Garden Growing Postcard Cityscapes Pop Up in London
Posted By Philippa Warr On September 28, 2010 @ 6:09 pm In Gardening,Green Products,London Design Week | No Comments
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If you’re craving a little bit of greenery but are short on gardening skills, these neat garden growing postcards from Postcarden [5] might be just the thing. Spotted at The AppLounge [6] during the London Design Festival [7], they’re a great way to bring a spot of nature into your own home (or a friend’s).
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As you can see from the picture, there’s a 3D cardboard [9] scene for you to pop out, and cress seeds sprout from a tray below. The instructions for growing your crop are encouragingly straightforward – simply wet the pad in the tray slightly and sprinkle on the packet of seeds provided. Place the whole lot in a warm bright spot, keep moist, and let time do the rest. The cress will start growing within a few days and the whole thing should stay green for around two weeks – if it goes for longer the company recommend you get in touch to see if you can contend for the longest-living ‘carden’!
The cress – as you would expect – is edible and nutritious, while the postcarden itself is made from paperboard from FSC-accredited mills and forests (so it’s recyclable or compostable) and a (widely recyclable) PET plastic [10] inner tray. Each garden is priced at £7.50 making them lovely, well-crafted and inexpensive gift.
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Photos by Philippa Warr for Inhabitat
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