Urban Gardens Blog Nominated for Webby!

Urban Gardens, has been nominated for a Webby, an international award that has been called "the Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times. I'm one of five sites out of more than 10,000 entrants worldwide, in the Lifestyle category with longstanding Web powerhouses like Conde Nast's Epicurious.com, Mother Nature Network, and Yahoo!'s Shine.Urban Gardens, is a blog that explores innovative and eco-friendly designs, trends, and ideas for urban gardens and other small spaces.In less than a year, Urban Gardens has taken off and readership, which spans the globe, has grown significantly enough that businesses are starting to request ad sponsorship space, which we are extremely excited to offer. Urban Gardens has received two other awards, a Creativity Platinum Award and a Garden Writers Association Silver Award.Urban Gardens showcases what’s out there in the urban garden universe–from the concepts and products of talented new designers, to community gardens experimenting with edible landscaping, including sustainable urban agriculture and micro-farms, vertical gardens, green walls and roofs, to the seed bombs of guerrilla gardeners transforming derelict abandoned properties into lush, or at least, provocative garden spaces."Nominees like Urban Gardens are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year."As a nominee, Urban Gardens is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 30th, Urban Gardens fans can cast their votes in The Webby People's Voice Awards at http://bit.ly/aaXD2PWinners will be announced on May 5th, 2010 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by Seth Meyers. Winners will be able to share one of the Webby's famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners - and their speeches - include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote."), Beastie Boys ("Can anyone fix my computer?"), and Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.").The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.ABOUT URBAN GARDENSUrban Gardens (http://www.urbangardensweb.com): Unlimited Thinking for Limited Spaces- was launched in 2009 by Robin Plaskoff Horton, a Creative Director and Principal of Old Greenwich, Ct and New York-based Robin Horton Design (http://www.robinhortondesign.com), a print and web communications design consultancy. Robin is also the co-facilitator of the Creative Blogging Workshop (http://www.theblogworkshops.com), a creativity workshop about generating strategic and compelling blog.ABOUT THE WEBBY AWARDS:Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; Getty Images; The Barbarian Group; Digital Kitchen; Wired; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.http://www.webbyawards.com
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Adam Woods replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
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Paul Elby replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
"As others have said it is a Gleditsia (honey locust), grows very easily from blown in seeds and suckers. Grows fast in hot dry conditions."
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Graham Taylor replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
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Kieran Ray replied to Jon Chandler's discussion Growth/Shoots in lawn
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Growth/Shoots in lawn

Hi All, In a cleints garden, I'm having a real problem with these shoots that are coming up in the lawn.I'm digging them out as I go, they are on long roots. they have an oval shape leaf and develop nasty thorns. See pics.Can anyone help identify…

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