Wall-gami for Plants

Origami Planters by Verde Veil are a fun, simple, affordable and eco-friendly way to spruce up a wall with your favorite plants! The unique folding design ships flat and easily folds into a 3D container in seconds. Composed of biodegradable, recyclable PPC plastic, they’re safe for both your plants and the earth! Combine different colors to create a custom-made wall garden or use a single unit to liven up bare walls. Check out the video to see it come to life —>

Designer: Verde Veil

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LEGO Flower Pots Make Me Wish I Had Green Thumbs

One of the things that I know about myself is that I kill plants. I have known this for years, therefore I don’t own plants, a garden, or try to grow anything other than kids. Kids are resilient and remind me to water them whereas plants sit mute and die a brown death. I wish I had a green thumb.

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If I did, I would totally have one of these sweet LEGO flower pots. In fact, I want the Endor planter so bad I can taste it. I also like the Lord of the Rings pot with the Hobbits hiding behind the tree as the evil one rides by on his horse.

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The Simpsons one is cool, but I was never a fan of that show so it takes a distant third to the other two for me. These flower pots come from a dude named Jin Kai Soo. Check out more images of his awesome creations on his Flickr page.

[via Nerd Approved]

Droplet Sprinkler Targets Plants to Save Water: Sniper Medic

Traditional sprinklers simply spread water over an area, which leads to lots of water wasted and uneven watering. Droplet wants to change all that with its eponymous robot. Instead of blindly spraying water around like Bill & Lance with a Spread gun, Droplet knows where your plants are and aims at them like Mr. Mundy in Doublecross.

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When you get a Droplet, you’ll go to a web app to specify the type and location of your plants. I don’t know how exactly the web app works, just that you can go through it on a computer or a mobile device and in just a few minutes. In addition to that data, Droplet will also supposedly tap into the United States’ weather station and soil sample data to gauge when and how much water to spray. One Droplet should be able to tend to a 2700sq.ft. area.

Grow a browser and head to Amazon, where you can pre-order Droplet for $300 (USD). That’s a lot of money for a sprinkler, but when you consider its resulting water savings and positive impact on the environment I think it’s worth it.

[via Digital Trends]

Rainmaker Turns Old Soda Bottles Into Watering Cans–Er, Bottles

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House plants need constant watering and it’s always better to spread the water out evenly rather than just pouring it on. If you don’t have a watering can and just fill old water bottles up to water your plants, then the Rainmaker is something you need to get. It’s an attachment for plastic bottles that basically transforms it into a watering can of sorts so you can make it rain for your plants with a quick squeeze of the bottle.

The Rainmaker is compatible with most water or soda bottles, although it works best with 1 to 2-liter cola bottles. They’re available online for $11.99.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Design Milk ]

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The Elegant Simplicity Of Growing Plants

Like many, I tend to bury my green-thumb aspirations because I don’t have the time or the expertise to manage houseplants. I was looking for tools that could help people like me grow more than just those good-luck bamboo plants when I found the OPUS GARTEN. Michael Good, the man behind the successful Kickstarter BIGrootcup Campaign is out with this new line of indoor gardening products that promise to make indoor gardening fun and easy. Let’s look at in-depth.

Designer: Micheal Good of good3studio [ Buy it Here ]

I agree with Good that indoor gardening should be a fun process and if we add a dash of aesthetic creation, then I guess we have a winner! With the OPUS GARTEN launch line, Good has brought forth three products; all of which are included in the IndoorGardenKit: The OPUS GARTEN WallPlanter, PottingTray and Handworktoy.

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The WallPlanter is as easy to hang as a picture. It’s held in place with the help of a marine grade cord and die-cast aluminum hardware, which makes for a very clean installation.

  • Plants are potted in an insert that has weeping holes in the bottom, that can help to drain soil, or wick up moisture.
  • The outer housing is completely water proof, WallPlanter won’t drip, sweat or mold.

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To keep the entire setup clean, the Potting Tray comes into action. It protects tables and counters when taking on indoor gardening projects.

  • A lip surrounds the durable flexible tray to capture spills.
  • Easy to clean in a sink and it’s dishwasher safe.

Handworktoy

A set of handtools that are inspired by Japanese classics with size and material suitable for indoor use. Included in the the kit are:

  • A versatile hori-hori whichi is a big help with repotting plants, breaking up soil and planting cuttings.
  • Tweezer helps to grab rotten or prickly material; think french manicure!.
  • Soil scoop is the right size to reach into a bag of potting soil and very comfortable to hold. A flattened opening edge prevents the scoop from rolling.

OPUS GARTEN IndoorGardenKit by good3studio is a novel indoor gardening set. It’s the kind I’d use for its simplicity and aesthetic approach. The line is easy on the eye and functional. Get your kit here today.

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Go Green, Rambo-Style: Shoot Up Your Neighborhood with Some Flower Shells

These special shotgun shells take the green revolution to the next level. If planting stuff the traditional way is too boring for you, then you might want to shoot up gardens instead with Flower Shells as your ammo. You could also pack a couple of seed bombs that you can toss when you’re out of shells.

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The Flower Shells were thought up by developer Per Cromwell of Studio Total. Unlike Flower Grenades, Flower Shells actually contain gunpowder so you can blast them as you would blast real bullets with your shotgun. Each shell contains a reduced amount of gunpowder and is filled with flower seeds. Shoot the shells into patches of dirt or grass with it and you’ll see daisies, sunflowers, and meadow flowers blossoming in those spots in a matter of weeks.

The Flower Shells are currently up for funding on Indiegogo, where a pledge of $50(USD) will get you a set of four shells. Shotgun sold separately.

[via C|NET]

 

Plantable Wrapping Paper

Plantable Wrapping Paper
Wrapping paper is pretty wasteful. But how the hell are we supposed to present gifts? Personally I just email the receiver a picture of what I was going to buy for them. Partially because I like to be environmentally friendly, but mostly because I’m cheap. Fortunately, Eden’s Paper is looking to sell 100% plantable wrapping [...]
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Grow Your Own Herbs At Home With Little To No Effort

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There’s something satisfying about enhancing your home-cooked meals with herbs and spices you’ve grown yourself. But that’s an argument that often falls on deaf ears due to the effort involved and the fact that most people are, sadly, clumsy plant killers. It doesn’t have to be that way, and the Click And Grow Flowerpot might just have enough tech to make the endeavour attainable. The idea is simple: add water, the flowerpot will take care of the rest. It comes with its own soil and seed cartridge, LED light and sensors. Your job is to fill the water tank, and insert four AA batteries. The device waters the soil when needed, and regulates the light to ensure that your plants are constantly in an ideal growth environment. Every now and then you have to refill the water thank, but that’s it. Within four months you can have a new crop of hot peppers, or whatever else you might have purchased. If you wish to start over after you’ve eaten it all, just buy a new cartridge. Cartridges come in several flavors, from hot peppers to basil, to mini tomatoes.

Ok, you’re going to be paying left and right to do something that can be done for a fraction of the price, that’s true. But this product is really only for those of you who’ve tried to grow something in the past and have failed miserably. It happens. With the Click And Grow, you can succeed, even if you did have to throw $79 worth of tech at the problem. Oh, and $20 for every new soil cartridge.

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This is a Potatomato Plant: You Say Potato, I Say Tomato…

Potatoes grow underground. Tomatoes grow above the ground. The TomTato plant grows both potatoes underground and tomatoes above ground… at the same time!

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I don’t know what the folks over at British horticultural firm Thompson and Morgan were thinking, but they managed to turn a far-off idea into reality. It took them ten years, but they finally figured out how to make a plant grow potatoes and tomatoes without genetically modifying it.

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The process involved grafting, more grafting, and even more grafting before the team achieved success. Incredibly, the plants were combined without genetic modification.

Thompson and Morgan director Paul Hansord explains: “It has been very difficult to achieve because the tomato stem and the potato stem have to be the same thickness for the graft to work… It is a very highly skilled operation. We have seen similar products. However, on closer inspection the potato is planted in a pot with a tomato planted in the same pot – our plant is one plant and produces no potato foliage.”

Pretty weird, but still amazing, isn’t it?

[via BBC via Dvice]