A Creative Take on a "Edible Rain Garden"

Using (ideally) reclaimed/salvaged rain gutters, this creative application is a space-saving and fun way to grow vegetables. Installing them at slightly alternating angles allows rainwater to effectively trickle down from one to the other, irrigating with no effort required! Of course, in the drier months they will need supplemental irrigation, but this can be done with water harvested and stored in a rain barrel (or from grey water re-use).
Even in the "off-season", this type of installation has a quirky, artistic aesthetic, especially if painted in a way that ties them into the rest of the landscape design.

Bio-Dynamic Pools!

This is a new concept to me, but I love the idea. Using plant material and other natural means to create a low-impact, environmentally-responsible swimming pool. No need for chlorine or other harmful/abrasive chemicals. Plus the aesthetic impact is amazing: plants growing out of the pool!
http://www.biotop-natural-pool.com/system.html

Ginkgo biloba: An amazing plant for many reasons

For many years, Ginkgo biloba has been one of my favorite trees. The unique shape and hue of the leaves, the dramatic fall color, and it's interesting history all play a part in my love affair with this beautiful organism.

Some interesting facts about Ginkgo (The Maidenhair Tree) can be read about here:
http://www.classicalchinesemedicine.org/2010/03/ginkgo-cultural-background-and-medicinal-usage-in-china/

Awesome Green Wall project in Columbia

This small boutique hotel in Bogota, Columbia recently installed a 4,000 sf Green Wall, which uses mostly native plants.
http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=1409

We need to see more of this! Get rid of your grass...grow a garden instead!

8 Awesome Examples of Solar Architecture

I especially like the waterfall project in Rio. Awesome!

http://revmodo.com/2012/05/04/8-stunning-examples-of-solar-architecture/

Hilton in Pattaya, Thailand

Great design here (the new Hilton Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand). I love the birds-eye aerial shot. You really get a sense of the organic cohesion that is happening.

Hilton Pattaya landscape