Plants, gardening, nature and books.
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How to get houseplants for free or for cheap
Here are 6 ways to get houseplants for free or to get cheap houseplants.
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Tri-Pot – The sunkissed terracotta planters with slender little legs
The flower pot stands on three hollow-legs that act as drainage. All planters come with a matching saucer that catches the excess water.
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Rope-Made Planters from Brooklyn Studio Closed Mondays
Hanging flower planters made of rope by Closed Mondays (in Brooklyn)
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Miniature Houseplants from Florida-based O’Berry’s Succulents
Looking for miniature houseplants, such as miniature cacti or succulents? Look at these beauties from OBerry
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3D-Printed planters made of biodegradable recycled wood
These houseplant planters are made of fully biodegradable recycled wood and corn-based plastic by French studio Minimum Design
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Active Packaging for Herbs from Lithuanian Designer Edmundas Jankauskas
This packaging decomposes to feed the herbs inside it. Designed by Edmundas Jankauskas
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5 Houseplant resolutions for spring
There’s nothing like the end of December and beginning of January to start thinking about making resolutions. New year, new leaf, new me … and all that jazz. But there’s something about the change of seasons that also makes me think about starting anew. Especially in the spring. And because we’re houseplant-obsessed around here, we…
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The Sip, the Terrastone Planter Designed in Norway
The Sip, is a self-watering Terrastone Planter Designed in Norway by Ann Kristin Einarsen
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Link with Purpose: Forest gardens, digital herbariums and an updated tulip garden guide
Link with Purpose: Cacti and Succulents at Trompenburg Garden in Rotterdam (Photo by Mickey Gast)
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Plantable Packaging from Greek Tea Masters, Rhoeco
This tea packaging can be planted and it’s biodegradable.
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Voltasol the Flower Pot that Rotates towards the Sun
The Voltasol flower pot designed by BAG Disseny studio can move according to the direction of the sun.
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Vayu, the Scupltural Planter Made in the United States
This flower planter made in the United States is a tabletop sculpture in itself.
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An artful display of houseplants from Studio Hali-Ann Tooms
Learn how to display airplants from Copenhagen-based Studio Hali-Ann Tooms
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Link with Purpose: Urban plants and thinking outside the poinsettia box for your Christmas decor
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. To learn. A great explanation of why it’s important that we garden with native plants. “As an example, monarchs can only eat milkweeds because that is the plant lineage they adapted to over the eons. But now monarchs can’t eat anything else. So…
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Scandinavian Indoor Greenhouse by Design Duo Atelier 2+
Scandinavian indoor Greenhouse made of solid ash timber with panes of toughened glass.
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Monstera Planter that Takes Root in Your Home
Monstera planter collection by Dutch designer Tim van de Weerd
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Link with Purpose: Gifts for plant lovers and how to train your vines
Succulents in Clogs by Mickey Gast for Green with Purpose
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Self-watering Terracotta Planter from Scandinavian Brand Northern
Self-watering terracotta planters are practical to upkeep, and just make a lot of sense when it comes to letting plants take as much water as they need from the planter.
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Energy Drink for Bees, Courtesy of Paper
This biodegradable paper feeds tired bees.
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Feeling Goth or Dark Chic? Black houseplants for your home decor
These beautiful black houseplants manage to look both elegant and goth at the same time. List updated regularly.
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Acorn Sprouting Vase from Iconic Swedish Brand Svenskt Tenn
Acorn Sprouting Vase from Iconic Swedish Brand Svenskt Tenn (and instructions on how to sprout acorns)
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Link with Purpose: Rain gardens in back alleys and bringing your houseplants indoors
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. To listen. Branch out: A podcast from the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney >> this way To do. If your tropical houseplants have spent the summer outside in the lavish sun, now may be the time to bring them indoors. Here’s how to ease…
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Link with Purpose: Cold-season gardening and cleaning up the floral industry
Freiburg City Center, Germany – Photo by Mickey Gast
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Link with Purpose: Bringing your garden indoors and plant defense mechanisms
Photo: Fittonia albivenis – Photo by Mickey Gast for Green with Purpose
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9 Things You Should Know Before You Visit Trompenburg Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Rotterdam
Visit Trompenburg Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Rotterdam
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Livana, the self-irrigating planter from Italian brand SBAM Design
Livana is a self-irrigating container made out of a ceramic planter and a glass vase for water storage. The glass base can hold enough water for 12 to 16 days.
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9 Things you should know before you visit Delft Botanical Garden
In the historic city of Delft, don’t miss this charming small botanical garden.
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Sustainable Suspended Shelf by Irena Ubler for Dedal Portugal
This cork shelf designed by Irena Ubler for Dedal is the perfect display for flower pots
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Meet the Chamans, the most adorable houseplant accessories
The chamans are cute little houseplant accessories that will protect your plants, or at least put a smile on your face.
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Modular planter from Portuguese design studio Dedal
The Ujo container sold by Dedal, a design studio based in Portugal, is made out of a ceramic base, a lid and two middle modules. Choose your size or mix and match.
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Link with Purpose: A Victorian conservatory, sensory houseplants, and flowers in the veggie garden
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. To watch. This cute little video-poem by Patch Plants about how houseplants can brighten up our city lives. >> this way To stroll. Through the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Pittsburgh, the home of the most sustainable greenhouse in the United States…
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Plant Propagation Made Simple with the Plantation Porcelain Series
How does the Plantation collection work? You get a glass or an empty vessel of any kind, place the ceramics piece on top, add water and then add the plant that you’re rooting.
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9 Things you should know before you visit Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Pittsburgh
Traveling to Pittsburgh? Don’t miss a visit to Phipps Botanical Garden.
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Link with Purpose: Space lettuce, willow sculptures, and living around trees
Illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian (b. 1647). She was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, and one of the first women to have been recognized as a trailblazer in the field of botany. You can read more about her life and work on the Maria Sibylla Amerian Society.
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Wood eco plant hanger by Dutch design studio All the Things You Like
The wood eco-plant hanger is designed and sold by All Things We Like, a Dutch eco-design label that focuses on playful and unique sustainable products. The entire plant hanger collection is inspired by midcentury Scandinavian design, but skillfully crafted with the help of modern techniques such as lasercutting.
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Create an Oasis in Your Home with Sensory Houseplants
Don’t have room for a sensory garden? Here are ideas for sensory houseplants that you can grow indoors.
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Link with Purpose: Ancient trees, Brisbane gardens, and dead houseplants in restaurants
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. Photo: Missouri Botanical Garden Palm House (Fall 1913) via MBG
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Shinai, the minimalist hanger that grows with your plant
This plant hanger is made in France out of sustainably harvested wood.
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Link with Purpose: The impact of biophilia at work and National Pollinator Week
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. To learn. About the impact and benefits of biophilia in the workplace. Being around plants and natural light can reduce stress, enhance your mood, improve your cognitive functions and boost your creativity >> this way To celebrate. National Pollinator Week is a time…
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Masumoss, the new Japanese plant art trend
The Masumoss combines elements of traditional Japanese culture in an innovative way: the masu – a wood box that was used to measure rice, the kokedama technique of keeping root structures watered and healthy, and the bonsai art form of plant pruning.
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Link with Purpose: Gold in plants and exploding seeds
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. Gold in plants and exploding seeds
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Sculptural Air Plant Hangers from Fuxigold
The air plant hangers that Cristina from Fuxigold makes out of brass have an air of elegance, simplicity and sophistication. Geometric yet fluid, sculptural yet free-flowing.
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Calabash Plant Hanger Made Out of 3D-Printed Sawdust and Potato Starch
The Calabash plant hanger is 3D-printed using a material that’s a combination of sawdust and potato starch.
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Link with Purpose: Exercising in the garden, the oldest tree in Europe, an avocado love story
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week. To read. A historian’s take on why we associate female nurturing with gardens. This view goes back to the way ideas about gender and work changed in the mid-nineteenth century with the rise of “parlor gardening” >> this way To learn. How to…
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9 Things You Should Know Before You Visit the Botanical Garden in Cologne
Want to enjoy your visit to the Flora botanical garden in Cologne / Koln? Here are a few things you should know.
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Suspend Disbelief with the Boskke Sky Planter
What do you do when you have a serious crush on houseplants, but your living space doesn’t grow to accommodate this infatuation? The Sky Planter from Boskke is the perfect solution to the conundrum of balancing a love of houseplants with city living in cramped quarters.
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Link with Purpose: Houseplants make us tidy and the benefits of teaching outdoors
A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week – from how houseplants can make us tidier to the benefits of teaching outdoors..
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Sydney Botanical Garden Imagines a World with No Plants
Coffee, chocolate, champagne. Gone! Poof! These are just three of the finer things in life that would be swept away in a heartbeat if plants went extinct. The Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney repositions itself as a living lab.
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Link with Purpose: Repurposed gardens, preloved plants and German breweries
Featured image: Room decorated with plants and flowers (1850-1920) via Boston Public Library PLUS A short guide to what we’ve been reading about plants this week.
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5 Books depicting the magical world of plants
Are you a book lover AND a plant lover? Here is a list about plants. Just pick a genre and enjoy learning about plants.