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As we prepare to enter our last full month of Winter, I'm looking forward to enjoying the warmer Spring months outdoors. Images of lush, blossoming gardens are inspiring me to think about new ways to spruce up the space around my home — something I completely neglect during the Winter. Whether you have the space or the green thumb to tend a beautiful garden or adapt a smaller urban version, these outdoor spaces will leave you longing for the first signs of Spring!
This week, I'm looking around the world for lovely outdoor features. From a lush pocket garden in the middle of the big city to a home across the world that seamlessly blends indoor-outdoor living, there are plenty of places that will inspire you. Let's take a look!
Here's a post from OnSugar blog City Period:
The city is seldom the place someone might associate with gardens that produce food and bring color and beauty with flowers and plants. But the residents at the Charles Cobb apartments saw things differently when they decided to put a rooftop garden in the middle of skid row.
After months of weeding and watering and nurturing, the first harvest of sunflowers, watermelon vines, bushes of basil and other plants are in. The residents and nurturers of the garden "had no idea it would come together the way it did" according to the LA Times article. Click here to get the full story.
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Here's a post from OnSugar blog House of Anais:
It's Sunday, the brunch day, and one of the last days of Summer, meaning that as much time as possible should be spent outdoors enjoying the sun and the blooming garden. This garden tea party setup in an old walled garden just looks perfect with its pretty-in-pink décor and that ribboned parasol. What a great idea!
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Are you a first-time gardener, or do you have some gardening experience under your belt that you'd like to share? Show off your skills and garden photos — like this pretty flowerscape from community member Casa-Giardino — or simply pose questions about gardening by joining The Girls' Guide to Gardening. 
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Artist, designer, and plant expert Linda Hsiao has designed everything from eyewear to toys to handbags and gardens. But her "succulumps," as she calls them, really caught my eye. Melding a California '70s sensibility with a 21st-century appreciation of low-water, easy-care plants, these succulumps are truly an unusual and unexpected way to display these favorite plants. And while I usually shun macrame, Hsiao's deconstructed, wilder look to the tecnique is a vast improvement on the typical '70s macrame style. These plant hangings remind me a little of Fedor van der Valk's string gardens as well.
Hsiao is also in the process of creating a collection of ceramic living sculptures, including jewelry and other succulent grouping systems. Do you like the look of these hangings? Would you try something like this at your home — or better yet, on a garden patio or outdoor Summer seating area?
