Tag: Houseplants

Bergamotte x Urban Jungle Bloggers: Your Mini Jungle

Post author By Igor Josifovic
Post date 27 January 2017

English text below! For our French readers, pour nos lecteurs français :
Ce mois-ci on a eu l’honneur d’imaginer une collection capsule pour Bergamotte, connu par ses bouquets splendides livrés à Paris sous 2h et dans les 24 heures en métropole. Pour cette collaboration on a imaginé une “Mini Jungle” avec quatre plantes faciles à faire grandir chez soi. La collection capsule avec le nom Oaxaca dont le nom de la ville mexicaine a inspiré la sélection des plantes : des succulentes robustes, un cactus et un Peperomia forment ce petit jungle pour la ville.
L’agave “Nana”, très décorative au style un peu punk, l’opuntia “Ficus”, un rappel des vacances autour de la Méditerranée. Les feuilles du beau sedum Burrito tombent facilement, mais ne vous inquiétez pas : après quelques temps de petites racines apparaissent et de nouvelles feuilles poussent. Le peperomia Napoli, poivre nain ou larmes de crocodile (!) surprendra par ses fleurs semblables à des antennes ! Pour recevoir votre mini jungle chez vous, rien de plus simple, sous condition que vous habitez en France, rendez-vous sur le site de Bergamotte pour passer commande. Dans 2 heures (sur Paris) ou 24 heures, vous recevrez un très joli colis avec ces quatre beautés d’une diamètre de 10,5 et 12 cm, livré dans leurs pots en terracotta et avec un petit drapeau aux couleurs d’Urban Jungle Bloggers. Si vous aimez autant votre mini jungle que nous, n’hésitez pas à partager une petite photo sur Instagram avec le hashtag #urbanjunglebloggers car deux fois par jour on y partage les photos les plus inspirantes… peut-être la vôtre ?

We all start small in life. And also with our urban jungles we start small. Sometimes it is one plant that we had for years, sometimes it’s a new plant from the garden center and our passion is ignited. Step by step we then build our own urban jungle. To help you kick off your own urban jungle (at least all of you based in France) we have united forces with the Paris based flower & plant webshop Bergamotte. Together we have curated a ‘mini jungle’ named Oaxaca. The namesake Mexican city was an inspiration for the plant selection: Sturdy succulents, a cactus, and a Peperomia make this unique little urban jungle for the city home.

The Oaxaca mini jungle is available online for all plant enthusiasts based in France. The mini plant gang is comprised of the following beauties: an Opuntia ‘Ficus’ cactus with juicy cactus figs, a spikey agave ‘Nana’, a trailing ‘Burrito’ sedum, and a leafy Peperomia ‘Napoli’ with its rich leaf pattern. All plants are potted in simple yet lovely terracotta pots of 10.5 cm and 12 cm diameter and come with a little Urban Jungle Bloggers flag. The Oaxaca collection adds an instant Mexican vibe to your home with the sturdy greens and matching terracotta pots. Group them together and lay the founding stone of your ever growing urban jungle at home!

Why this plant gang? We think it adds a wonderful green touch to every home – whether you have no plants at all so far or you already own a vibrant urban jungle. This collection features four sturdy plants that are easy to care and will not disappoint. All of them require low to moderate watering and and they will thrive happily in any corner of your home with enough sunlight. There are no special requirements to keep your mini jungle thriving and happy! Why not spice up your sideboard, a book shelf, your coffee table, or windowsill? The start of an own urban jungle is now easier than ever before for you folks in France! You can order the Oaxaca mini jungle online at Bergamotte. And for everybody else we have dedicated an entire chapter on ‘How to start your urban jungle’ in our Urban Jungle book. Grab a copy if you haven’t so far!

Photography by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Tags bloggers, botanicals, green friends, greenery, greens, house plants, Houseplants, interior with plants, jungle, living with plants, plant care, plants, Urban Jungle, Urban Jungle Bloggers, urbanjungle, urbanjunglebloggers

Plant Trends

Plant Trends from Maison et Objet 2017 in Paris

Post author By Judith de Graaff
Post date 24 January 2017

We are just back from the Maison & Objet design show in Paris and we were on the hunt for new plant trends for 2017. Exhausted but happy we brought back quite a few green design highlights from Paris. Let us start with one of our absolute highlights: The lush boot of French high-end furniture brand Cinna France. Unlike other high-end design labels, Cinna features very vibrant, contemporary and urban furniture. But it also featured a breath-taking hanging garden. Three hanging grids, each 2,000 kilos heavy, were abundantly planted with lush greens. Palms, ferns, philodendrons, Rhipsalis and other leafy plants invited the visitor to come and discover design under a green canopy. Honestly, wouldn’t you like such a fantastic hanging garden if you had a big and spacious home? We’d be very happy to have one! But let’s have a look at more green design and plant discoveries from Paris.

Spanish Moss airplants on a new wall-mounted lamp by Cinna France. Spanish Moss airplants and Rhipsalis in this open plant pot by Serax:

Not new (spotted also at last year’s Maison & Objet): the outline plant frames (trellis) and terracotta pots by Eno Studio. Different shape, but also a beautiful graphic support for trailing plants: the LIPA plant trellis by Studio Macura:

Hanging plants galore by Serax:

These flower pot pendants reminded us of the Blumenampel by Atelier Haußmann that we saw in Cologne. But it’s actually by XL Bloom. Right graphic plant hangers from Lott Lov from Germany:

Artek used lush greens in their booth setup:

The brand new GRO plant pot by Lucie Kaas with a ceramic top with draining holes and a matching tray of mouth blown glass. They come in two sizes (small & medium) and three colours:

The Baenk bench by Danish design brand WOUD has a hole: perfect to keep umbrellas, or much better: a plant pot! On the right: the macramé plant hanger by Lott Lov from Germany:

Left: Umbra Shift Deuce watering can and the Umbra Shift pots from the Pleated series designed by MSDS design. We love them! On the right: and epiphytic cactus and a Rhipsalis on top of a wooden crate, seen at Serax:

Sempre from Belgium created a jungle bar in the middle of one of the halls at Maison et Objet. Makes you want to hang out for hours and drink cocktails, right?

Pikaplant are hermetically sealed inside a humid biotope and continuously recycle the water and air inside. On the right: the classic Vitra miniatures enjoy Vitra’s urban jungle:

Papier Tigre showed a quick, fast and inexpensive idea to update your plastic plant pots: simply wrap a beautiful paper, like the new Papier Tigre wallpaper, around the pot and attach with some washi tape. There you have it: a fun and stylish plant pot:

New plant pots in several sized by Danish design brand WOUD:

Plants and botanical frames by Lifestyle Home Collection:

We hope you enjoyed our little green design round-up from this year’s Maison & Objet show. More design discoveries can be found on Happy Interior Blog and JOELIX.com over the next days too.

Photography by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Tags bloggers, botanicals, green friends, greenery, greens, house plants, Houseplants, interior with plants, jungle, living with plants, plant care, plants, Urban Jungle, Urban Jungle Bloggers, urbanjungle, urbanjunglebloggers

Plant Trends

Plant Trends from IMM 2017 in Cologne

Post author By Judith de Graaff
Post date 19 January 2017

This week we have been out and about in Cologne, Germany for one of Europe’s biggest interior fair IMM. Before heading to Maison & Objet this weekend, we wanted to share some of our favourite our personal Urban Jungle Bloggers’ favorites from Cologne with you. Here we go!

Top image: the brand new Flower Pot Stand by Design House Stockholm Sara Szyber. And below their Greenhouse that we blogged about last year (here!) filled with green goodness:
Also from Design House Stockholm: the Grow GreenHouse glass terraria designed by Caroline Wetterling:More glass and plant cuttings in this glass propagation setup in Vitra‘s gorgeous booth at IMM Cologne. Mark out words: propagating plants in clear glass and water will be THE thing to do this spring!Plants and botanicals are not only represented in physical form, also through textile patterns, like here on this large couch by Philipp Mainzer + Farah Ebrahimi for e15:And as we showed you before in the article about the wallpaper jungle of Deutsches Tapeten Institut, botanical patterns on wallpaper for a feature wall are still a hot topic. Seen here at Bolia (left) and Brigitte Frickemeier:
Vitra used many bigger plants in their booth interiors, like the ZZ plant on the left and stunning Calathea in the front /// Interesting hanging bowls by Gloster carrying impressive Boston ferns:
More from the stand of Vitra with lush and dessert plants against a muted green/teal/grey wall: A roof with herbs and a vertical garden integrated in the modular wall shelving by System 180:
And if you’re still hesitant to have more plants in your home or kitchen: big tropical Monstera deliciosa or palm leaves also add a nice touch of greenery. Seen here in the kitchen of Brigitte Frickemeier:
Conmoto simulated an outdoor ambiance to show off their outdoor furniture by adding houseplants in their setup:
We are in love with the beautiful Edge pots that Danish brand Skagerak created in collaboration with Copenhagen-based Stilleben. Don’t they look great with the brand new brass plates? The Spira greenhouse is a perfect fit to highlight one individual plant:
This year IMM Cologne invited two well-known bloggers to the fair to design their own style booths: Holly Becker from decor8 and Desiree Groenendal from Vosgesparis. Our book was displayed in Holly’s booth (that looked lovely, see here!) and we felt totally #immspired by Desiree’s setup with dozens of lush greens, terracotta pots and matching sofas. A true Urban Jungle Bloggers paradise, including the beautiful airplant jellyfish by Carolijn Slottje:
Interesting watering cans spotted on the stand of Alias /// Four minimal shelves holding four Muehlenbeckia plants add color and texture to this seating area with velvet chairs by WOUD.
Serax loves plants, and we love Serax for decorating wild with plants, plants, plants:A lush summer evening area by Paola Navone for Serax /// Plants and herbs in the kitchen, seen at Brigitte Frickemeier:

Another corner with statement plants by Vitra: several Ficus elastica complement the timeless Vitra design so well /// A happy Ficus lyrata in the booth of Danish design brand WOUD:New raw concrete pots with a glossy Klein blue (!) inside from the capsule collection of Soulland x Bolia and lots of lush and tropical plants (like the palm tree and Strelitzia) in their stand:

A mint coloured plant vessel designed by Juliette Warmenhoven, part of Frame’s Living Kitchenlab booth with Dutch designers showcasing DIY cooking. It is supposed to irrigate your plant with minimal effort:
Another favorite are the Blumenampel by Atelier Haußmann designed by Zascho Petkow that become true eye cathers in any interior. They are made from matt black steel tubes with a PVC vase and thick rope.

Plantshelfie galore at Pekodom creative living. They clearly went all the way with dozens of individual planted cacti and succulents to highlight their different shelf solutions /// Vertical moss gardens by styleGREEN, 100% nature 0% care. For lazy Urban Jungle Bloggers, or anyone who likes a piece of green (and living!) art on their wall: More plant shelves and metal wire houses to show off individual plants by Pekodom creative living:

Stay tuned for more plant trends that we hope to spot at Maison & Objet in Paris this weekend!

Photography by Urban Jungle Bloggers

Tags botanicals, cologne, germany, Houseplants, imm, imm fair, immcologne, köln, plant trends, plants, tradeshow

Houseplant of the Month Uncategorized

Houseplant of the Month December: Azalea

Post author By Igor Josifovic
Post date 5 December 2016

The darker season calls for festive lights, warm drinks, cosy homes – and colourful houseplants. And the ‘Houseplant of the month December’ is definitely adding a full dash of colour to any interior – say hello to the lush Azalea! The Azalea’s flamboyant flowers are not only adding joy and colour to the darker December days, they can also perfectly tie in into your festive home decor styling. They bloom lavishly in the plant’s typical bushy shape, but they can also be found in more extraordinary forms like mini plants or pyramids. The colour range of Azalea’s blooms stretches from white, pink, to red, or burgundy, with some varieties providing bicoloured flowers. With its numerous shapes, colours and the rich blooms, Azaleas are a perfect houseplant for more vibrant, colourful homes.

Now when it comes to styling your Azalea at home, be aware of its stark presence – the colourful blooms and its bushy figure are bold and do not require too extravagant planters. Opt for simple versions, monochrome pots, pale pastel hues or matt earthenware. The star is obvious: The flowering Azalea itself! Other than that you can get really experimental with the plant styling – add one Azalea to your green and leafy plant gang for a colourful spot in your urban jungle, style a potted Azalea plant on a sideboard with art and other decorative items for a romantic vignette or simply go bold and add many Azalea plants all over your home for an overall floral punch. Whatever you prefer – the Azalea will certainly bring some energetic colour to your home.

Did you know that the Azalea is the national flower of Nepal and remains highly popular in the Far East with festivities around the Azalea plants in Japan, China, and Korea? In Europe the plant has been known since the 17th century and today almost 85% of all European Azaleas are grown in East Flanders in Belgium. So you might know where your Azalea comes from if you are based in Europe!

Azaleas should be bouoght with slightly open flowers to assure easy blooming indoors. Place it at room temperatures in a spot with indirect light and immerse the soil once every four days in water that has either been purified, boiled or – if possible – rain water, because the plant can not cope with hard water. But as usual we have prepared a little Azalea plant care chart for you:

If you like you can read more about Azaleas here:
• In English
• Auf Deutsch
• En français
• In het Nederlands

Houseplant of the Month is an initiative from Mooiwatplantendoen.nl and Bloemenbureau Holland and in collaboration with them we will present you every month a new Houseplant of the Month, right here on Urban Jungle Bloggers.

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Tags Azalea, blooming plants, colourful plants, Houseplant of the Month, Houseplants, indoor plants

Giveaway 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!

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