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This lamp by Suzanna Malinowski is a delightful fusion of pot plant and table lamp. The base of the lamp acts as the pot from which a plant grows, the plant then influences the light that is emitted, simulating the dappled shade of a forest glade inside your home.
*More images of the Green Lamp can be found on Suzanna’s website
Sagaform has designed a trio of herb pots where you can grow 3 different herbs at once. Made from stoneware, the pot has 3 hollows where you can plant herbs, vegetables or even small flowers to brighten up your kitchen. There is a small opening on the one side of the pot to make watering simple and quick. Sagaform has a single and a duo version of the same stoneware posts available as part of the range.
The Sagaform Herb Trio is out of stock on Amazon.com, but the single and duo versions are still available.
Woolly Pockets are pockets of felt that you attach to your wall to turn it into a living wall. The Woolly Pockets were designed by Miguel Nelson and his brother Rodney, they both formed WoollyPocket.com to teach students around the world about proper nutrition and growing your own fresh produce. The woolly pockets are made from recycled plastic bottles which is great for the environment too.
I love anything that can serve double duty, like a table that folds into a partition, or a cell phone cover with space for your cards and ID. This lampshade from Czech designer Krystyna Pojerova certainly does that. It was developed with the modern desire to grow herbs in the kitchen. The lack of space meant that the herbs would have to be hung from the ceiling. Such an innovative design surely deserves to be put into production.
Let the guys over in Design Boom what you think
This wine bottle hack comes from Lesley at Lettuce Share. She took a useless empty wine bottle and turned it into an Irish Sprinkler System for her plumbago. It’s a great way to use up old wine bottles that you might have lying around. Recycling and greening the Earth, brilliant.
Get the complete hack from Lettuce Share
Spring is in the air, and thoughts turn to gardening and growing our own fruits and vegetable. But how do you do this if you have no space? You take a leaf from the Chinese and Japanese and build up, that’s what you do.
These vertical tiers for growing strawberries is the perfect example. The strawberries are grown in hay that is watered, which provides nutrients as it breaks down naturally.
Take a look at more ways to grow strawberries on Garden Photos
In between cooled lava flows, is the Kona Residence, this residence is the quintessential island house. The house id divided into two sleeping pods, with common areas, media, master suite and main living space, with a central axis that helps the house stay organised.
As well as being a pleasure to look at, the house is also environmentally friendly with 2 separate arrays of roof mounted photovoltaic panels to offset the residence’s energy usage, the choice of darker lava stone helps to heat the pool water via solar radiation, rain water collection and a redirection to 3 dry wells help replenish the aquifer that have been installed throughout the property. [Read more...]
From the Balcony Gardener comes a herb growing kit called the Half Pint Garden. It is beautifully packaged in a milk carton-like wrapping that includes a square white ceramic container, peat pellets and three packs of herb seeds, basil, mint and thyme. [Read more...]
I found some great ideas for outdoor showers, handy for when Summer finally rolls around and days at the beach mean sand and salt on the floor.
See more examples of outdoor showers from Willow Decor
With the onset of Spring in a couple of weeks, the thoughts of gardeners turn to planting and making sure what is planted lasts till harvest time, especially if you have rabbits in your garden. This tent not only keeps rabbits out, but it acts as a miniature greenhouse for your plants in winter.
Find out about more tools to make gardening easier on The Home Know It All
