‘As the city moves in on us, Shanti Nagel is fighting the good fight for miraculous pockets of green. It could save our lives!’
Read moreShanti's Thoughts | December 2018
Insect apocalypse, climate revolution, joy and other thoughts
Read moreCommunity Vision | Dewitt Clinton Park
Design Wild facilitates a a community process lead by Clinton Housing Development Company to build a cohesive community vision for the future of the Dewitt Clinton Park.
Read moreSHIT WE LOVE | New Sanctuary Coalition | Brown Sister's Podcast | Our Kate | Historic Photos
We all need help to stay AWAKE, INSPIRED and JOYFUL these days so we are pay special attention to the people, places, and work that lift our spirits.
Read moreInsect Haven | Midtown Manhattan
We planted a haven for insects in midtown this year. Between the traffic of Ninth Avenue you can now spot monarch butterflies and honey bees.
Read moreWILD Collaboration | Craftspring + Atelier Canal
Backyard transformation for a new store, collaborative pop-up and coworking space
Read moreSHIT WE LOVE | Mama Tanya | Old Westbury | Woke Food | The Overstory
We all need help to stay AWAKE, INSPIRED and JOYFUL these days so we are pay special attention to the people, places, and work that lift our spirits.
Read moreShanti Thoughts | September 2018
Fall equinox, Autumn in New York and the Jewish New Year among other thoughts
Read moreFriends in High Places | Tribeca
Tribeca Rooftop Gets a Design WILD Update on Three Floors: Herbs, Flowers, Blueberries OH MY
Read moreSHIT WE LOVE | Vacation in the Bronx | Fordjour Studio | Plant Delivery
We all need staying AWAKE, INSPIRED and JOYFUL these days so we are pay special attention to the people, places, and work that lift our spirits.
Read moreStreets That Breathe | Midtown
With Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance's we create positive mental and spiritual impact on Midtown, people and the ecosystem by creating public WILD spaces like this one.
Read moreGardens for the Stage | The Actors Fund
In Honor of Bette Midler the Actors Fund + Breaking Ground update a rooftop garden for affordable Housing with Design WILD
Read moreShanti's Thoughts | July 2018
With summer temperatures rising and tension in the city at a high we focus on kindness as a practice towards others AND towards ourselves.
Read moreSHIT WE LOVE | Flower bulbs | Thundress | Porto Rico Report | Butterflies in Mexico
We all need help staying AWAKE, INSPIRED and JOYFUL these days so we are pay special attention to the people, places, and work that lift our spirits.
Read moreMonarch Miracles | Michoacán, Mexico
A miraculous story about these delicate insects, crossing boarders, migration and a long journeys home
Read more12 Flights High | Affordable Housing
A new twelve-story apartment building being constructed in Midtown Manhattan with 100% affordable apartments and 100% Design Wild open space.
Read moreAT HOME IN HELL'S KITCHEN | Emma Magazine 2011
‘As Nagel walks me through the neighborhood, past tree pits, parks and window boxes, she talks about the plants, the people and the history of this neighborhood.’ -From a lovely article in 2011
Read moreHome As A Haven | West Village
Over years of care and love this West Village rooftop becomes a blooming, green haven from the busy city below.
Read moreSHIT WE LOVE | TrueLove Seeds | The Schomburg Center | WILD Boxes | Braiding Sweetgrass
We all need help staying AWAKE, INSPIRED and JOYFUL these days so we are pay special attention to the people, places, and work that lift our spirits.
Read moreShanti's Thoughts | January 2018
In the darkness of the season we gather the lessons of our flora friends to rest, reflect and strategize they way forward. Here in the darkness is where the NEW begins.
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