This stackable planter keeps your window clutter free and your plants healthy!

Ever since the pandemic started, we have been spending extended periods of time at home just quarantining and working. If you have a pet, it isn’t too bad but for others, it has become a time to shine as a plant parent! Having plants at home adds a little refreshing green to your space, can help purify the air and also give you something to care for that makes you feel good. But if you are a first-timer who has a small space and has only ever had succulents, then ToThem was designed for you – a planter that can take care of itself without crowding your windowsill.

ToThem is a modular vase system designed as a solution for organizing and taking care of multiple different plants in small spaces like city apartments. While optimizing space it was also essential for the designers to keep the form of the planter playful so they gave each part a unique shape that organically blends with the others. ToThem also has its own manual irrigation system that allows the water to reach the plants on all the levels at the same time. It also integrates a draining water reuse system. A smart planter that doesn’t use any tech to be smart, just good design.

The structure of the planter includes four juxtaposed vases of different shapes and dimensions designed keeping different plants in mind – aromatic plants (mint), Hedera Helix, Succulents (Aloe Vera) and flowers (Spathiphyllum). These plants were chosen for the positive properties they give to the interior environment and the inhabitant’s health (something we absolutely need in 2020). The warm, earthy tones complement the greens and transform any corner into a cozy one!

Designer: Camila Saulino and Alibek Atahanov

Cactus-inspired product designs that give your space a splash of greenery this summer!

If the Instagram influencers and Pinterest boards have influenced us with anything, it is how beautiful a green space can look in your home. But given the modern busy era – where everyone wants more with minimal effort, it is the humble cactus plant that has gathered a cult following. What happens when you manage to kill an actual cactus plant as well? (guilty as charged) You get some green that never dies but adds functionality to your home. This is exactly what the team at Qualy Design has managed to do. Combining their love of cactus and product design, every cactus featured here has a fun little functionality along with its evergreen personality! Be careful, this non-pricky cactus collection is addictive!

Toilet Brushes are the bane of a Instagram-worthy bathroom. We can’t live without them nor can we live with them mudding up our aesthetics! The Cacbrush is here to your rescue. Doubling up as a toilet brush, this clever little design hides the brush in plain sight without any accidental pricks to your business area.

Nothing says summer is here like a chilled drink and a cactus themed celebration to support it. Holding your munchies while you sip through the straw, the Cacnuts is a must-have for every green lover.

Beware – this cactus pricks, but only your food! Any Mexican-themed food fiesta is incomplete without some cactus picks to hold your food in place while you nibble and mingle.

The Cacstopper is your wine’s best friend! This fun little stopper retains your wine’s flavor with each design helping you easily remember which wine bottle was it that we opened first – the skinny cactus or the Mickey-like cactus!

No tall glass of drink is complete without a tall Cactus Stirrer. These stirrers will make you look sharp while you unwind with ease.

For every wannabe plant-mommy who has lost a plant, this Caccessories Tray will be your evergreen shrub that holds your precious belongings or a smart way to hide your stuff in a bunch of actual cactus plants! After all, who will risk putting their hand through a bunch of cacti.

The Cactrash Bin sits under your desk but there is no way it will accidentally prick you. This cactus is hungry for your trash – just open it, throw your trash in it and cover it up to compress the trash.

The Cactiss Toilet Paper Holder is the Robin to the Cacbrush’s Batman. This sneaky little succulent will hold your toilet paper roll or tissues or you can repurpose it to plant an actual cactus in it!

Designed to look like a potted cactus, the Cactus Scissors come nested in a cactus-shaped body (sans the spikes, of course) that sheathes the blades. Pull it out and you’ve got yourself a regular, working scissor that you can use either in the kitchen, at your workplace, or just for hobby-work. The cactus plant even comes with its own pot that serves as a storage area for paper clips, stapler pins, thumbtacks, or other bits and bobs, making it an evergreen little piece of greenery for your desk!

Let the hot summers be a breeze with the Cactus Doorstopper holding your door ajar to keep your home breezy.

Summer is here and while we are safely encased at our home and not out in the sweltering heat, these fun products add functionality and some much-needed summery vibes to your home!

Baby Yoda Gets a Chia Pet Space Stroller

Who doesn’t love Baby Yoda? He’s adorable, inquisitive, and a little badass. We also don’t know anything about where he came from or why he has his abilities, which makes him a bit mysterious. Eventually, I’m sure these things will be revealed, and hopefully he’ll continue to be as cute as the day we first laid eyes on him. But even if he does eventually grow up to look like Original Yoda, you can keep his youthful spirit alive right on your desktop with The Child Chia Pet.

It looks just like the Baby Yoda we all know and love, except this little guy is terracotta orange instead of green. Once your plants have sprouted, The Child will be nestled snug as a bug in a rug beneath a living green blanket.

The set includes the Baby Yoda planter, along with enough Chia seeds for three plantings, which will reach their potential in a week or two. Entertainment Earth is taking pre-orders for The Child Chia Pet for $19.99, with orders starting to ship this July. Here, this is the way.

[via Geekologie]

Baby Yoda Gets a Chia Pet Space Stroller

Who doesn’t love Baby Yoda? He’s adorable, inquisitive, and a little badass. We also don’t know anything about where he came from or why he has his abilities, which makes him a bit mysterious. Eventually, I’m sure these things will be revealed, and hopefully he’ll continue to be as cute as the day we first laid eyes on him. But even if he does eventually grow up to look like Original Yoda, you can keep his youthful spirit alive right on your desktop with The Child Chia Pet.

It looks just like the Baby Yoda we all know and love, except this little guy is terracotta orange instead of green. Once your plants have sprouted, The Child will be nestled snug as a bug in a rug beneath a living green blanket.

The set includes the Baby Yoda planter, along with enough Chia seeds for three plantings, which will reach their potential in a week or two. Entertainment Earth is taking pre-orders for The Child Chia Pet for $19.99, with orders starting to ship this July. Here, this is the way.

[via Geekologie]

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Pac-Man Succulent Planters Trade Quarters for Cacti

You know what the ghosts from Pac-Man could use? Plants growing out of their heads, that’s what. Yeah, that makes them much more adorable, and less intimidating for sure. That’s why I love these Pac-Man ghost planters from Dips and Prints.

Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde are all here, and ready to help provide a home for your indoor succulents. Of course, Pac-Man is here to try and gobble them up too, though I’m thinking the spiky plants might get stuck in his throat. Wait, does Pac-Man even have a throat? Who knows? Regardless, these guys would look great sitting on your bookshelf… or your maze if you have one.

These guys are 3D-printed from PLA bioplastic, and come in two different sizes 2.5″ tall and 4″ tall for the ghosts, and 2.75″ tall and 4.43″ tall for Pac-Man, respectively. The small ones sell for $14.99 each or $44.99 for the set, and the large ones are $19.99 each or $69.99 for the set. You can chase them down over on Etsy.

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Vollebak’s new 100% biodegradable T-Shirt is made from plants and algae!

Another new month, another new experimental garment from the inimitable creative apparel powerhouse that is VolleBak… except this time they haven’t made a hoodie that glows, or can be worn on Mars, or is made from graphene or carbon fiber. This time they’ve created a garment that doesn’t consciously last thousands of years, but rather, turns into worm-food when you’re done wearing it. VolleBak’s bizzarely eco-friendly shirt uses a never-seen-before one-of-a-kind yarn made from pulped eucalyptus, spruce, and beech, along with a print that’s created using the world’s most abundant flora… algae!

“The only thing different about this T-shirt is that it grew in soil and water, and that’s where it’s designed to end up too. All you need to do is remember to compost it at the end of its life. Here it will biodegrade with them, turn into soil, and help new plants to grow,” explains Vollebak co-founder, Steve Tidball. The yarn is produced using wood-pulp from sustainably managed forests, while the green print on it is derived from algae grown in a bioreactor, before being passed through a filter and dried to form a powder that’s turned into ink. Since algae can’t survive outside water, the print technically isn’t ‘living’, and will fade over time like a patina, making each shirt unique. When you’re done wearing the shirt, just bury it underground and it completely biodegrades in 12 weeks, turning into compost that can then grow new trees. Sustainable fashion, y’all!

Designer: VolleBak