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Inspiration: Intelligentsia Venice's Vertical Garden

click for more picsThe long awaited Intelligentsia in Venice opened last week so we stopped by to take a look for ourselves. The west side location is very different from the look of the Silver Lake ...

Small Garden Idea: Use Bamboo For Privacy

One of the nicest things about living in Venice was getting to have a little garden all to myself. Only problem is that the next door neighbors added on to their house and ended up putting a second s...

Look! Small Space Tiered Planter

For small spaces it's important to go vertical and the same applies to small gardens. When space is at a minimum use vertical tiered planters to maximize a small balcony or patio and create a lush co...

Good Questions: Small Backyard Ideas?
Los Angeles

Nelly writes in asking for some ideas about her small space backyard: Dear Apartment Therapy and readers, we live in a garden apartment with a very small backyard space. I am looking to create a cozy ...

Interview with an Apartment Gardener

A while back we got a question about how to grow an herb garden on a windowsill. We gave our advice and you guys chimed in and hopefully it set some gardens in motion. For more inspiration we found ...

Small Space Garden Inspiration: Park[ing] Day LA

If you have a chance today, check out Parking Day LA happening all over our fine city. Architects, activists and garden lovers are turning metered parking spaces into small space gardens. Jump below...

Small Garden Solution: Go Geometric

September's issue of Sunset magazine had some great examples of how using geometry can open up a small garden. We saw it in action in the neighbor's front yard, jump below for some more examples:...

Look! 3 Tiered Planter

Browsing the LA Flickr Pool we found this image that mnerd submitted of an alive and well 3-tiered planter:...

Look! Tiny Tokyo Garden

Ossan started a flickr group to unite those with a big love for gardens but hardly the space for one. He lives in a small apartment in Tokyo and has a balcony where he escapes to work in the garden: ...

Look! Simple Modern Planter and Trellis

For renters, even if you have a garden that you can plant, you may not want to commit to putting things in the ground because you want to be able to take your garden with you. This combination plante...

Great Indoor Plant: Begonias

Coming from a gardening family most of my plants originated with another family member. This begonia was my grandmother's and among the things that I inherited from her. Luckily this kind of Begonia...

Where to Buy Living Wall Planters

Yesterday we blogged a gorgeous succulent wall planter and couldn't remember where we'd seen a more real world option. Thanks to reader DanielleM who reminded us that it was in the Gardener's Supply ...

Growing Garden Wall in Metropolitan Home

Browsing through Metropolitan Home we snapped this picture of one of the most beautifully planted living walls we've seen so far. Well, let us rephrase. It was the most beautiful living wall we've s...

Best Self Watering Solutions for Container Gardens

This morning we talked about expanding crystals to help save water while keeping plants alive in the heat. We thought we'd delve into the archives and round up our favorite self watering products so ...

What To Do With a Broken Pot

Pots for the garden can be expensive, so when one cracks, you can turn it around and pretend like it's not there. But once a whole chunk of the pot is gone, you can no longer stay in denial. That's ...

Aquatic Hanging Vases from CB2

Koko of Koko's Aquatic Garden let us know that CB2 is selling these hanging vases that could be used as to make hanging aquatic gardens like the ones she made!...

New Use for a Broken Bowl

At one of the designboom booths we spotted this broken pitcher turned parsley holder. We thought it was on purpose, that they pitcher was actually supposed to be that shape, but when we asked the tol...

Look! Planting in Rows

We tend to err on the wild side of gardening letting things get sort of overgrown and mixed up. But if we were going to go more organized then we'd do something like this. Neat rows of drought toler...

Relax Planter from Green Form

Time to just kick back and relax, right? Well, since California is officially in a state of drought, planting a lawn to kick back on probably isn't the greatest idea, but you can get a taste of it wi...

10 Best Succulents

It's no secret that we're into succulents. They're easy to take care of, cheap, easily propagate, don't need much water and come in tons of beautiful colors and textures. Below find our favorite suc...

Neighborhood Garden Inspiration

We took a walk this morning (what a nice day it is) and noticed some of the gardens around the neighborhood. These front gardens in Venice are small and have used drought tolerant plants in place of ...

Ikea System for the Garden

Double Duty! We saw this kitchen system for wrangling utensils in the kitchen at Ikea earlier this week and thought they'd make perfect garden pots for a small space....

Look! California Strawberries as Ground Cover

We don't normally think of something as beautiful (and delicious) as strawberries as a ground cover, but that's exactly what Debbie and Oliver did. Instead of opting for a native grass or some decora...

Look! Small Container Garden

Reader, Very Lame, uploaded these pictures to the flickr pool showing that you really don't need much space to have and enjoy a garden. A few strategically placed containers with herbs and flowers ca...

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