...]
22 Apr
Two Places To Buy Pots and Containers
We’re looking for a few new containers to spice up our collection. I love the selection at Jayson Home and Garden in Chicago. Take a look. I’ve visited Jayson Home and Garden twice on trips to Chicago and pushed mail order from them as well. I highly recommend them. A friend from Apartment Therapy also [...]
17 Apr
Adding three shrubs to our roof garden
We went to Chelsea Garden Center in Red Hook, Brooklyn this afternoon. Our mission was to pick out two or three small trees. R* wanted the shrubs to give our little roof garden height and definition, plus a sense of seperation. $170 plus cabs later, we ended up with two Emerald Green Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis [...]
9 Apr
Use CB2′s maze to create a simple green wall
We love the cover of the new CB2 catalog. Since when are guys shown gardening on the cover of a national catalog? Isn’t it cool how they use this metal maze wall hanging thing as a way to create a simple green wall effect, using air plants and succulents. We like the CB2 Julep rocker [...]
23 Mar
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Plant Sale — Coming in May!
We’re looking forward to loading up our roof garden with plants from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale on May 5 and 6. Last summer we hauled in plants from all over Brooklyn and Manhattan . . . but the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is only a few blocks from our apartment so this will be [...]
