Urban gardening is revolutionizing city life by enabling people to grow their own fresh produce at home, even from small ...

Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering ...

Researchers are asking whether a combination of urban development -- and climate change fueled by greenhouse gasses --could bring about comparable scenarios in U.S. cities. Based on a just-published ...

For more than a decade, two city-owned greenhouses in Aurora largely have sat empty. A community group wants to put them to use, with plans to turn the greenhouses into spaces for urban agriculture. A ...

The building provided areas for the cultivation of fruits and leafy vegetables in four climate zones as well as research facilities for Inagro, the Flemish research institute for agriculture and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aluminium greenhouse is designed to replicate the good looks of a timber structure. ‘Aluminium greenhouses simply need an ...

Greenhouses are elegant and ingenious structures that incorporate simplicity in design while creating light-filled spaces that shape indoor climates. With walls and roofs composed mainly of ...

This summer I was lucky enough to teach courses in bio-inspired design at Schumacher College in Devon, England, and the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. At both institutions I saw what I think ...

Graphic from the paper showing different urban environments varying in height and density. Researchers at CU Boulder are part of a newly published study that finds that low-rise, high-density ...

There is a wide variety of greenhouse options, from farmhouse-style A-frames to modern geodesic domes. A bonus? They're a special way to spend time outdoors—and grow unique plants—no matter the ...