Urban Gardening

The most creative landscape designers think beyond flowers, shrubs and other decorative plants to create outdoor spaces that are functional, unique, and in tune with nature's glorious harmonies. Here, we celebrate five of our favorites—and press them for intel that will help you take your own outdoor spaces to radical new places.

There’s something so beautiful and enticing about a roof garden — a little oasis in the middle of the city, a little spot of green in the midst of the concrete jungle. We’ve rounded up ten enticing examples, from New York to Belgium, to inspire your own plantings, or maybe just your envy. This enormous rooftop terrace in Chelsea features multiple levels of plantings. From Sotheby’s, via Honestly WTF.

Our move to the countryside

Instant City Life (Danish: Bylivskassen) by VEGA Landskab Architects This pocket garden - just the size of 1 parking space - lets nature back into the city. If you want, you can get your hands dirty while you meet your neighbours and the passersby. But you can also just sit down, enjoy and taste the plants and contemplate life. The pocket garden affords a range of opportunities that create the framework for new life in the city. vegalandskab.dk/

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while the past few years has seen an 'amenities arms race', a new trend has emerged designed to attract affluent young professionals, urban farming.

Image 13 of 21 from gallery of Sustainable Proposal Envisions Krakow's New Science Center as a Tiered Garden. Courtesy of OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci

This could possibly be the most amazing indoor gardening structure we’ve ever seen, and people all over the world are being encouraged to build one. Space10, a Danish design lab supported by IKEA, has officially open-sourced The Growroom, “an artistic exploration of the incredible potential of urban farming.”

Tour eight amazing public spaces transformed by the actress’s New York Restoration Project