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Dirty Roots Berlin

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They look like spheres from outer space, like comet pieces turned into planters, or geodes found in deep caves. But the truth is much more simple yet quite as fascinating: these amazing round planters are all handmade by a creative American-Polish couple based in Berlin. We are happy to introduce you to Dirty Roots Berlin.

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Dirty Roots Berlin is a passion project by Adam Cotorceanu and his girlfriend Agnieszka. Like many botanical projects this one started as a simple idea and side project. Today, the creative duo produces dozens of planters and sells them successfully online as well as through special events such as this upcoming pop-up in Berlin. And during the Covid crisis the project even gained more momentum and kept both of them busy producing the spherical planters.

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What makes Dirty Roots Berlin so special is that every planter is unique. The planters are made of concrete and volcanic rocks and come in various sizes and shades. And every single production step is truly handmade by the two creators. They mix the concrete themselves creating various colors and effects, they add volcanic rocks thus providing a perfect living environment for plants as the pots breathe and have drainage holes.

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Urban Jungle Bloggers - Dirty Roots Berlin #urbanjunglebloggers

Once these pots are made, the next fun step kicks in. The plant-loving couple then matches plants and pots creating almost living design objects. Every plant-pot combination is well considered and the final result get baptized accordingly: so with Dirty Roots Berlin you can add Hale-Bopp, Kalliope or Orion’s Belt to your home. And you guessed right: most of these names are actual names of asteroids or comets. Matchy matchy!

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Urban Jungle Bloggers - Dirty Roots Berlin #urbanjunglebloggers

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Dirty Roots Berlin #urbanjunglebloggers

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Dirty Roots Berlin #urbanjunglebloggers

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Dirty Roots Berlin #urbanjunglebloggers

What we love about Dirty Roots Berlin is its passion and love. You can feel it in every piece. Additionally, every planter is a one-of-a-kind piece and you will definitely get something unique for your plant collection and plant shelf. But what really makes us happy too is that these planters and plant-pot combinations are very affordable! You don’t have to spend a fortune for a unique piece of plant goodness in your home. Have a look at their webshop, you will see what we mean!

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All Dirty Roots Berlin pots come in three sizes: small, medium and giant (definitely eye-catcher and statement piece). Moreover, they come with small handmade saucers too that match the style of each planter and provide an additional stability if desired. We are fans and we are actually thinking of doing something special with Dirty Roots Berlin – but that is yet to be seen! Stay tuned!

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Photography by Dirty Roots Berlin

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Plant Tribe Book Urban Jungle Book

Plant Tribe book in Russian: OK Jungle!

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Fresh from the printer: the Russian edition of our second book Plant Tribe. As you can see, it has a slightly different cover and title, OK Jungle!, while the content is exactly the same as the English edition. Grab your copy now via MIF Books, in Russian bookstores, or find it at local retailers who might sell it soon too like Änta’s in Saint Petersburg, Krapiva Krapiva in Moscow, Plant Me Moscow and others.

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Plant Tribe book in Russian Ok Jungle by Urban Jungle BloggersPhotography by Änta’s Plants and MIF Books

 

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Stay Home with Plants – April challenge

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Now that nearly half the world’s population is under some form restriction as governments move to stop the spread of coronavirus, we’re launching the Stay Home with Plants challenge on Instagram. Our daily routines completely shifted and we all try our best to adjust to the new situation of working, cooking, exercising, keeping in touch with friends and family via Face Time, Skype, Zoom or Houseparty… from the comfort of our own home. Never before have we all spent so much time at home. Together with our plants! Yesterday we kicked of the first daily topic “Plants & Coffee” and it was an overwhelming success. Hundreds of Urban Jungle Bloggers shared their coffee & plants ritual on Instagram and in Instagram Stories.

Start your day with a quiet moment in the company of your plants. Have your coffee, tea, or even breakfast quietly with your plants. Slowly welcome a new day of opportunities and changes, because life is in constant flux. Observe the changes in your plants and embrace the changes in your life. This will be beneficial for your plants, too, as they will enjoy the daily moment of your presence.

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Join us during April with your interpretation of ‘STAY HOME WITH PLANTS’ on Instagram and we will be sharing our highlights on our Instagram feed and in our Instagram stories. Let’s make staying at home as good as we can! Keep your plants happy and they will keep you happy too. Promised! For more about the positive power of plants, check our new book PLANT TRIBE which is all about this magic phenomenon!

Stay home with Plants - April challenge by Urban Jungle BloggersPhotography by Jules Villbrandt for Urban Jungle Bloggers

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Planty Product

Telling Plant Stories with Design Within Reach

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

We as the PLANT TRIBE always keep our plants in mind when we take any interior decisions. Whether it is rearranging the room, buying new furniture or adding new home accessories. We always ask ourselves: will this be ideal for my plants in that room? Can I use it for the plants too? Urban dwellings tends to have space limitations so our decisions must be wise. We do not want to compromise on quality and design either. Bringing all these points together can sometimes lead to tricky and long searches for the ideal piece for your plant-filled home.

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

US based furniture brand ‘Design Within Reach’ came into play when we kept our eyes peeled for a smart, space-saving and plant friendly bookshelf and a nice and matching planter. What seemed to address all our needs and actually ended all our concerns were the Story Bookcase and the Story Planter. Both products are DWR exclusive designs and have the plant-loving urban dweller in mind – in other words, these seem to be made for us plant tribe members. Why? Let us tell you a bit more about both products.

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

The Story Bookcase is the design of Stockholm based design duo Afteroom. The wife-and-husband design team wanted to create something long-lasting with a quiet and sculptural appeal. The bookcase offers multiple design options. Shelves can be mounted facing different directions, to the front or to the sides: we opted for the “swirly mount” but if you prefer a more minimalistic look: attach them all facing to the front. Books can be stacked horizontally and – yes – you can add also potted plants or simply use it as a sleek, vertical plant rack.

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

The Story Bookcase comes in two sizes (short and tall) and three color options (coal, tomato, and white). Even though we have installed only one, this bookcase is actually quite a versatile fellow and you can combine a few of them and create a book or plant forest. Imagine various sizes, the shelves positioned differently and lots of books and plants displayed on the shelves. Now we got inspired…an indoor plant forest…why not!?

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

The Story Planter is definitely a 100% urban jungle approved item! This planter is perfect for any apartment as it is truly a space-saving solution for your plants. You can stack five to nine plants vertically playing with foliage and growth to create your sculptural urban jungle. The heavy-weight base provides strength and stability and will keep your plants safe – even if you have pets, this planter can not be tipped over that easily!

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

We opted for the white planter with five plant pots and decorated it with a Hoya carnosa tricolor, a Rhipsalis, a Pothos, a Dracaena warneckii, and a little Parlor palm on top for the extra jungle effect! We love the look for now and actually we like the idea of putting plants further up that are toxic to pets so they stay out of reach for them.

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

The Story Planter comes in two different sizes with 5 or 9 pots that you can slide in and out from the main pole. There is no drainage hole in the pots, but you can simply place your potted plants in the bowl, or get some extra Story Planter Strainer that allow you to grow plants directly in the bowls. Like the shelves of the Story Bookcase, you can mount the bowl facing different directions according to your needs.

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

The Story Bookcase and the Story Planter are built on the same stem. If you have both a bookcase and a planter, you can mix and match shelves and bowls to create literary gardens and libraries that grow. Now isn’t that cool! We are never short of books and plants, so yes please!

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

Both the Story Planter and Story Bookcase come delivered in nicely crafted boxes with numbers and text to guide you through the mounting process. Quirky detail: one box even said: Think outside the box, especially when it’s empty. Clearly this was an empty box that was needed to keep all the items in place. The cardboard boxes look pretty and can be reused to store all kinds of trinkets. The different parts of the Story Planter and Story Shelves are very easy to assemble, and the result is a very sturdy construction. We were pleasantly surprised by the high quality of the finishes of the laquer. Despite the small footprint, both keep in place really well because of the construction and heavy weight (39 pounds).

Urban Jungle Bloggers - Design Within Reach Story Planter and Story Shelves

This blogpost has been brought to you in collaboration with DWR. As always all opinions and photos are our own. Thank you for supporting the brands who support this blog!

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Book review Plant Tribe Book

New Book: Plant Tribe – Living Happily Ever After with Plants

The word is out: We are happy to announce our brand new book “PLANT TRIBE – Living happily ever after with Plants”. Our new book PLANT TRIBE hit the stores on March 17th, 2020. With PLANT TRIBE we invited the global tribe of plant loving people into our 240-pages book. We traveled through the US, Brazil and Europe to bring inspiring people and their emotional and personal plant stories to all of you.

With PLANT TRIBE we are going one step further: After our first book Urban Jungle, we are now delving deeper into the many ways that nurturing plants help nurture the soul, with inspiring advice for using plants to increase energy, creativity, and well-being, and to attract love and prosperity into the home.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

The book PLANT TRIBE guides the reader through five highly emotional chapters and a practical room-by-room plant guide: “Love your Plants” is all about the importance of our emotional connection to plants: We look into ways how plants teach us self-care and how we can bond with plants. Additionally, we have a closer look on living with pets and plants, both of whom we love dearly.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Good Energy with Plants” sheds a light on how we can raise the level of positive vibes in our homes with the help of plants and crystals, how we can purify the home with plants and how to optimally place plants in our home for a better energy flow.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

In “Happiness with Plants” we focus on hands-on tips to make your plants and your life happier: We look at how to keep your green buddies happy and healthy, we suggest creative plant care routines, we speak of botanical joy, growing your own plants and sharing the happiness.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Well-being with Plants” puts a focus on plant ideas for your mind, body, and soul. Get ready for some practical advice on slow living with plants and horticultural therapy!

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Get creative with Plants” highlights the potential of plants to boost our creativity and how plants drive a business. Moreover, we share creative ideas how to dress your plants, start creative plant projects, and execute simple plant styling tricks at home.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Last but not least, a handy room-by-room plant guide helps you select the ideal plant for every room of your home.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Every chapter is beautifully illustrated with photographies by our friend Jules Villbrandt who joined us on our global plant trip. 17 home stories from around the world will give you inspiring peeks into beautifully styled, creative, plant-filled and above all real homes of the global plant tribe. Come in, take a peek, become a member of the global PLANT TRIBE! The book is available now and you can order it from your favorite retailer HERE.

Plant Tribe Living Happily Ever After with Plants by Igor Josifovic and Judith de Graaff

Photography Jules Villbrandt (except last photo)
Find more details about Plant Tribe here.