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Hanging Gardens are remarkably easy to install and plant up. Our vertical hanging gardens are ideal for hanging over fences, walls and balconies to create instant vertical gardens. Each garden has three removable felt pockets for your plants. The felt pockets [...]

Did you know that the human brain has a receptor for cannabis? According to Michael Pollan, in his delightful book "The Botany of Desire", cannabinoid receptors are found in vast numbers in the brain, immune and reproductive systems. The body produces [...]

Year End for Plants All around, the plants are now preparing for the winter. This is their version of a year-end stock take and balance sheet. It has been a long summer, with periods of high temperatures and dry soils. Resources [...]

Planetary Boundaries In 'Big World, Small Planet', Johan Rockstrom and Mattias Klum have encapsulated the shift from the comfortable Holocene age to the volatile Anthropocene age in a wonderful handbook for all those concerned about the future of humanity.  I urge [...]

What does your plant need? Plants are somewhat like dogs, they ask for very little and they reward you with endless enjoyment. Plants only need the smallest amount of attention if you give them the right amounts of water, light and [...]

Would you rather have an artist or an architect design your home? Having grown up in a family of artists and architects and lacking the required skills, I consoled myself with becoming a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard [...]

Did you know that there is an incredibly close correlation between the rise of obesity around the globe and human stress levels over the past 60+ years? Stress is also closely linked to increased social media pressures. And if you did [...]

In New Zealand, plants have evolved over millions of years to grow in tiny pockets of soil and many of our native plants simply grow in the trees. By replicating the natural environment and providing pockets of soil, Hanging Gardens provides [...]