Matchstick Garden is an interesting easy to use gardening solution that could help anyone grow a patch of vegetables with minimal effort.

With the rampant urbanization of our society, is a little patch of green becoming just as valuable as precious materials like diamonds and gold? Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson raises that question with his evocative line of “living” accessories called Growing Jewelry. The series of rings containing live moss ask us to rethink our modern definitions of luxury and our relationships to the physical objects that populate our lives. These rings require the same kind of care as any plant, becoming more vibrant and “valuable” as their owners allow them flourish. The retail environment resembles the minimalist design of a greenhouse, repurposing [...]

Prepara, a kitchen products company based in Manhattan, has developed a simple way to garden year-round without using soil. The Prepara Power Plant Mini is a rectangular container that automatically dispenses a water/nutrient mixture to your herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables so you don’t have to adhere to the traditional chores of maintaining a garden.
A short video demonstration:

[via CNET]
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Walk a little too fast and you might miss it, but nestled in the heart of Brooklyn off the Jefferson L train, a group of artists, activists, and golf lovers have turned a tiny slice of abandoned property into a nine-hole miniature golf course called THE PUTTING LOT. While PSFK reported on in it’s eminent opening in May , this golf course isn’t merely for recreational use- it’s become part of a master plan of it’s creators to promote sustainability, urban renewal, and eco-consciousness. Each of the nine putting holes was designed by a different team of artists and architects [...]

Yesterday we wrote about apartment swaps for creative professionals. Today the turn has come to hyperlocavore, a free yard sharing community. A locavore eats locally as much as possible. A hyperlocavore on the other hand [...]

Wooly Pockets are an interesting modular system for creating indoor and outdoor gardens. Constructed out of a soft, felt-like material made out of recycled plastic bottles, the pockets can be hung and stacked to create space-saving vertical wall gardens, and the flat syle allows for a more traditional flexible plant container. The material breathes, keeping roots healthy, and the Wooly Pockets come in an unlined version for the outdoors, and a lined version to keep indoor plants from leaking.

[via Better Living Through Design]

A new program in the UK is matching up novice gardeners with experienced horticulture tutors. Over 32,000 people have signed up for the program, that promises to help them with everything from finding a suitable plot of land to deciding what’s realistic to grow. Tutors are also on call in the following months via phone or email to answer any questions. This “veg doctor” program is sponsored by organizations like the National Trust, Royal Horticultural Society and Garden Organic. A top priority of the scheme is to re-skill the general public in the largely forgotten art of growing vegetables.
[via The [...]

It really doesn’t get much more “green” or sustainable than this. The Build/Make/Craft/Bake blog has a tutorial on how to create little seed-starting planters out of eggshells. A simple but ingenious hack.
[via Curbly]

People are taking to gardening again it seems. But it’s not as a relaxing hobby – this new school of gardeners are hitting the soil to grow serious food.
Spurned on by the sagging economy, people are reviving the idea of the home (or apartment) victory garden to save money and eat healthier. A National Gardening Association report predicts a 19 percent increase in home gardening in 2009, and more than half of their survey respondants said they planned to start a garden this year. The Burpee Seed company had a 20% jump in sales last year, and sold 15,000 kits [...]

Two UK based websites, Landshare and LandFit (temporarily on hiatus), are hoping to expand the concept in a radical way by putting would-be gardeners who lack the space in contact with those that would like to see their underutilized property put to good use. Time and again we’ve seen the internet’s powerful social networking capabilities bring people together in interesting ways to build communities and create change, and like most successful endeavors this idea is starting small, connecting individuals in their own neighborhoods and backyards. As we begin to understand the impact of large scale farming on our health and [...]