Comments on: CULTIVATE SYSTEM For Indoor Botanicals

By: LED grow lights

LED grow lights — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:17:51 +0000

I thought this was silly c-ity-dweller thing, until I read the part about “no knowledge” of gardening. Now that’s handy. Let’s hope the price of all this eco-design can come down with the economies of scale. LED grow lights

By: Una

Una — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:02:20 +0000

great to see young irish designers showing an interest in sustainable design… hopefully this is the begining of something big

By: deb

deb — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:22:54 +0000

http://www.dorothygray.net
see “sativa” in projects

By: Able Parris

Able Parris — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:45:24 +0000

This would def be great for our office!

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:16:08 +0000

You know this looks nice and all, but in all reality, its a plastic tub that hangs on a wall. How is the grey water monitored, where is it coming from? If you were truly interested in growing plants in your home like this, its not difficult and this doesn’t make it much easier. I realize that it looks like a nice product with the laminate wood covering, but its a glorified plastic tub with grey water somehow running to it. I don’t mean to sound cynical here, just go outside and get a little water from the rain barrel and feed the little tomatoe plant yourself.

Again it does look nice, but I sure wouldn’t buy it for more than whatever price it costs to buy a couple of tubs and figure out a hanging system for them. Take it easy everyone.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:35:06 +0000

I love systems like this and dream about outfitting my kitchen with one. I’m hoping it can be made affordably. A handful of these seem to be popping up here and there, including John Arndt’s lovely “kitchen of terrestrial mechanics,” http://www.johnarndt.com/FLOW2.html. And they remind me of one of Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec’s earliest projects “the disintegrated kitchen ” http://www.bouroullec.com/.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:16:31 +0000

Awesome! can’t wait to have it!

By: Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:51:21 +0000

sigh…more vaporware.

By: Merrin

Merrin — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:18:41 +0000

These look great how does the sink grey water get to the plants?

Also Richie might want to know that hydroponic solutions can be organic and thus as natural as any agricultural system. It can be more energy efficient and has all the same benefits of plants in soil. In this case, it has the added benefit of improving indoor air quality. You can not fool Mother Nature or trick her plants.

By: royalestel

royalestel — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:27:14 +0000

At first look I thought this was silly c-ity-dweller thing, until I read the part about “no knowledge” of gardening. Now that’s handy. Let’s hope the price of all this eco-design can come down with the economies of scale.

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:29:56 +0000

Hydroponic doesn’t use soil. This is artificial growing. It’s tricking plants into growing using chemical mixtures and water. I think that the ‘Earthbox’ idea is much better. See: http://www.earthbox.com/consumer/how_works.php , http://www.thegrowingconnection.org/ . Eartboxes can work outdoors on balconies, terraces, flat roofs, etc. and it uses organic soil within a small footprint controlled growing system.

By: ritika

ritika — Tue, 08 May 2007 10:51:01 +0000

nice concept! i’d love to have it in my house!

By: pat

pat — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:19:16 +0000

also where can i buy this, now, at a reasonable price, and in a way that is easy to install even for a rented apartment. if that is made to happen, this will have a huge market

By: pat

pat — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:18:07 +0000

this type of system makes so much sense! why are we wasting all the energy we use every day. this combined with the previous post for a green light is amazing. i would love to have these all over my house, and no longer waste all the power i use to light my rooms, rather grow indoor food year round