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RUSTY FOSSIL

 
Love these!

Rusty Fossils from www.re-foundobjects.com 

THE PERFECT URBAN GARDEN

 
The Wallflower Urban Garden designed by Haldane Martin is a modular planter system that is designed to enable urban dwellers to grow vegetables and other plants on vertical walls.  
 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/607567783/wallflower-urban-garden

EASY MADE HANGING GUTTER GARDEN

A very simple vertical garden that is easily made from bits available from your local DIY store. Check out construction details on www.livingwallart.com 

www.livingwallart.com/do-it-yourself/hanging-gutter-garden/

DR YES CHAIRS

This most stylish of chair, the Kartell Dr Yes Chair, suitable for outside use was designed by Philippe Starck and Eugeni Quitllet. The chair is very comfortable, easy to clean and available in a wide range of colours. Costs around £80.00.

 

TOWER GARDENS _ THE ANSWER TO GROWING IN SMALL SPACES

The Tower Garden from www.mytowergarden.com is a patented vertical food production system that is perfect for yards,balconies and roof gardens. In the Tower Garden I think at last we have found a practical, well designed sytem that makes vegetable growing easy for non gardeners who haven't got much space.

The system works on hydroponics. The plants are not grown in soil or compost but are grown in a recycled solution that contains all the nutrients that they require. The Tower will grow twenty plants that will mature in a fraction of the time that soil grown plants do.

The system is not available in Europe yet but I will be looking out for its launch here.

 
 

CITRONELLA TINS

 
There are a variety of citronella candles available to keep flies away from your patio table and bbq. Most of the designs are a bit twee with little design. These Citronella Tins from www.thebalconygardener.co.uk have a great simplicity about them, have a larger than average wick to prevent blowing out on breezy days and last for about twelve hours. Available in pink or orange, they both cost £6.99 each.

HAND PAINTED TIN CANS

 
All the way from Peru these hand painted tin cans from www.re-foundobjects.com make unusual plant containers especially for growing herbs on a windowsill or patio table.

Small £10.00  Large £14.00

PEMBA

 
For extravagant pattern that would light up any yard, the Pemba Beach Chair from www,anthropologie.eu fits the bill. Bright patchwork patterned cotton is hung from a frame of mango wood - all very exotic. £168.00

NEXT LIME TUBS

 
I really love these Lime Green Zink Planters from www.next.co.uk. They are 40cm square and are sold in pairs for £60.

CROCOSMIA LUCIFER - BURNING THE SUMMER SKY

Crocosmia Lucifer must be one of the brightest red flowers available to us. Its grown from small corms that you can buy dry in spring or you can buy established plants ready to flower. Planted in a sunny position they soon increase in size and always reward you with a multitude of flowers in late June and July.