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Robin Horton
Robin Horton

Robin Plaskoff Horton is the Founder/Creative Director/Coolspotter of the award-winning and Webby-nominated blog, Urban Gardens – a creative mix of urban style, design, and nature.

Mashable named Urban Gardens “One of the Top 10 Must-Follow Home and Garden Twitter Accounts” and Better Homes and Gardens magazine nominated Urban Gardens one of the top ten garden blogs for 2015.

A creative catalyst, designer, freelance writer, and seasoned speaker, Robin has facilitated storytelling workshops at the Mother Earth News Fair, Women at Woodstock, and The Entrepreneurial Women’s Network, and was a featured speaker at the Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium and the Garden Bloggers Conference.

Robin has a BA in French from the University of California, Berkeley and a BFA in Design from The Cooper Union.

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Matrix Gardening

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Growing Food Indoors with Hydroponic Gardening

Hydroponic gardening is the perfect way to create optimal growing conditions. Using a hydroponic sys...

 Insect Hotels
Insect Hotels

Reduce your need for pesticides by welcoming beneficial insects into your garden. Learn how to creat...

 Kids’ Gardening
Kids’ Gardening

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 Partitioning with Plants
Partitioning with Plants

A garden is great, but a well-planned outdoor garden involving plant partitions is the next-level sp...