Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
April 9, 2013
Jaboticaba is an incredible large shrub, or small tree, from Southern Brazil, but it is also present in adjacent countries of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. A profusion of white flowers makes the branches being loaded of various stages of maturing fruits when pollinated. The fruit is edible fresh or made into jams and jellies, or used to make wine. Jaboticaba makes a fine landscape shrub, tree or hedge. It can be grown as a patio or courtyard tree and is adapted to large container growing, but be careful because it does not tolerate low temperatures.
Source: University of Florida
January 11, 2013
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July 18, 2012
I could not resist, I finally bought the book and has been one of the best purchases I've made this year. The book is called "Wild urban plants of the north east" and it´s a field guide of some plants that colonize urban spaces. The book include a list of trees, shrubs and herbaces with images taken by himself and his students.
Source: Peter Del tredici
April 27, 2012
Plantas2 is an image bank for ornamental species. Most of images are taken from google images. Anyways, it is very useful to have them listed. If I had more knowledge in web design I would create a plant social network! Any volunteer?
Source: plantas2
April 29, 2011
Oudolf:
I just wanted to link to Piet Oudolf webpage, an artist-landscape designer, leading figure of "New Perennial" movement.
Source: www.oudolf.com
April 27, 2011
Temps des flors:
A new edition of this ephemeral art exhibition is about to start. This exhibition takes place in Gerona, where the streets, alleys, courtyards, gardens and monuments of the Old Town are used to present different projects, done mainly with flowers.
Source: www.gironatempsdeflors.net
April 5, 2011
Eva:
Eva is a mini composting plant designed by Francois Hurtaud. Huge amounts of organic waste is disposed everyday in homes and restaurants. This waste can be used to produce compost, get energy and grow food. The device uses part of the waste in an aerobic process to grow plants, and part of the waste to get methane and turn it into energy, thanks to a co-generator. Energy will produce light to stimulate the growth of the plants. Everything is done in a device with a cool design.
Source: www.francoishurtaud.com
March 14, 2011
Omega garden:
Omega garden is a company based in Canada. They have patented a rotatory cylindrical system to grow plants in your own home. They provide you a long list of plants that can be grown, although, this system is specially indicated for food production, you can grow other kinds of plants, flowers, for example.. The design maximizes energy and water consumption, it contributes to sustainability by reducing in packaging, transportation and the use of pesticides.
Source: www.omegagarden.com
February 23, 2011
Columbia road flower market
Columbia road flower market is a street flower market located in East London. The market´s activity started in 1869 as a covered food market. Huguenots introduced interest and demand for cut flowers in East London population. Initially, the market was on Saturdays, but it was moved to Sundays to accomodate the needs of local jewish traders. Nowadays, the market opens on Sundays from 8 am to 2 pm. A lot of the flower sellers grow their own plants or import flowers from around the world. You also find small art galleries, cup cake shops, vintage clothes stores, English and Italian delis, garden and antique shops. There is also a wealth of great pubs, cafes and restaurants. A great experience for a sunny Sunday.
February 21, 2011
Tree shaping is considered as an art of manipulating trees and their roots to create ornamental shapes and structures. Most of the examples of tree shaping are based in the natural phenomenon of inosculation. Large designs may take several years to achieve the design projected, depending on the size of starter material, the species rate of growth, cultivation conditions and the height of the design.
Source: www.treeshapers.net
February 16, 2011
Golly pods:
This plant pods are designed by Tend in collaboration with Jason Lane of Bells & Whistles. Golly ponds are more like living sculptures than just a place to stick plants.Golly pods are unique crafted planters that are made either of wood or ceramic. The planters are still in concept but looks like they will be ready to mass production very soon. The pods feature mostly succulent plants so they won’t need a lot of maintenance. If you enjoy succulent floral arraignments and like unusual futuristic design then you should check Tend’s blog constantly in order not to miss the release date.
Source: www.tendliving.com
February 14, 2011
Feder van der Valk:
"It's still freezing in this part of the world. I'm adding a few more weeks to my hibernation period."
Source: www.stringgardens.com
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