City gardening blogs are parts of the world wide web you need to visit if you're thinking of making your apartment more plant-friendly. Whether you wish to plant flowers or vegetables, these amazing city gardening blogs are your guides. Not only will these give you great technical information, these city gardening blogs are also filled to the brim with design ideas. Enjoy!
1. Urban Organic Gardener
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This is the blog of Mike Lieberman. From the blog: I show people with little to no land how to start growing their own food so they can avoid toxic pesticides, eat healthier and not feel limited by their lack of experience and space. When he lived in New York, he turned his fire escape into a vegetable garden. That and the fact that Urban Organic Gardener is a great resource of gardening information make Mike's home on the WWW one of the** best city gardening blogs** today.
2. 66 Square Feet
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We cannot make a list of great city gardening blogs without including 66 Square Feet. This is a great inspiration for those who want to turn their teeny NYC terrace into something that fairies will want to call home. Bonus: one of this blog's constant features is a beautiful cat.
3. Life on the Balcony
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Featuring DIY ideas and fantastic inspiration for container gardening, Life on the Balcony is one of the blogs you have to read if you want to look into urban gardening. Don't worry if you don't have enough space or you only have a balcony for growing plants; this blog has loads of brilliant ideas for you.
4. the Last Leaf Gardener
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This is the** city gardening blog** of an artist. From her blog: I share how gardening in my Manhattan rooftop garden inspires and informs the images I create for my unique line of invitations... Aside from her terrace garden, Patricia also has an indoor succulent garden that looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. Bookmark her blog for great ideas and inspiration.
5. Urban Greenery
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This is not exactly a blog but more like a collection of photos showing how plant life can make the urban landscape even more enchanting. It has a spot in our little list because it can give you fantastic design ideas for your very own city garden.
6. New York City Garden
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Yep, this is another** urban gardening blog** featuring the beautiful NYC. Apart from showcases of the author's thriving urban garden, this is a great blog for technical gardening information. From composting to tools to other basic skills, this is a fantastic blog to follow.
7. City Gardening
If you are looking for ways to make your little bit of city garden truly bloom, this blog is here to help. This is a wonderful blog for learning techniques, knowing what to plant, checking out gardens of other talented people, and a whole lot more.
8. Little City Gardens
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Not only is this blog a great resource for growing plants, it is also quite inspirational. From the bloggers: Little City Gardens It is a 3/4 acre urban farm in San Francisco, and it is an experiment in the economic viability of small-scale urban market-gardening. We have been working steadily for a year towards our aims: to craft a way for urban food production to sustain us economically, to build community through innovative, collaborative local food systems, and thus to help establish the path of ‘urban farmer’ as a career. How amazing is that?
Aren't these** city gardening blogs** simply brilliant? If you have more to add to our list of** fantastic urban gardening blogs**, hit us up via the comments section.