On December 8th, 2010, PLANTS GROWING ON ALL THE ROMAN ROOFTOPS…
…after six weeks of rain is worth looking up for – where you can see the story of Roman ruins begin before your very eyes, leaves falling, accumulating,…
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On December 7th, 2010, PLASTIC BOTTLE SEED-STARTER COLD-HOUSE WATER-CATCHMENT…
…is a simple little system I have going on the Roman rooftop garden (also known as Edible Estate #9: Rome, Italy) which involves collecting unwanted empty containers (from…
On December 4th, 2010, THE MAYOR OF LONDON AND CAPITAL GROWTH…
…announced a winning London housing estate community garden last month for the competiton inspired by Edible Estate Regional Prototype Garden #4: London, England, commissioned by Tate Modern in…
On December 2nd, 2010, VISIT TO ORTO BOTANICO DI ROMA…
…in Trastevere made me especially LA homesick when I entered their hothouse of succulents and cacti this morning. (wiki page)
On November 30th, 2010, AN INTERVIEW IN THE DIRT…
…the American Institute of Landscape Architects (ASLA) website, was posted a couple of months ago – but I finally had a chance to read it, and thought I…
On November 28th, 2010, A VISIT TO PARCO DEI MOSTRI WITH DANISH…
…friends who are fellows at the Accademia Danimarca di Roma (housed in Danish design splendor in a 1967 structure designed by Kay Fisker near Villa Borghese) made me…
On November 20th, 2010, PERSIMMON LEAVES…
…are on fire and providing bolts of brilliant color in the gardens behind the Academy, especially on the ground as the big leaves pile up in a spectrum…
On November 19th, 2010, A RAINBOW OVER THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…this morning is a welcome punctuation to endless days of November Roman rain.
On November 5th, 2010, LETTUCE IN CARTONS…
…is beginning to pop up – obviously enjoying the alternating sunny and rainy weather we have been having – and creating brilliant contrasts between the raw wood crates…
On November 4th, 2010, POTATOES GROWING IN BURLAP COFFEE BEAN BAGS IN WOOD FRUIT CRATES…
…is the cute, rustic, and homespun exception to my otherwise ‘trashy’ (in the best sense) garden of exclusively found, salvaged, and recycled goods with all of the plants…
On November 3rd, 2010, WORM COMPOSTING…
…also known as ‘vermicoltura’ around here, is going well up on the Roman rooftop and the little red worms are reproducing quickly, eating their daily kitchen scraps, turning…
On October 26th, 2010, DINNER WITH ALICE WATERS…
…at the American Academy in Rome tonight (over the delightful food prepared in the kitchen she revolutionized, and presided over by the indomitable indefatigable Mona Talbott) was a…
On October 23rd, 2010, EMPTY SWIMMING POOL AQUAPONICS
…is something that I recently came across (at gardenpool.org) where a whole subterranean productive animal/vegetable realm is created within empty backyard swimming cavities in which kitchen garden plants,…
On October 22nd, 2010, A SUNSET OVER ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS…
…this evening as I continue to figure out what form this rooftop homestead should take, though I suspect it will continue to change, evolve, and mutate through the…
On October 17th, 2010, A ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD…
…is what I’ll be gradually making for myself this year, including a kitchen garden, bat and bee estates, worm compost bins, laundry lines, a garden of plants for…
On October 14th, 2010, VILLA DORIA PAMPHILI…
…the nearby park and the largest in Rome is one of my favorite places in town – just outside the Aurelian wall at Porta San Pancrazio – where…
On October 1st, 2010, CHAIRS AT JARDINS DES TUILERIES…
…are Parisian delights – the way everyone is welcome to create their own solitary or social seating arrangement in the parks – and especially coming across them first…
On September 29th, 2010, TOKYO GREEN SPACE…
….was the topic of one of today’s more interesting garden conference talks here in Metz, France, by Jared Braiterman – and check out his website here.
On September 16th, 2010, THE FRENCH ACADEMY’S VILLA MEDICI…
…is one of my favorite places in the Rome – where I’m lucky to have some French friends of friends in residence who I can go visit –…
On September 12th, 2010, THE WHITE HOUSE VEGETABLE GARDEN…
…is my first stop after a talk at the American Society of Landscape Architects annual conference today – the first time I have seen it, and perhaps most…