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Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Books as Planters

Gartenkultur of Italy transforms books into witty and whimsical planters, using hardback and paperback volumes to create an array of unusual planters.

Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Window Box Car Bumper

By Claire Lui

A man who turned his car's bumper into a window box!

Jasmine, a Revolutionary Flower

By Claire Lui

The New York Times reports on how China has banned all mention and selling of jasmine, for fear of revolution. (Even poetry about jasmine has been banned.) Rural jasmine growers, unaware of the controversy, are left with falling prices on their unsold plants.

Art + Botany: The Tree Circus

By Anna Laurent

A fine specimen in a long line of great American roadside attractions, the Tree Circus is a curious orchard that included a birdcage, ladder, spirals, a telephone booth, and a staircase, all fashioned from the pliable branches of birch, ash, elms, and weeping willows. Started in the 1950s in California, the Tree Circus is a neat botanical version in a long history of wacky Californian attractions, including tar pits, dinosaur parks, and the mystery spot.

Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Bottle Cap Plants

By Claire Lui

Reuse your plastic bottle caps as planters—yep, it's the crazy plant trend of the day.

Living Roof on a Bus

By Claire Lui

The bio bus, a mobile science laboratory that travels around New York and the Midwest, providing science education to schoolchildren, also has a living, growing roof that is both aesthetically and functionally green—reclaiming common urban space and transforming it into a moveable garden. Created by Marco Castro Cosio, this living bus roof (his digital prototype is shown above) is an unusual take on green roofs.

Moss Knuckle Dusters

By Claire Lui

These moss knuckle dusters can't decide whether they're tough or soft—real moss grows on top of this four knuckle ring.

Pop-Up French Greenhouses

By Claire Lui

For three days during the gray month of November, Parisians were surprised with pop-up bubbles—greenhouses filled with hanging plants, seemingly appearing about of nowhere. Actually, these bubbles were the project of the Flower Council of Holland, and were designed by French designer Amaury Gallon, who is well known for his vertical gardens. Named Ma bulle, ma plante et moi (or My Bubble, My Plant and Me), the project was inspired by Andy Warhol's prophecy that everyone would have 15 minutes of fame.