Gardening in a Book
Posted in: eco, Today's ChiliWe recently introduced you to gardening in bottle tops here in Japan and at the recent Interior Lifestyle Tokyo Expo we came across gardening in books!
The folks at Japanese company Green Supermarket have come up with a cute way of encouraging Japan`s green fingers. With space at a premium in Tokyo and a large proportion of residents living in apartments it is difficult finding any space to grow anything, especially when your apartment doesn’t even have a balcony. The company has come up with ways to utilise residents book cases, table tops and a variety of small spaces. One of their products, Green Story, from the outside looks like an every day book, however when opened it reveals a cute “pop-up” garden complete with pictures and story with a small herb or plant crop.
The “plant books” come in different designs and each have a small story and message written in the cover of the book that fit with the depicted scene. Once the cress has grown a little it can be harvested bringing new meaning to “eating your words”!
Another product form the company is Green Dish, what looks like a simple milk carton when lifted up reveals a small “garden” of cress. The packaging is very nicely designed and is a feature in itself, with soft pastel colors that can decorate tables or kitchen areas.
The products are another example of how Japanese designers are particularly imaginative and innovative in maximizing how they use the small spaces people live in. Although it is a long way from a full meal, with the rise in the public’s interest in where their vegetables and fresh produce comes from since the disasters in Japan, ideas similar to this could become popular allowing residents to grow some of their own food despite the lack of space.
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