Woolly School Garden from Drew Falkman on Vimeo.
Have y’all seen those commercials for the Pepsi Refresh Project? It’s a pretty sweet concept… if you have an idea for a way to make a positive change in your community, you submit it to Pepsi and then collect as many votes as you can. The two ideas with the most votes get $250,000 to turn those ideas into reality! Well, our buddy Miguel Nelson had this awesome idea to create thousands of edible gardens at schools all over the country. Using his Woolly Pockets, soil, and organic seeds, Miguel has already set up quite a few gardens at local schools here in L.A. There’s even a full curriculum so the students can learn about gardening and healthy eating as they watch their fruits and vegetables grow!
Even though our Woolly Pocket isn’t holding lettuce or strawberries, it sure does make our cramped little bathroom a bit more pleasant. You can see the original installation here, and the upgrade here. We LOVE our Woolly and we think it would be awesome if kids all over the country got Woolly Gardens for their schools! If you think it’s a cool idea too, please click here and vote! You can also click here to learn more about Woolly School Gardens and how they work.
- Jessica
Ooooooooo Flora Grubb just added these charming little cube terrariums to her web shop. At $19.95 for a 2.5″ cube these babies ain’t cheap, but one could make the perfect little gift for a stylish but small desktop.
- Curt
…or as my calendar says, Tag der Erde (say it like the Swedish Chef – its fun!). So here’s my obligatory post. Well, I already had this in the pipeline – happy coincidence.
Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi developed this unique way to sprout veggies by re-purposing old graphic novels. His manga sprouts are on display at in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya, Japan.
See that broad leafed plant in the foreground of the picture on the left? Well that plant stinks. Literally. It was a farty smelling plant, so it had to go. It wasn’t just this particular plant; I have since smelled other plants of the same species at nurseries, and they too are gassy. Don’t worry about Mr. Stinky, he has found a nice place in our living room away from our nostrils. It was more that it was in the perfect position to offend the olfactories since the Woolly Pocket is near face level in the bottle-neck that is our bathroom doorway. Anyway, with the addition of a beautiful leafy yellow hanging plant and a variegated bromeliad (which I had always envisioned adding) I think we made quite an upgrade, if I do say so myself.
- Curt
…and I still have my bouquet. It’s grown a lot and it looks a little different, but still… pretty cool.
And that’s why succulents are awesome.
- Jessica
love,
Curt and Jess
Lítill terrariums are sooooo cool it makes my brain hurt. I mean look at them! It’s like your pen pal from Mars sent you a little slice of its alien planet. They ‘aint cheap, but they are custom made by photographer Lauren Coleman who works with a glass blower and her “cactus guy” to make you one wicked little desktop gem.
So if you haven’t already noticed, we here at GBM are kinda ga ga for cool house plants. And by “we” I think its just me – the Mrs. could go either way. These Sky Planters by kiwi designer Patrick Morris for his company Boskke are pretty impressive. Continue reading…
Oh snap! The Bear Cave be upgradin’!!!
We were lucky enough to receive a Woolly Pocket as a wedding gift last October and we finally got around to filling it up. I’ve been jonesin’ to do it for a long time, but Presidents Day was go time! Continue reading…
Ok, ok, I know it looks like Curt’s showing me up. Dang fool won’t stop posting something every five minutes. I’m doing wedding recaps over here so I’m busy, geez.
Anyway, how rad are these “Urb Gardens“!? As an apartment-dwelling foodie who LOVES cooking with fresh herbs, I gotta say I’m quite smitten with this idea.
*via Inhabitat
- Jessica
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