Urban Gardening
Urban gardens offer an escape from the concrete jungle you call home. Explore a range of urban garden and community garden opportunities, find advice for gardening newbies and discover useful techniques.
Expand All Guide SectionsStarting an Urban Garden
If you’ve shied away from all things green and growing due to your urban home base, get on ... read more »
Types of Urban Gardens
Even if you lack a yard or a lot of space, there are several ways to grow a garden in a city. The methods described on the sites below can be implemented indoors or outdoors, with a group or alone.
Top Sites for Types of Urban Gardens
Urban Garden Casual
explains how to create a thriving container garden—grown solely in pots. Learn what size pots to buy and how best to fertilize and water your plants.
Container Gardening
, a blog by a professor from Belgium, has a range of unique and basic container ideas with photos and instructions.
GuerillaGardening.org
explains the practice of sprucing up urban spaces with plants, and gives advice for those who want to get involved.
Inside Urban Green
has several examples of living walls, captured in videos, photographs and snippets of articles, located everywhere from New York City to Barcelona.
Composting and Rainwater Collection
Composting your food scraps and collecting rainwater are simple ways to improve the health of your ... read more »
Community Gardens
If you prefer a group setting, there are lots of ways to get involved in community gardens and ... read more »
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