Category: Planty Product

International Plant Appreciation Day with Evrgreen + giveaway

Post author By Judith de Graaff
Post date 13 April 2016

Did you know that today is the “International Plant Appreciation Day”? Well as real plant lovers you might celebrate that day everyday just like us. But it is nice to highlight our green friends on a special day like today. And to make the celebration even more special for you, dear Urban Jungle Bloggers, we have teamed up with Evrgreen, a Cologne based plant webshop, founded by two young guys, Jan and Philip, who have decided to bring more happy greens into the homes of their clients.

To celebrate the ‘International Plant Appreciation Day’ together with Evrgreen and you all, we have opted for a pretty quirky plant that regularly gains your interest on Urban Jungle Bloggers: the Tillandsia or airplant. This is a genus of more than 700 species of blooming plants from Central and South America and bordering regions. They belong to the family of Bromeliaceae and most of them are epiphytes, that means they grow without soil by being attached to other plants. These quirky fellows have also become very popular houseplants for their unique looks and their minimal requirements regarding plant care: no soil needed, no plant pots needed, just air, light and some regular misting or a thorough bath in water!

But now let’s come to you, dear readers: We are giving away in collaboration with Evrgreen five airplants on Instagram! How to join in?

Come over to Instagram, follow our account (if you’re not already following) and leave a comment under the airplant image! The giveaway is open to all readers across the globe and will run until Tuesday, April 19th 2016 midnight CET. We will announce the five happy winners on Instagram on Wednesday, April 20th 2016. Join in & good luck!

And for all of you Evrgreen is offering a 25% discount today to celebrate the ‘International Plant Appreciation Day’. So why not add a new green roomie to your home like today? Just use the discount code #ETdP2016 in their webshop.

And now go give your plants an extra dose of plant love! Water them, mist them, repot them, play some music for them – simply enjoy a happy home with happy plants. And remember: Everyday is Plant Appreciation Day!

Images via Evrgreen

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Tags airplants, Evrgreen, giveaway, Houseplants, indoor plants, International Plant Appreciation Day, plants, Tillandsia

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Design House Stockholm’s New Greenhouse

Post author By Igor Josifovic
Post date 24 March 2016

Bringing the nature indoors can be as easy as putting a houseplant into your living room. You can also put a few houseplants in every room for that matter. But sometimes people prefer to have a more elaborate approach on greens.

Greenhouses are a great way to add nature into your home with a designated place and design. There are many greenhouses on the market but many of them resemble each other. Now the famous Design House Stockholm has launched a new greenhouse in collaboration with the Thai design studio Atelier 2+ and we like it a lot!

This greenhouse is a design object that combines simplicity with refined structures and lines. It blends natural materials with great craftsmanship and creates a home in the home for your greens. It’s simple and natural appearance refers to the Scandinavian design tradition even though it is the work of a Thai design duo. But then again, design has no nationality, does it?

Images via Design House Stockholm

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Plantshelfie Perfection: Win a set of 3 floating shelves from Mocha Casa

Post author By Judith de Graaff
Post date 10 November 2015
22 Comments on Plantshelfie Perfection: Win a set of 3 floating shelves from Mocha Casa

November is all about the #plantshelfie on Urban Jungle Bloggers! And we are beyond happy to see lots and lots of inspiring and creative #plantshelfie ideas coming through for this month’s styling challenge. To give back to you plant loving friends, we have teamed up with one of our green members and webshop owners, Sarah of Mocha Casa. One lucky plant friend among you will soon call this set of three floating ‘Piccolo’ shelves their own – and you will have a new playground for future plantshelfies!

The cute Piccolo shelves have a wonderful natural look and are a perfect and playful accessory to create an individual shelf styling on the wall. It is handmade in birch ply with soft rounded edges and perfect to display small succulents, trailing plants, vases and other beloved decor objects. To us this looks like a perfect addition to any Urban Jungle Bloggers home, don’t you agree? And we are happy to give away one set of three Piccolo shelves together with Mocha Casa to one of our lucky community members!

~~Join the giveaway by:~~

~~Follow Urban Jungle Bloggers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest (if you haven’t done so far)~~
~~Like the Facebook page of Mocha Casa~~
~~Leave a comment under this blog post until November 30th, 2015. The giveaway is open worldwide!~~

We have a lucky winner! Comment no. 8 was drawn randomly. Congrats to Katie Robbins for winning a set of three Piccolo shelves! We will get in touch with you via email. Thanks everybody for joining in!

Good luck & happy #plantshelfie styling!

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Tags giveaway, handmade, Mocha Casa, Piccolo shelves, plants on shelves, plantshelfie, Win

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Display your airplants with Etairnity + Giveaway

Post author By Igor Josifovic
Post date 29 August 2015

Airplants or Tillandsia are perfect plants for everyone who wants to inject some quick greens in the home without facing all the hassle of potting, repotting, finding adequate planters, finding space for the plant pots etc. Airplants are so easy and simple, they are actually a perfect way to start a little urban jungle if you are still reluctant with new plants in your home.

Airplants are called that way because all they seem to need is air. They are rootless and need not to be put into soil. You just keep them like that – the only requirement they have is to either spray them with water from time to time or let them sit in water for approximately one hour per week. You can also use a liquid fertilizer to spray on them from time to time. That’s all! But you don’t want your airplants to be scattered around your home just like that – you want them displayed properly. And that’s where Etairnity comes into play!

Etairnity is a Dutch webshop focused on airplants. They offer beautiful airplant ‘homes’ to make the most out of airplants. They aim to heighten the beauty of the airplants thus their ‘homes’ are simple and minimalistic made of wood. These are wonderful additions to any kind of interior styling. We love their simple, earthy and natural vibe. They also offer airplants in their webshop so if you feel inspired, you know where to look now!

We have teamed up with Etairnity for a giveaway so yes, two of you can win a set of three airplant cubes including airplants if you join the giveaway on our blogs: JOELIX.com and Happy Interior Blog.

All you have to do on our blogs is comment and answer the following question: What’s your favorite Etairnity product and why? Of course you can join in on both blogs to double your chances! The giveaway is open to all readers and runs until September 6th, 2015. Good luck!

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Click & Grow – grow herbs with zero effort

Post author By Judith de Graaff
Post date 9 June 2015

There are so many reasons why growing your own herbs (fruits & veggies, plants) is good for you: it’s healthy and tasty, it’s environment-friendly and you can see your own plants grow, which brings you closer to nature. But we all have busy lives and enjoying some fresh basil and thyme in your dinner or salad, takes a little bit of TLC (time, love & care). That we sometimes prefer to spend on plants, our loved ones, on life! And that’s exactly where the Click & Grow smart herb garden comes along: it helps you grow fresh herbs with zero effort. You simply open the box, take out the herb garden, install the cartridges, connect the power cord and fill the tank with water… and in 2-4 months you’ll have 3 full plants!

Click & Grow uses innovative NASA-inspired technology that helps the herbs grow a little faster but still 100% naturally. No GMOs, pesticides, fungicides, insecticides, plant hormones, or any other suspicious substance, just nature!

The specially developed “smart soil” balances oxygen, water and nutritional ingredients at an optimal level. It’s all nature at its purest.

This is how it works:

Each Smart herb garden comes with 3 different cartridges (yes they are really called like that!) that are ready to use. Simple pull off the green sticker and place them into the herb garden. You can name the plants by writing something on the white lids on the cartridges:

Once you have plugged in and added water to your herb garden, it’s time to wait and do something else. Enjoy life and check back on your herbs whenever you like. In a few days or weeks, you’ll see the first sprouts… And the best thing is, you don’t even have to water your herbs, the container takes care of giving the right amount of water to your plants for at least a month! No more over-watered basil plants or dried out thyme!

The process of growing herbs in the Smart Herb Garden:

https://instagram.com/p/0z-xqttm4D/?taken-by=clickandgrow

We really like the clean design (with the geometric pattern on top!) and the low-energy function of growing our own herbs with this Click & Grow Smart Herb Garden. Now we cannot wait to taste our first Caprese salad with our home-grown basil!

Do you want to treat yourself (or someone else) to a Click & Grow smart herb garden? We have a special discount code for you: enter JUNGLE25 when you order your smart herb garden and get 25% off!

A little update after 2 weeks:

And this is what the lemon balm, basil and thyme look like after 4 weeks. Time to harvest: yummm!

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Tags click & grow, grow herbs, smart herb garden, technology