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In 2016, we developed our version of a growing kit: the mini garden. Our goal was to create a growing kit that w...

Are you also so enthusiastic about the colorful autumnal leaves? How about making your home a little more cozy with some amazing crafts using your most beautiful leaves, or surprising your loved ones with homemade leaf decorations? We've already stocked our brand-new leaf presses. Have you? Then let's get started! Here are 5 great DIY ideas for crafts with pressed leaves:

Feeding birds: yes or no? Yes! We've listened to various opinions, scoured blogs, and studied expert knowledge. It may be true that feeding birds isn't actively contributing to species conservation, but the fact is: it doesn't harm anyone! And you get the chance to attract native birds and observe them up close. This is a fantastic experience, especially for kids. Equipped with a telescope, they take up the observation post and learn about different bird species and their behavior. Environmental education at its finest, yet somehow also a small contribution to species conservation, right? After all, what you value, you protect!

Is the basil in your garden slowly stealing the sun? Then give it some scissors and turn it into a delicious gazpacho. Your palate will thank you!

Gingerbread is already piling up in supermarkets, and temperatures outside are approaching freezing: It's high time to winterize your balcony. So that you can start the new urban gardening season with full vigor next spring, it's worth investing a little time now in rearranging and tidying up, as well as frost protection.

Attention, attention, here comes the sweetest temptation since baking was invented.

Attention city and country children! Here, even the youngest children (recommended book for children 8 and up) will learn how, even with limited space and resources, but with lots of love and a little patience, they can soon enjoy a little garden right near them. Whether it's a balcony or windowsill, the urban flowerbed around the corner, or mom and dad's garden – there's a beautiful spot almost everywhere where little urban gardeners can get started.

Google is a data octopus. True! But that's not always a bad thing, especially when it comes to non-private data. To make our website more discoverable, we've spent the last few months studying how Google works and have discovered some interesting tools that we'd like to introduce to you (using urban gardening examples, of course).