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Mobilier-a-jardiner<a href="http://www.cinqcinqdesigners.com/">5.5 Designers</a> recently unveiled a beautiful line of clean and modern furniture that acts as a blank canvas for growing a variety of potted plants! A bench of boxwood trees? A table topped with thuyas? The different types of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/26/gigantic-lawn-lounges-sprout-throughout-england/">living furniture</a> you can create in your own backyard are only limited by your imagination.1
Mobilier-a-jardinerDubbed Mobilier à Jardiner, or "Furniture to Garden", the pieces are an interesting way to display your plants instead of merely placing them in pots (boring!).2
Mobilier-à-jardinerPlus the greenery you plant actually becomes a part of the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/furniture/">furniture</a>, serving as a backrest, armrest or tabletop.3
Mobilier-a-jardinerYou can always switch out the flowers, grass, and trees if you get bored with a particular combination.4
Mobilier-a-jardinerIt's important to point out that although the furniture itself is made of <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/index.php?s=concrete">concrete</a>, which isn't the most sustainable material, it is durable and meant to last for a long time, hopefully becoming a fixture that is not easily discarded.5
Mobilier-a-jardinerPlant one chair...6
Mobilier-a-jardiner...or a whole set.7
Mobilier-a-jardinerThe plants can actually serve as backrests (though you don't want to lean to hard on them) depending on how tall they grow.8
Mobilier-a-jardinerThis bench looks neat and proper when fitted with shrubbery...9
Mobilier-a-jardinerAnd completely different when planted with lavender flowers.10










