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This sculptural terrarium brings the worlds of nature and architecture together

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No, it isn’t another Stefano Boeri building! The Chloroplast 2.0 is an absolutely captivating vertical terrarium that’s small enough to fit right on your tabletop. It combines aspects of architecture along with botany to create what TerraLiving calls a ‘botanical sculpture’. The terrarium features a microbiome of moss growing within a beautifully organic 3D-printed tower. The tower comes with a design that’s heavily inspired by the cellular structure found in plants, and the moss grows right within the towers, occupying individual cells to create a beautiful contrast of green against white.

The Chloroplast 2.0 is a custom-made, hand-grown terrarium designed by Malaysia-based TerraLiving. It comes with ZERO Moss, a preserved moss that requires virtually no care and automatically feeds off sunlight and CO2 to release fresh oxygen. The terrarium comes completely encased within a bell-jar which can be lifted to reveal the complex, self-sustaining natural biome within. Designed and developed by a group of passionate scientists and designers, the Chloroplast 2.0 is one of many unique offerings from TerraLiving, a company that’s dedicated to preserving and showcasing the complex world of mosses – one of the greatest survivors of evolution in the earth’s lifetime. The specially preserved ZERO Moss within the Chloroplast 2.0 doesn’t need watering at all, and can theoretically live for decades in its own self-sustaining microbiome. Place it on your desk, mantelpiece, or on your coffee table (preferably a place that gets sunlight) and the ChloroPlast adds a unique touch of living, breathing artwork to your space!

Designer: TerraLiving

This smart indoor microgarden automatically grows your herbs and microgreens for you

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I’ll be honest, the fact that you can literally press buttons on your screen and have a cheeseburger at your doorstep makes eating healthy a bit of a challenge. It’s objectively easier to say “Hey Alexa, order me some Kung Pao Chicken” than it is to get up, do a grocery run, and then cook your food at home, but the tablefarm promises to make eating healthy a whole lot more convenient.

The tablefarm is exactly what its name suggests. A tabletop garden that grows your food for you… but not just any food. The tablefarm’s focus is on microgreens, which are provably more nutrient-rich than actual veggies, packing as much as 10 to 40 times more nutrition in their small leaves and stems. If you’re wondering what microgreens are, they’re vegetables and herbs harvested just as they develop their first set of true leaves in about 7 to 10 days. They contain just as many vitamins and minerals as they would as full-grown plants — or even more, and are ridiculously easy and quick to grow… so much so that the tablefarm literally does it for you. Designed to be an autonomous planter that takes care of every aspect of the plant’s growth cycle, the tablefarm comes with a water-reservoir that automatically waters your plants, and a sunlight-mimicking LED panel that enables photosynthesis.

Designed to be as small as a fruit-basket, the tablefarm can fit on any tabletop counter (you don’t even need to keep it near a window). The farm comes with its own set of ‘seed pads’ that just need to be placed on top of the water reservoir. All you do is then make sure the tablefarm is plugged in, and that the water reservoir is always filled, and the device takes care of the rest, giving you nutritious microgreens in under a week! The seed-pads are 100% biodegradable and have absolutely no pesticides… besides, there’s no soil involved, keeping the entire process dirt and mess-free, and all you need to do is prune the greens off every couple of days and either use as garnish for your food, or just shove into that mouth-hole if you fancy yourself some sprouts to munch on! You can choose from as many as 6 seed-pad varieties, with a 95% guaranteed sprout-rate so it doesn’t really matter whether you’re great at farming or taking care of plants. That really shouldn’t be a barrier between you and healthy-living, now should it??

Designer: TruVenturo

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tablefarm — The Smart Indoor Microgarden

tablefarm is the smart indoor microgarden that is designed to grow microgreens, effortless and hassle-free.

All Microgreens Are Tiny Superfoods & Why We Need Them

Microgreens are vegetables and herbs harvested just as they develop their first set of true leaves in about 7 to 10 days. They are small in size and yet packed with macro and micronutrients. With homegrown microgreens, you will avoid all the bad GMOs, pesticides, and plastic waste. They contain just as many vitamins and minerals as they would as full-grown plants. Additionally, these tiny powerhouses, are also just a lot of fun to add to your dishes and experiment within the kitchen. They come in all different colors, flavors, and shapes.

Patent Pending System

The watering system and seed pad combination creates a symbiotic relationship. Together, they provide perfect water delivery for an optimal growing environment. No under-watering or over-watering anymore.

Passive Watering System

Automatic LED Grow Lighting

Seed Pads

Their seeds are organic and professional-grade. They come with a 95% sprout rate and are biodegradable as well as pesticide-free. The seed pads are produced solely from virgin, sustainably-sourced raw materials. They contain no pathogens, no GMOs, or plastic waste.

Selection of Available Seeds

How to Use tablefarm

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This smart microgreens garden resembles a wall-mounted circular Dyson fan!

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Micro-gardening has been a trend in urban areas but it had an explosive growth during the pandemic. Quarantine turned many people into home chefs and having fresh basil to top your pizza brings you a little ‘solace’ during uncertain times. Not everyone has a patio or a rooftop to cultivate microgreens so we turn to Solace – a design that makes growing these vegetables easier and more accessible!

Up to 37 million acres of farmland have been lost to urbanization and climate change between 1997 and 2012 alone – that is 3 acres of agricultural land lost per minute and you can expect the numbers to be a lot more jarring for the years leading up to the present. So how does growing and consuming microgreens help with this issue? For starters, growing microgreens requires less water, no pesticides, minimal land/soil, and they also reduce waste. Microgreens are not only cost-efficient but also 40 times more nutritious in vitamin K, C, E, and more. With product designs like Solace, city-dwellers can ‘reap’ the benefits for their health, wallet and do their bit for the planet.

Solace is a scalable and sustainable solution to grow food in small spaces. It has a system that uses wick moisture with a biostrate grow mat and automatic lighting which makes it easy for beginners to start their home gardens. The appliance is also integrated with an intuitive app that guides you through germination, growing and harvesting phases. The circular design increases the functionality of the product by utilizing available space instead of spreading out further. The growing light also serves as a lovely ambient light or night light – the design has a simple yet futuristic aesthetic – a lot like the Dyson circular fan actually. It has a detachable rechargeable battery and I think if it ever goes into production, the team should consider making the battery solar powered so it makes Solace even more sustainable.

Unlike traditional gardens, Solace is mounted on your wall which saves countertop space or the need to have a patio if you want your own microgreens garden. The award-winning design helps you live more sustainably and healthily while embracing the new normal.

Designer: Kennedy Castelli