Mini Egg Crate Garden
BLDG 25 has a wonderful way to create a fresh garden of herbs or flowers no matter how small your space is by upcycling an old egg create.
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Rain Gutter Garden
Grow Food, Not Lawns posted this image of an ingenious garden made from rain gutters, which are arranged to let water drain down from the top.
Tilt Out Window Garden
This drawbridge-style window garden, named Volet Végétal, comes to us from Paris-based design and architecture firm BarreauCharbonnet. They’ll be showing their prototype at le Jardin des Tuileries exhibition this summer.
Combat Gnomes
MAKE regular Shawn Thorsson, of Petaluma, CA, casts and paints these rather brilliant army man / lawn gnome mash-up figures in his home workshop. They are available in both painted and unpainted varieties in Shawn’s Etsy shop, and there’s also a Flickr set full of great in-process photos.
Project Excerpt: Everything Alice, by Hannah Read-Baldrey and Christine Leech
Everything Alice: The Wonderland Book of Makes and Bakes, by Hannah Read-Baldrey and Christine Leech Win first prize this year for the best roses with this spectacular display of easy-to-make lights. If you cannot find a string of large bulbs, you can easily make smaller roses for a string of smaller lights. This project excerpt […]
Project Excerpt: Terrarium Craft, by Amy Bryant Aiello & Kate Bryant
Terrarium Craft is a collection of 50 unusual terrarium projects using creative embellishments. As a special treat, Timber Press has given us a PDF excerpt you can download and use to make (and care for) this beautiful Golden Spiral Terrarium. Download the Project PDF Right click to save the PDF to your desktop. Directions on […]
Turn a Bowl Into a Garden Ornament
Here’s a great “turning lemons into lemonade” story from Stay.See.Make.Do. Stacie was sad to see her favorite Pyrex bowl break after many years of service. So she partially buried the remaining piece in her garden and added some animals. Eventually, the creeping sedum plants she planted nearby will surround this tiny world. How fun!
