As part of an innovative partnership called Home Sweet Home (Lar Doce Lar) between multidisciplinary design firm Rosenbaum and TV producer Luciano Huck, the teams went through dozens of Brazilian homes doing dramatic makeovers of interior and exterior spaces. On their 48th home, Rosenbaum designed a pretty amazing vertical garden that was suspended in a narrow walkway just outside the house.

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The Boskke Sky Planter gives gravity a new place in design. Designed by Patrick Morris, the upside-down Sky Planter has two advantages that make it different from a regular planter.  One, you can conserve up to 80% water, and two, you only have to refill the self-watering planter once or twice a month.  This is a bonus for travelers or those with a not-so-green thumb.

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DesignLibero is a design studio based in Milan whose Fluidity dish rack is such a cool idea. There’s a small planter attached to the rack that uses the water that runs off your dishes as they dry, growing plants or herbs. The fluid base design directs the water runoff into the plant containers, which are with clay pellets and coconut fiber.

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Hold It Contemporary Home is proud to be called home to 16 one-of-a-kind Thai Air Roots from Liana Vines! Each piece is collected from the forests of Thailand and then sanded and bleached to give it a distinct, unique look! Come by the store and see them up close for yourself!

For the fourth consecutive year, San Diego Botanic Garden is proud to feature a unique exhibition of sculptural creations throughout the lush and natural 37-acre setting. Now through April 16, 26 artists will present their sculptures set against the beautiful backdrop of dragon trees, fruit gardens, bamboo groves, and many more unique garden areas in Sculpture in the Garden.

On Saturday, April 21st, participate in the “Lost Ladybug Project” sponsored by Cornell University, where guests will be searching the garden for ladybugs and reporting back to Cornell University. In addition, there will be lots of craft activities located in the Eucalyptus Grove by Seeds of Wonder and a release of ladybugs at noon to benefit the garden. For more information visit www.sdbgarden.org.

Talk about greenery! WHOA Architects have created a skyscraper that will boast over 15,000 square feet of green space that encompasses high end offices and a hotel. The building will be completely overrun by green pathways, water features, leafy terraces and vertical gardens. They truly have redefined what it means to have a garden outside of your window.

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This awesome idea from planter Koshika Wachi involves recycling and comics. He simply plants the seeds on different pages of the comic book and the seeds will sprout. The idea is fun and inventive, and also eco-friendly.

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It is time to plan a trip to this beautiful garden design in Milan, but you won’t be able to book your tickets for another 99 years or so. The Patient Garden, a design created by Visiondivision and students at Politecnico di Milano, is already starting to grow, but the trees will not reach their final beautiful form for 100 years. The garden is made of cherry trees that will be coaxed and bent and pruned to create this relaxing oasis in the busy city.

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A Colorado sidewalk has been turned into a nature park. The Natural Systems Domination in Downtown Denver took old office furnishings and live plants and created a beautiful concept. Tres Birds designed the space and said that the goal of the area is to “[encourage]  people out of their offices for daily fresh air breaks.” The contradiction of the office and the outdoors is extremely well done and offers a whimsical design to the sidewalk space.

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Our neighbors to the North, in Vancouver, Canada, have created the largest Living Wall in North America. The Semiahmoo Library Green Wall consists of more than 10,000 individual plants and covers  3,000 square feet of the library’s street-side wall. The huge, mini-ecosystem invites nature closer to industrial areas with visitors like butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. It also helps purify the airs in the area, according to Patrick Poiraud, of Green over Grey- Living Walls and Designs.

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