Home Design Letsroll: Small Urban Garden Designs

“The RBC was our very first grantor, providing funds in 2012 to help catapult us from project concept to reality,” states Mary Ostafi, AIA, LEED BC+C, Executive Director and Founding Farmer of Urban Harvest STL, a food roof garden in downtown St. Louis. If you're an urban dweller with a typically tiny balcony, it can be a tough choice: Set up a garden, or have a nice little chair and table where you can sit outdoors. Now, a new design innovation No matter how small, he says, these balconies "offer Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Garden and Visitor Centre is a prime example of regenerative design. (Courtesy Perkins+Will support butterflies or birds that have otherwise vacated an urban area. (Courtesy Perkins+Will / © Nic Lehoux) Capturing Urbio is a fascinating vertical garden system that’s minimalist, expandable, and affordable. It was designed by Volare Studio and Enlisted Design, who posted the system on Kickstarter to raise funds to bring the product to market. Urbio includes wall Our garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show has a drop-down table and pull-out benches, which reveal a beautiful art work behind. Think innovatively about how you can make the most of a small space. Good gardening is as much about using design to create A true design hotel, Der Wilhelmshof was designed by artist Ty Waltinger and features artwork, poetry, sculptures and much more. Even the garden area is adorned with guests arriving by train with a small gift. 3) Ruby Sofie Vienna The creators behind .

Stockholm-based Kjellander + Sjöberg Architects (K + S) has won first prize in a competition to design the “Skärvet” urban “The block is given a unique urban character, combined with a small-scale, diverse architectural timber expression would be greened with landscaping and flow directly into a more parklike setting and water garden leading to the limits of the center’s property at the Roosevelt Bridge. All of this is a smart response to the obvious urban design challenges of the The data gathered from the project may be used to support development of urban master plans in cities in Israel sometimes innovative ones such as green roofs or the infusion of small bits of garden along footpaths. “We are trying to determine how Panelists from Redmond, Kirkland and Bellevue will discuss garden plots big and small, plus feeding, teaching and building community through urban agriculture smaller interest groups to gather, exchange ideas, consider potential followups and share .