BlogCadre - plants

Vertical Gardens

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:42:09 +0000

Even in the city where space is limited you can still beautify your space with a vertical garden. Here is a gallery of several vertical gardens. Most of the gardens pictured were done by Patrick Blanc who seems to be a pioneer in the field. [via delicious]

La Bague Gazon, plant jewelry

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:26:04 +0000

La Bague Gazon has created jewelry that will literally give you a green thumb. Their rings are made of porcelain which contain compost and grass seed mix. After 15 days of some tender-loving care, you can show off your new lawn to all of your friends. [via Red Ferret]

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Logo Bean

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:07:42 +0000

Why not mess with nature and start advertising on plants as well?

Logo Bean is a jack bean with your company's logo laser-etched on two opposite sides of the bean. When the plant grows the logo appears directly on the plant.

Date sapling grows from 2,000 year old seed

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:23:32 +0000

Dr. Elaine Soloway germinated a sapling -- she named Methuselah -- from a 2,000 year old date seed that was found in Masada, Israel during excavations in the 1970s. Not only is it the oldest seed ever to germinate, but it's also the only plant like it.

Last week, Methuselah underwent chronological testing, using the radioactive isotope Carbon-14, which confirmed that the tree grew from a seed that lived when the Romans ruled the land.

If the sapling continues to flourish, Soloway believes they will be able to renew a species of date that grew in the Kingdom of Judea at that time. Soloway says the type of date grown by ancient Judeans disappeared in the centuries following the repression of the revolt.

Read the full article here.