#Flower Pots and Planters Market in United States

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Flower Pots and Planters Market Demands, Competitive Insights and Precise Outlook 2020-2025

The Global Flower Pots and Planters Market Research Report 2020-2025 is a valuable source of insightful data for business strategists. It provides the industry overview with growth analysis and historical & futuristic cost, revenue, demand, and supply data (as applicable). The research analysts provide an elaborate description of the value chain and its distributor analysis. This Market study provides comprehensive data that enhances the understanding, scope, and application of this report.

Top Companies in the Global Flower Pots and Planters Market: The HC Companies, ELHO, Lechuza, Scheurich, Keter, Poterie Lorraine, Yorkshire, Wonderful, Palmetto Planters, BENITO URBAN, Yixing Wankun, GCP, Novelty, Stefanplast, Shenzhen Fengyuan, Jieyuan Yongcheng, Hongshan Flowerpot, SOF Lvhe, Beiai Musu, Changzhou Heping Chem, Xinyuan Flowerpots, Garant, Jiaxin Jiexin, MILAN PLAST, Jiaxing Jieyi, Samson Rubber, Jia Yi AndOther

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This report segments the Flower Pots and PlantersMarket on the basis of by Type are:

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For a comprehensive understanding of market dynamics, the Flower Pots and Planters Market is analyzed across key geographies namely: United States, China, Europe, Japan, South-east Asia, India, and others. Each of these regions is analyzed on basis of market findings across major countries in these regions for a macro-level understanding of the market.

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Points Covered in The Report: The points that are talked over within the report are the major Flower Pots and Planters Market players that influence the market such as raw material suppliers, manufacturers, equipment suppliers, end users, traders, distributors etc. The all-inclusive profile of the companies is specified. The production, price, capacity, revenue, cost, gross, gross margin, sales volume, sales revenue, consumption, growth rate, import, export, future strategies, supply, and the technological developments that they are creating are also incorporated within the report. Besides the historical data from 2014 to 2019 and forecast data from 2019 to 2025. The growth factors of the Flower Pots and Planters Market are deeply discussed while the different end users of the market are underlined. Data and information by manufacturer, by region, by type, by application and etc., and custom research can be added in line with the specific requirements. TheFlower Pots and Planters Market report also considers the SWOT analysis of the market. Finally, the report concludes with the opinions of the industry experts.

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Production Analysis – Production of the Flower Pots and Planters Market is analyzed with respect to different regions, types and applications. Here, price analysis of various Flower Pots and Planters Market key players are also covered.

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whats the deal with proven winners?

okay. so. this is actually how i got into botany in the first place; i got an unpaid internship at a greenhouse in high school and realized, very quickly, that we live in a jurassic park hellscape where big companies breed plants solely for their looks and performance, and i found that so fucking weird that i couldnt get enough of it and fell down the rabbit hole. i don’t find them bad per say; i find them weird and how they manage their product in terms of policing their retailers is very sketchy to me, but they’re not like, monstanto-level off the shits (yet). with mother’s day next weekend we’re coming up on one of the biggest greenhouse/ornamental plant industry sales days of the year, next to valentines’ day (which favors the rose industry especially), so this is an exceptionally convenient time to talk about this. 

proven winners is one of the biggest ornamental plant companies in the united states, possibly the world. you might know them from their patented white flower pots. they’re centered in california (as, actually, a lot of these large flower producers are) and they manage a HUUUUUUGEEE network of giant industrial flower greenhouses. 

like, you have to understand, all garden retailers have to buy their shit from somewhere, and although the centers and local greenhouses selling proven winners stuff are often small and independent (unless ur talking like...flowerama or something), a large portion of the plants themselves, like many things in capitalism, form an industry of their own dominated by a handful of oligarch corporations, of which proven winners is one. small retailers order bulk products from these companies, should it be through full-color paper catalogs (which exist, btw, and are wild in and of themselves to look at; i actually have a few back home that i keep around solely bc they’re incredibly fascinating in a slightly offputting jurassic park kind of way), online, or through a sales representative for their region. 

it depends on what they’re ordering, but they can buy seeds, plugs (the black trays of like....tiny plants you buy at garden centers to put in planters? the ones that come in, like, six packs? those are called ‘plugs’), and in the case of perennials, woody plants of various ages, among other things. these plants are bred, marketed, and sold on a goddamn industrial scale. it’s wild. 

now....this is where it gets absolutely fascinating to me. this isn’t just proven winners, but proven winners is one of the top contenders of this. some highlights of how plants are actually marketed on an industrial scale: 

-plants come out in collections. like, you have horticulturalist designer people who put their names on some stuff and they all go out as like, The New Hot Thing(tm). 

-they always promote their top selling stuff, and the plants that won awards, and like, the most popular flower arrangements and stuff. this in and of itself, again, isn’t like.....bad, it just feels weird how plants are marketed as objects rather than living things, you know?

-these plants are 100% bred and optimized for their commercial value and how they look. see the above point about how it feels like they’re treating them as objects. 

-every year, there are new plants, which are put at the front of the catalogue and like, show them off as the Hit New Products. these are all part of the year’s collective collection, so like, proven winners has their 2019 collection all ready on their site in a special little tab: 

FUN INDUSTRY SIDE STORY: looks like they have some new orange petunias this year, which reminds me fondly of the 2017 purge ordered by the USDA of a ton of illegally GMO orange petunias....

you see, orange petunias don’t exist naturally, so what companies do is either 1. systematically breed orange into them, which can take years, or 2. take red petunias and just put in some coding for yellow from the maize genome, which makes them orange. usually, you have to submit all this paperwork and go through a ton of government red tape to sell GMOs, including required trials conducted by the federal government, but what some of these large ornamental seed companies were doing was just....not telling the government and just kind of...pretending that they bred them. so in 2017, a netherlands team noticed that these were like....kind of Suspicious(tm), and started doing some tests....and accidentally uncovered like, this huge international orange petunia scandal across all these companies, over 30 varieties of illegal petunia being sold internationally. they had to alert the actual EU, which then alerted the USDA, who then gave an actual government order for these large companies to literally burn, bury, or otherwise destroy all their industrial stock of the proven illegal GMO orange petunias. 

small retailers who had bought them assuming that they were legal were allowed to keep and continue selling what they bought, but the actual producers were ordered to just fucking. violently destroy everything. the USDA informed these companies that they could sell them again, but only if they were put through the proper government channels and received proper certification. i checked the old recall list and didn’t see these, so i’m assuming they’re like...Legit, but. im 👀 somebody test these lol

AAANNNNYYway that aside, if you would like to see the Proven Winners 2019 Flower Collection Showcase(tm), they have a bunch of......weird kind of ads on their youtube channel showing artsy pics of their new shit. to this day i can’t pin down exactly what about them makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, but you really do get a sense that they’re selling an object to preform, which i guess is the point, but...idk, it’s just a very different view of plants, i think, then i personally have. very sci-fi-y, if you will. all their ads are like this; these video are essentially very similar to what you get from their print sales booklets, but in video form.

see, last but not least, my biggest beef with proven winners is the weird way they handle their company. 

you get inspected by the plant police.

im not kidding. for those not very familiar with plant reproduction, you can grow vegetative clones of plants through a process called taking cuttings, where you cut off a part of the plant and put it in a new pot under the right conditions, and it develops a root system and becomes a genetic clone to the parent. obviously, anyone can do this with a lot of the proven winners plants, especially because PW plants, as i’ve noticed, tend to be bred to be more vigorous. 

proven winners wants to ensure that there’s no Illegal Plant Downloads taking place, so they literally like....send people out to these small retailers and ask to see their stock to make sure that all the plants are going in the Patented Proven Winners White Pots(tm) with the Patented Proven Winners Information Tags(tm). you MUST plant proven winners stuff in the pots they send you, with the instructions they send you, and they will check you for this. the first time my internship mentor ordered from them, they accidentally planted the plugs in generic brown pots instead of the white ones, and the weird proven winners police rolled in unannounced for an inspection and told them that the next time it happened they wouldn’t sell to them anymore. what they’re worried about happening is that the growers will order a small amount and then just make a bunch of cuttings without paying them, and it’s just......weird. like i get why they do it but that’s always struck me as really, really shady lmao

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TO PLANT their flower and vegetable gardens, African American women used their hands—darkly creviced or smoothly freckled; their arms—some wiry, others muscled; and their shoulders and backs—one broad and another thin. They dropped small seeds into the soil with their veined hands. They wrapped their arms around freshly cut flowers to decorate tables in their homes. They bent their shoulders and backs to compost hay, manure, and field stubble, and transplanted plants from the woods into their own yards. These women developed a unique set of perspectives on the environment by way of the gardens they grew as slaves and then as freedwomen.

They continued these practices and exercised these perspectives into the early twentieth century. Rural African American women then joined these traditional ways of gardening with horticultural practices they learned from Home Demonstration Service agents and from the special programs developed in African American schools in the South.

An examination of these traditions and practices of gardening changes the reading scholars have had of African American participation in Progressive-era agricultural reform and also reveals the outlines of a rural African American environmental perspective at the time. Progressives envisioned national agricultural reforms that subjugated the discrete and nuanced expertise of local actors to models of bureaucratic efficiency and skill. Yet African American women developed an expertise from community knowledge, from their own interpretations of agricultural reforms, and from the training they received in horticulture in the Cooperative Extension Service, African American schools and other places. Progressive era scholars have missed the critical role of African American women gardeners in Progressive reform efforts, or at least have not viewed the participation of African Americans in these efforts through the critical lens of gender.2

These women cultivated with simple tools, a hoe, trowel, or shovel in one hand and seeds or fertilizer in the other hand. But they gardened within a gendered and racial milieu that gave the application of these simple instruments of skill a complex social potency. Rural African American women and men often supported one another in complementary roles and with strategies that were designed to support the family unit. Some women met their own and sometimes their family’s needs by harvesting vegetables for meals, and by planting shrubs and cultivating flowers to create more appealing homes.

The value of the women’s contributions to household productivity was often invisible to Progressive reformers, who practiced enormous condescension in their efforts to uplift the poor. African American reformers shared this condescension, making women special objects of disdain. Thomas Monroe Campbell, an agent for the Negro Cooperative Service, was haughtily dismissive of rural women, characterizing them as “too careless as to the loud manner in which they act in the streets and in public places ... and unduly familiar with men.”

But ultimately, African American women in the rural South controlled how and where they gardened, and by implication, why they gardened. They drew upon rich traditions of gardening knowledge and took what they would from Home Demonstration Work and the education programs of African American schools.This article explores this relationship between African American gardening and Progressive reform, but also asks how African American women cultivated their own gardens. Were African American women’s gardens expressions of self-interest or community experience and values, or both? Did the women blend community and Progressive influences in the gardens they made and used? How did the gardening practices of African American women in the early twentieth century rural South add up to an environmental ethic?3

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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GARDEN

AFRICAN AMERICAN and Euro-American gardens also possessed distinctive characteristics much like the roles of African American men and women. Though Vera Norwood argues that women of both groups were “responsible for designing and maintaining the yard and its ornamental garden” according to gender, ethnicity was as important as gender in shaping the unique gardens of African Americans. These featured flowers, shrubs, trees, and plants that were purchased individually, accepted as gifts, or cultivated from cuttings. African Americans created colorful motifs from gifts and cast-offs. Euro-Americans could more readily buy several plants and group and organize them.

African Americans relied on an oral tradition, unlike Euro-Americans whose expertise came from magazines and books. African American traditions were so ingrained that plants presented as gifts were associated with the giver.7African American women manipulated and controlled their yards for multiple functions in slavery and then in freedom. Free range in which livestock could roam, or a pen, an extended kitchen from the house, cleaning and leisure spaces, swept areas, and pathways to the fields, woods, the slaveholder’s house, and fenced flower and vegetable gardens comprised overlapping spaces in the yard. Each function, each space was often fluid with little or no boundaries.

Unlike most slaves, renters and owner-operators had some income and could purchase livestock, including chickens and hogs that were given free range of the yard.The women sought the shade and protection of trees from the sun and heat to prepare meals, feed and entertain family and friends, scrape pots, scrub dishes, wipe tables, beat rugs, and launder clothing. Children played and adults sought recreation throughout the yard, particularly in the shade. Outside the green spaces, women carefully swept clean any foliage, including weeds, creating a bare and austere yard.

The pathways took the women beyond their homes and yards to the environs of the woods, fields, the big house, neighbors, and town.8 In these gardens, African American women planted vegetables, fruit, flowers, shrubs, trees, and plants in red clay, sandy, and dark loamy soils. They generally cultivated vegetable gardens on a side or to the back of the cabin for easy access. To keep out livestock, their partners probably built enclosures of tied stakes for gardens—less expensive than free range. Most women grew vegetable gardens primarily to sustain their families.

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They planted okra, milo, eggplant, collards, watermelon, white yam, peas, tomatoes, beans, squash, red peppers, onions, cabbage, potatoes and sweet potatoes. Others planted truck gardens and sold corn, cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, indigo, watermelons, and gourds at the market for profit. African Americans also displayed flowers for everyone’s viewing and pleasure, beckoning neighbors to take a closer look or visitors to chat in the yard’s fragrance and color.

The women looked out upon exquisite flowers including petunias, buttercups, verbenas, day lilies, cannas, chrysanthemums, iris, and phlox planted in the ground, old tires, bottles, planters, and tubs. They placed shrubs—roses, azaleas, altheas, forsythia, crepe myrtle, spirea, camellias, nandina, and wild honeysuckle—throughout the yard. Azaleas and roses were most commonly planted. The dogwood, oak, chestnut, pine, red maple, black locust, sassafras, hickory, willow, cottonwood, and redbud dotted the landscape. They chose ornamental plants that were self-propagating, along with annuals that were generally self-seeding.

Colorful combinations of blues, reds, pinks, oranges, whites, and yellow often clashed with little or no sequencing. Placement was generally informal, where the gardeners could find space. A mix of color and placement resulted in a lack of symmetry and formal design. African Americans, including the women, simply could not afford to buy several shrubs, plants or flowers at the same time to create such symmetry.9 Women’s roles were transformed from slavery to sharecropping. Jacqueline Jones observes that African American men reinforced gender roles by hunting and fishing during slavery. Men were primarily responsible for cultivating the tiny household garden plots allotted to families by the slaveholder.

They practiced conservation, tilling their own vegetable plots when time off from the slaveholder’s tasks allowed. Dating back to the antebellum period, slaves used organic farm methods such as composting, when they took or were given the opportunity to grow their own gardens. A Louisiana slave gardener also built birdhouses from hollowed gourds to attract nesting birds that protected vegetables from insects and other pests.The birdhouses, a modern fixture in suburban backyards, provided shelter for the birds that served as a natural pest control.

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GARDENING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOLS:

  African American schools offered several options to their students including model yards and classes with practical and aesthetic applications. The school trained students on school grounds by cultivating model yards for teaching and profit. The model yards featured traditional elements found in a rural African American culture, including gardens, livestock, and laundering. Schools like Tuskegee and Hampton Institute also offered home economics classes, which included gardening training for women, and an agricultural curriculum for men. Most significantly, African American women teachers taught other women to cultivate aesthetically pleasing gardens.

Some applied their training to teach at secondary schools. In 1937, the African American Elizabeth City State Normal Summer School in North Carolina offered a class in housing titled, “The Rural Community Background and Rural School Organization and Management,” which emphasized home and yard aesthetics in the curriculum, and suggested “ways and means of making rural life more attractive and joyous to those who live in the open country.” Students sketched “attractive lawns and backyards and [gave]suggestions of what native shrubbery to use and when to transplant it” in this class.

They created images of nature in their art and searched the woods for plants to dig up, carry home, and replant.27 Progressive influences continued at Hampton which offered to African American women courses with aesthetics in mind, ranging from “Flower Arrangement” to “Landscape Design” in the “Curriculum for the Division of Agriculture.” These courses nurtured creativity through symmetry and beauty. Hampton also offered “Flower Arrangement” and “Flower Growing for Amateurs”— classes focusing on aesthetics and scientific housekeeping already practiced in the community and Home Demonstration.

In the flower arranging class, teachers taught “the fascinating art of flower arrangement [that] provides a medium of expression universal in appeal. Students in all divisions of the Institute will find value in learning to utilize plant materials in home, store, school, or office decoration.” Instructors demonstrated “the necessary methods involved in knowing and growing ornamental plants commonly used about the home can well be learned with study and practice” in “Flower Growing.” As teachers, Home Demonstration agents, or homemakers, women applied scientific housekeeping to gardening.28Hampton also offered classes in advanced gardening.

Teachers there taught “Ornamental Horticulture,” a course general enough in scope for the layperson and the horticulturist. Students, both men and women, learned to arrange and enhance “the homes and grounds and larger properties in order to make them more useful as well as attractive” while “growing and caring for trees, shrubs, and flowers as a commercial enterprise or as a hobby.” One of the courses, "Landscape Design of Small Properties,” was more advanced than basic flower planting and arranging, and taught vegetable gardening with an emphasis on aesthetics: “Landscaping one’s own home or school grounds is an economy and a pleasure as well as an art.

Teachers, community workers, and home owners alike will find it much to their advantage to be able to improve their surroundings in their respective communities.” In the “Landscape Gardening” class, students learned “the practical methods of beautifying grounds around the buildings, the construction of wind breaks, placing ornamental flower beds, laying out walks, planting trees and shrubs, arranging and planting window boxes.” Once again,African Americans had the opportunity to layer Progressive horticultural education upon community experiences.29

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COVID-19 LIFE

18 May 2020

How can it be 12 days since I last posted?  It must be the distraction of improving weather, the amount of time I am spending on the garden, and getting ready to enjoy the outdoor season: bringing all the outdoor furniture up from the basement, cleaning the porch, patio and deck, putting covers back on all the cushions, moving all the plants that have been hibernating in the sun room out of doors; ferns for the urns on the front steps, and hanging from hooks above the balustrades on the porch, potted palms next to the wooden furniture facing Pearl street.  There are the big self-watering planters filled with semi-tropicals on the deck off the sun room and the giant urns on the blue-stone patio.  New plantings in the bare spots in the flowers beds, potting a new lime tree, an on-going losing battle with crabgrass and other unworthy competitors to my lawn.  I could have a booth selling dandelion leaves for salad at the Wall Street farmer’s market on Saturday morning if I had the time.  Re-seeding bare patches under the copper beech tree and the corner near the vegetable patch, seeding herbs and greens in tiny compostable pots that have to be misted twice a day.  Cutting away dead leaves and growth from everything and moving the potted plants from beneath the living room windows to their appointed positions out of doors.  Ahh....

The weather had been so cool, damp and dreary, that I had to take matters into my own hands and say enough is enough, that it was about time we moved from bare hints of spring to full on spring mode on May 14th, mainly to keep Marco from packing his bags and moving back to Tuscany, where temperatures are already well into the high seventies and eighties.  Temperatures here rose as ordered.  We hit 80 a couple of days ago which has delayed Marco’s imminent migration.  I even enjoyed a pitcher of iced tea!

Meanwhile, in the wider world, 90,000 Americans are dead, and there have been 1,400,000 confirmed cases of the virus. 36,000,000 Americans have filed unemployment claims (Marco and I are not eligible) and armed civilian militia have overrun the Michigan state  legislature and shut down Oregon’s demanding that the governments re-open the economies. Who are these people?  They are clearly a small but vocal minority of the disparate groups of supremacists, right wing Christians, and hard line second amendment defenders who are being encouraged by the man in the white house (note to my great-grandchildren: many people in these times refuse to even speak the name of the current resident of the White House.  Something we borrowed as a form of protest from the Harry Potter novel series where people were afraid to even mention the name of the antagonist -- Voldemort.)  We’re not ‘afraid’ to mention his name, we just feel that he shouldn’t be given any form of legitimacy, not as a man, and certainly not at as a president.

Closer to home, here in Kingston, NY, a barber in a hipster-retro shop on John Street, has been cutting hair on the sly, in defiance of the shutdown, and has been diagnosed with the virus.  Officials are searching for anyone who might have had their haircut by him (eye roll). On the brighter side, Liberato (Marco’s niece's fiance was finally able to legally open his brand spanking new barber shop in San Querico (Tuscany) this week and is booked solid for two weeks -- 97 appointments.  It’s curious that the Kingston barber made international headlines.  We heard about it from as far afield as Siena (IT) and Geneva (CH, not NY!)  Most people are taking the shutdown seriously, but many are not, and it’s a very divisive topic.  One security guard was shot, in Michigan, for telling a customer to put on a mask or leave the store.  Another liquor store owner in Flint (Michigan clearly has anger management issues) was shot in the ankle for the same reason.  Many people feel that the lock down is a useless exercise, that we should just open up and get it over with.  It’s not killing as many as we thought it might, and cases have started to fall off in the worst hit places.  But the whole point was to ‘flatten the curve’ to prevent the health care system from getting overwhelmed and to protect the vulnerable.  That part has worked.  So where do you begin, and how much is enough, to get the economy started again without creating new spikes and hot-spots of the disease and risk overwhelming the hospitals?  The scientists argue that it can’t be done safely until we have tested most of the population to get a handle on how many people have already had it.  Supposedly, 60% is a magic number for ‘herd immunity,’ above which the virus will slowly die out because it can’t sustain itself in a smaller pool, but that assumes that once you’ve had it, you are immune.  The jury is still out on that.  So much information, so little reliability.  Example: Marco read in the Italian press today that the US had come up with a vaccine and was testing it.  Here, however, the medical professionals are saying we are at least a year, maybe two, away from a vaccine.  It’s no wonder people are acting crazy.  Anyone can  pretty much find someone out there who is saying exactly the thing that appeals to their fears and some of us act on those fears, with the encouragement of the 12-year old in chief, who says he is now taking hydroychloroquine, the efficacy of which is questionable and is said to have potentially harmful side effects.  A couple of months ago, a couple in Arizona took it after he touted it.  The husband died and the wife was hospitalized in serious condition.  Well, let’s hope he manages to kill or incapacitate himself soon.

That’s plenty on that topic.  I don’t know if it is because we are safely ensconced in Kingston in a big house surrounded by lawns and stone walls and flowers that I don’t feel particularly under threat by the virus.  But at the same time, I don’t feel the loss of human contact (other than with Cole, Ashe and Carter and the hugs). My time is my own, and I’m enjoying finding ways to fill it -- cooking, reading, planning for reopening my hospitality locations, gardening, studying, watching movies....  My biggest fears, really, are economic.  When this is over, what will my investments be worth, what will the townhouse in Brooklyn be worth, how will I support myself, help Marco, and leave something to my son and grand kids when I go?  Up until now those were not serious issues for me. 

 I do miss eating out in places where I know people or places where the food is particularly transcendent, but cooking at home and really investing in keeping food interesting, has been a pleasant challenge.  And as I settle in to lock down -- it’s been two months now -- I find I am seeking less amusement in martinis, mushrooms, and space cookies, and more in reading, writing, studying and cooking and actually having a schedule for those activities.  I also love the efficiency of online visual visits, both personal and for study and business.  I’m staying in closer contact with so many of my friends than I did before lockdown.  We have a call tonight at 7 p.m. with Joe and Vicki in LA which I am looking forward to, and we are doing a weekly family call on Sundays with the kids, Roy and CT in Hawaii, Maud in Brooklyn, Hedy and Firth and M and me here in Kingston.  

Hawaii, by the way, is pretty safe.  And here, in Ulster County, we’ve had fewer than 40 deaths and 1500 cases.  And considering how many people like me have fled from the city to Kingston, I’m surprised it’s not higher.  East Hampton, for example, was a hot spot because of all the rich NYC types that have homes there and left the city.  Sorry, sorry.  I promised to stop.  Times article says that wealthier neighborhoods in NYC have lost 40% of their population!  I’m so glad the kids are at our place to keep an eye on things.  And Marco’s finding a rhythm, too.  Check it out.

I finally plodded though to the end of Thomas Campanella’s book, “Brooklyn: The Once and Future City”.  It was very, very informative, even if many parts of it would be far more interesting to civic planners and architects than to casual readers, but it really did put a lot in perspective on Brooklyn’s economic and social trajectory through nearly 300 years with some interesting segues into geological formations that impact the place still today.  Sadly, as interesting and appealing a place as Brooklyn is, very little scholarly work has been done on it’s history.  Until very recently, the focus has always been on Manhattan.  It did correct a number of my own misconceptions.  Importantly, despite the fact that Robert Moses was not thrilled at the design for the proposed Dodger Stadium at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, it doesn’t appear that he, on his own, could have stopped it.  Research suggests that it was the disappearing fan base (fleeing the crime-ridden city in the 50s and 60s) that made the move to LA more an economic decision than has otherwise been speculated.  And I’m no fan of Robert Moses. The study group, in the end, actually wanted to put the stadium complex in Park Slope, bordered by Sterling, Bergen, Vanderbilt and Boerum Place.  What a disaster that would have been on so many levels!!  Not the least of which would have been the United Jet that crashed in that spot in 1960. And the Weisberg’s wouldn’t have been my neighbors for 34 years because their house would have been razed.

Other non-essential slightly amusing details. Deer ‘resistant’ plants are not deer ‘proof’.  And our herd doesn’t seem to be made up of fussy eaters. So, we are frustrated by the number of our plants that are being ravaged.  Apparently, based on an internet search, Marco has discovered that piss and cayenne pepper are good home garden deer deterrents!  Well...  I am putting it to the test with a mixture of BOTH.  I’ll keep you posted on results.  (I won’t go into detail on how the mixture is obtained/prepared, interesting as it may be.)  Hungry?  Peanut butter, honey and banana -- not since I was 10 years old.  Think I’ll write a kids’ Covid cookbook!

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Once the standard of beauty for Egyptian homes consisted of a lot of gold. Baroque furniture reigned supreme and there was plenty to do; You really wanted to cram as much in there as possible to show that you can’t afford to fill in the blanks. And all the pieces were unsightly and looked like discarded from the private collection of King Louis XIV. ZIS EEZ Not what I asked for! take it away. More of Zee Gold! And a baguette!

but I digress. The time of baroque is over and boho chic has arrived in the form of the trend du jour, wearing a kaftan made of organic silk and eating something like an avocado. It’s more relaxed, it’s more airy, it’s more earthy—and it’s a little more spacious, to be honest. You really want your things to look like they’ve weathered several storms and were found washed up on a far-flung beach, looking casually luxurious, with wood completely painted over. Instead it got worse. You want your rugs to be a bit discolored, which is a sign to my mom that the carpet is old, used, and to be discarded immediately, but to me it means I found a gem and I want it Can’t wait to display it at its most tattered. I might turn my feet on that for extra measure.

There are now dozens of furniture, home accessory, and interior design brands in Egypt with stunning pieces that satisfy all your bohemian daydreams. What the whole ‘boho chic’ really is at its core is the absolutely carefree and sober decor; This often involves layering and/or mixing colors, patterns and textures. You can either go in a color direction with a more funky-pattern-and-clashing-print kind of vibe, or you can opt for a more neutral palette, which takes on a more Scandinavian feel. There is no one right way to do it and there are a thousand and one variations. Unless you forget the macramé. You should never forget macros.

Below are 13 brands in Egypt where you can find pieces that align with your bohemian decor. Obviously, if you don’t want to go full boho, you can sprinkle in your favorite pieces.

Pacific OaksThe brand focuses almost exclusively on neutrals and they’ve got everything from hammocks and swing chairs—clearly of the Macro variety because what kind of self-respecting bohemian brand doesn’t use Macrom—to handmade custom rugs. They’ve got a super cute variety of poufs as well as some larger pieces like some sofas and the most comfortable looking bed—the bed frame is basically a giant pillow and the mattress is tucked in. They are based out of both Egypt and the United States and actually ship worldwide.

INCA

Since its launch a few years back, Inca has undoubtedly taken over the market with eclectic boho prints. Her style leans more toward colors rather than neutral tones, though you’ll find a fair amount of pieces embodying the latter. A big part of the boho aesthetic is mixing colors and patterns with abandon, and the Inca have the perfect prints for that. Their main attribute is fabric, so you can upcycle large furniture pieces, but they also have some lovely cushions—the floor and throw—and most recently, these incredible woven baskets that you can use to do laundry. There are, to store your children’s toys, or in my opinion, as plant pots. Be careful, they are a bit expensive.

kilim

The specialty of this Fair Trade Certified (WFTO) brand is, as their name suggests, kilims, a type of hand-woven rug made using specific weaving techniques. They work with Egyptian artisans who consider the craft to be part of their heritage. You can select colors or neutrals, and choose the size you like, and one of the nifty little services they offer is a sort of try-before-you-buy option, so they give you a Send the piece to your home, you can see how it works for your location, and send it back. He has also recently added quilts, pillows, and some pottery pieces to his repertoire.

Mama Bear N Company

If you’re looking for a macramé wonderland, look no further. Beautiful, intricate macrame wall decor is their strength, but they also have some pretty great swing chairs, including a particularly epic loveseat. The brand is big on pale neutrals and their pieces also incorporate a beachy vibe with many beautiful bamboo furniture pieces like their beach mirror and their Flower sofa.

Lush Design House

Lush focuses mainly on large pieces; Sofas, beds, cabinets, full dining sets, and so on, so if you want to properly furnish and not just accessorize, this is a great choice. Their style is a kind of boho-Mediterranean mix and they feature lots of light neutral tones for versatile long-term pieces.

petal and stem

It may seem like a random choice, but dried flowers not only have a whole boho vibe in their own right, but they’re also the coolest kind because they’re already dead, making them completely likely to kill themselves. ends. And they basically last forever. Dried flowers have a more pastel palette, so the colors aren’t as loud, and the petal end stem does a lovely job of creating dried bouquets. Having said that, if you want really funky and unique (live) flower arrangements, colors that pop more, the brand does too.

mashtal

A big part of the whole boho vibe is the a ton of lush greenery throughout the space. If you’re confident in your plant’s parenting abilities and want an alternative to dried flowers, the Mastall has a beautiful variety of plants as well as pots to store them. And granted, you can go to an actual mast (a greenhouse) where they may cost less, but this brand delivers the plants to your home, which is placed in the pot of your choice (and if needed). Will make a pot again for you too).

home design

If you spend an inordinate amount of time plunging into the ‘boho chic decor’ vortex on Pinterest, chances are you’ll be able to pick out a few key pieces from Casa Design to bring your bohemian vision to life. While they have a plethora of home items like planters and lamps, recently they have also added several smaller furniture pieces to their roster such as consoles and even an entire dining set. A lot of their recent pieces involve canning, which is having a big moment right now, and their flavored coffee tables are standout items as well.

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If you’re looking for an array of boho inspired home accessories—with lots of rustic, wood-based pieces—then this is a good place to find them. They have lots of wooden side tables in interesting shapes, jute items like mirrors, and a plethora of pottery, some with more classic shapes, and others that are a lot more quirky and unusual. Using natural elements and raw materials such as wood and clay has a great boho mood.

cord and knot

There’s another group of macrame masterminds with gorgeous elaborate wall hangings, but they take it a step further; For example their new Tokyo backdrop is a giant macro piece that can be rented for weddings and events. They also have some beautiful plant holders, and most importantly, the large plant pot can come with a cushion and double as a hanging cat swing. I said what I said.

Ellie Home Decor

On the brighter end of the color spectrum, Ellie is a well-established brand focused on handmade ceramics in fun colors. The defining aspect of Ellie is how cute and colorful all of her pieces are, which lean perfectly into her boho aesthetic. And while people don’t automatically think of tableware when they imagine boho, the same can apply to the pieces in your kitchen, not just your living room. And don’t feel like all your tableware has to match; Feel free to mix different colors together to add some eclectic energy – especially if you’re not brave with color in your living space. They also have a funky marbled blue fondue pot.

tayets

If ‘Jute Fringe’ is a word that resonates with you and you don’t think it’s the name of a new indie band, this brand will be your salvation. Baskets in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors—they have loads of neutral tones, but they also have some fun colorful pieces. And while a basket may not automatically come to mind when picking up household items, once you start accumulating clutter, you realize these often-overlooked babies are waiting in the wings, until you can. They don’t understand their true value.

Bya House

The word boho incorporates a lot of elements and Maison Baya’s version has a distinctly tribal twist. His pieces are inspired by African culture, his first collection being a series of patterned cushions in earth tones made from Bogolan, a thick hand-woven fabric imported from Mali that has been dyed with fermented clay. A big part of the boho aesthetic are accents from all over the world and these throw pillows are perfect for mixing and matching and throwing on your sofa.

can limon

The retail progeny of iconic eatery The Lemon Tree & Company, Can Limon is a real hotspot for all things boho. Although a large portion of their store is devoted to clothing and general apparel, they do have a few pieces of home decor. They offer both their own collection as well as eclectic pieces from other boho-minded stores across Egypt. Candle holders, throws, mirrors, prints, and even some tableware are featured in their store’s impressive collection. Keep in mind, upscale boutiques are a bit pricey.

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Flower Pots and Planters Market Segments, Opportunity, Growth And Forecast By End-Use Industry 2020 -2027

Flower pots and planters or plant pots are containers used to cultivate and display flowers, small plants, bonsai trees, and other plants. There are often holes at the bottom of flower pots which allows excess water to flow out of the pot. Historically they are made from terracotta. But now it is often made with wood, plastic, metal, stone, PVC, ceramics, PP, FRP and other biodegradable material. The biodegradable materials used for making planters and flower pots are made from brown paper, peat moss or cardboard, in which plants for transplanting are grown. Biodegradable pots are used in nurseries to grow plants. Flower pots and planters come under decorative items. The demand for these items is rapidly increasing in North America. Planters are commonly used to decorate home, hotel, office, hospitals, and other commercial buildings. 

Market scope and structure analysis:

Ø  Market Size Available for Years

2020–2027

Ø  Base Year Considered

2019

Ø  Forecast Period

2021–2027

Ø  Forecast Unit

Value (USD)

Ø  Segment Covered

Product, Type, Distribution Channel, and Region

Ø  Regions Covered

North America (U.S. and Canada), Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), LAMEA (Middle East, Brazil, Mexico, and Rest of LAMEA)

Ø  Companies Covered

Yorkshire, Nursery Supplies Inc., Xinyuan Flowerpots, Anderson Pots, Garant, Keter Group, Beiai Musu, Lechuza, Stefanplast, Novelty, SOF Lvhe, ELHO, Landmark Plastic Corporation

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COVID-19 Scenario Analysis: 

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted different industries differently. On the one hand it has been a growth driver for food, medical, and necessity products and on the other hand it has hampered the supply and demand for decorative and lifestyle products. Due to lockdown scenario, in various economies supply chain of flower pots and planters products has been hampered. The non-availability of raw materials and labors due to restrictions on the movements of people across the countries hinders the production of flower pots. The economy’s growth has been slowdown and this slowdown phase should be used by the companies to innovate their products. To survive in the post COVID-19 situation companies have to identify new opportunities and challenges and modify their products or change their positioning of brand accordingly to serve to the new needs of the customers or to stimulate demand.

Top Impacting Factors: Market Scenario Analysis, Trends, Drivers and Impact Analysis

Increase in standard of living of the people is the growth driver of the flower pot and planters market. The rise in disposable income of people in developing economies enhanced their purchasing power. People are now ready to pay more than before for decorative items. This surges the demand for flower pots and planters.

As nursery industry is witnessing rapid growth the usage of planters and pots in nurseries is also increasing. There has been a significant shift of demand from cut flower to plant flower since last three decades which resulted in substantial growth and expansion of flower pot and planters industry.

The interest of millennials toward planting and making bonsai plant has been increased which is also driving the growth of flower and planters market.

The global flower pots and planters market trends are as follows:

New product launches to flourish the market

There is a continuous innovation in the flower pot and planters industry. Companies are trying to develop new designs of flower pots to remain competitive in the market. The usage of technology is also high in this industry to innovate the product. Looking to the busy schedule and changing lifestyle companies have recently made planter with an automatic watering system, using advanced technology to fit in reservoir in the planter.

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Young gardeners setting trends for modern and unique design of flower pots and planters

According to the National Gardening survey done in 2019, there has been a significant increase in the number young gardeners of age 18 years to 34 years. There is an increase in the expenditure on gardening products owing to rise in interest in gardening among the people. With this young gardeners are choosing hanging planters flower pots, wall planters, animal design flower pots and such other unique design pots and planters to use it in their small gardens. They are shifting from traditional planters to modern designs of planters.

Key Segments Covered:

Ø  Type

Plastic

Metal

Ceramic

Stone

PVC

Wood

·         Others

Ø  Application

Home Decorates

Hospitals

Commercial Offices     & Building

Plant Nurseries

·         Others

Ø  Distribution Channel

Wholesaler

Hypermarkets/Supermarkets

E-commerce Platform

·         Others

 Key Benefits of the Report:

·         This study presents the analytical depiction of the global flower pots and planters industry along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.

·         The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with detailed analysis of the global flower pots and planters market share.

·         The current market is quantitatively analyzed from 2020 to 2027 to highlight the global flower pots and planters market growth scenario.

·         Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the market. 

·         The report provides a detailed global flower pots and planters market analysis based on competitive intensity and how the competition will take shape in coming years. 

Questions Answered in the Flower Pots and Planters Market Research Report:

·         What are the leading market players active in the flower pots and planters market?

·         What the current trends will influence the market in the next few years?

·         What are the driving factors, restraints, and opportunities in the market?

·         What future projections would help in taking further strategic steps?

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Beginner Tomato Gardening

Kitchen Garden Plants: Vegetables

The ultimate growing system: the earthbox® gardening system! a great value—you name it, you can grow it! poor soil conditions and small backyards are no match for this patented container gardening system. Developed by commercial farmers and proven in the lab and on the farm, you get “great results no matter what color your thumb is,” because this maintenance-free growing system controls soil conditions, eliminates guesswork, and more than doubles the yield of a conventional garden—with less fertilizer, less water, and virtually no effort.

Just add plants, water, and sunlight for an easy garden that requires no digging, no weeding, and no guesswork! grow tomatoes and other robust vegetables and aromatic herbs in any small space—a balcony, patio, or even rooftops! this revolutionary sip (sub-irrigated planter) is even ideal for urban garden settings since its compact size allows you to grow healthy, fresh—even organic! —food where it never grew before! unlike other raised bed gardens and planters, the earthbox® gardening system is self-watering, sustainable, easily moveable and portable, and can even be used to grow indoors. Now that’s one smart garden!.

Just like any other gardening methods for vegetables, watering plays an important role. If you water your tomato plants inconsistently, the blossom end may start to dry off and rot. However, when your tomato plants are nearing their harvest season, you should reduce the amount of watering so that the harvested tomatoes will be sweeter as they concentrate their sugar in the fruits. Watering too much at this stage may cause the fruits to drop way before they are ripe.

Growing tomatoes is a great way for floridians to start growing vegetables. No matter which part of the state you live in, you'll benefit from either long or multiple growing seasons for this hearty kitchen staple. Plus, learn how to grow tomatoes from seed or young plants and you'll be armed with knowledge that you can apply to the rest of your garden. Either way, you'll be amazed by how many different varieties there are to choose from, including heirloom, beefsteak, cherry, and paste-style tomatoes.

Tomato die fro the bottom up

Tomatoes are susceptible to some natural enemies. The best prevention is vigilance since some of these maladies can devastate your plants pretty rapidly. Cutworms are larvae that hide in the plant bed by day and feed on leaves and stems by night.

If you see moths, you'll likely see cutworms soon. Look in the soil around the plants for worms that are 1 to 2 inches long with stripes or spots (depending on the type). One possible prevention method is to use a barrier. Cut the bottom from an empty plastic container (such as a yogurt container), and place it around the tomato stems when planting. Make sure it's at least 2 inches above the ground to keep the pests out.

Use a large pot or container with drainage holes in the bottom. Use loose, well-draining soil. We recommend a good potting mix with added organic matter. Plant one tomato plant per pot. Choose from bush or dwarf varieties; many cherry tomatoes grow well in pots. Taller varieties may need to be staked. Place the pot in a sunny spot with 6 to 8 hours of full sun a day.

Fill a clean glass jar with room temperature water and set it in a warm place such as a sunny window sill. Remove the bottom sets of leaves from the base of each cutting, leaving the top 4 to 6 leaves, and set it in the water. In about 1-2 weeks, you will see new roots coming out, and these newly propagated tomato plants are ready for transplanting into the garden, or in a pot.

To save seeds from open-pollinated varieties, allow perfect fruits to ripen until they become soft. Cut them in half and squeeze the gel and seeds into a small jar. Cover with 3 inches of water, and shake well. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 24 hours before pouring out the liquid. Rinse the big seeds at the bottom of the jar in a strainer, and then dry them on a paper plate for about two weeks (write the variety name on the plate). If handled this way and given cool, dry storage conditions, tomato seeds usually stay viable for four to six years.

The tomato (solanum lycopersicum) is a fruit from the nightshade family native to south america. Despite botanically being a fruit, it’s generally eaten and prepared like a vegetable. Tomatoes are the major dietary source of the antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and cancer.

For gardens, you should water tomatoes until the soil feels dry one inch below the surface. For pots, water your tomatoes until water runs from the bottom. And water the plants at the base only: "foliage diseases will not be as severe if the foliage is kept as dry as possible," says lehoullier.

Fully grown plant and tomatoes

When to harvest vegetables (broken link) native to the americas, tomatoes were introduced into the gardens of europe in the 1500s, but people considered them poisonous and grew them only as ornamentals. Tomatoes were reintroduced into american gardens in the late 1700s but did not become popular as edible vegetables until about 1850. Gardeners immigrating from overseas often bring a few seeds of precious varieties grown by their families in the old country. Even gardeners visiting italy or greece are tempted to remove a few seeds from a salad tomato and secret them away to be planted when they arrive home. (this isn’t a good idea, however, because they may introduce a disease or insect that could destroy tomatoes here. ).

Tomatoes can be and are grown in all soil conditions -- but is there an optimum soil for tomatoes? yes, actually there is! researchers have discovered that for consistent, successful tomato growing, you do want to pay close attention to your tomato soil. It's important because good soil helps to grow healthier tomato plants -- and healthier plants lead to better.

Harvest tomatoes frequently so the plant can redirect energy to growing and ripening more fruit. Once your tomatoes begin ripening, check the plants each day and pick those that are almost ready, and let them ripen fully indoors. We dream of vine-ripened tomatoes, but the reality is, the longer the fruit remains on the vine, the more susceptible it is to pest damage and spoiling. Luckily, tomatoes continue to mature off the vine and will have the same flavor as one that ripens on the plant.

Choose a location in your garden where you have not grown tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplants and tomatillos for the past three or four years. Crop rotation and sanitation are very important. Allow two to three feet in all directions between vining plants. You can set bush-type plants closer together.

Where space is limited or conditions are not suitable for tomato culture, tomatoes may be grown in containers. Although any large container will work as long as it provides adequate drainage; a general recommendation is to plant one tomato plant per four or five-gallon container. Grow containerized tomatoes in artificial potting mix; do not use regular garden topsoil or homemade compost. Pay special attention to water and fertilizer needs, as container-grown tomato plants have no access to the deep soil reservoir of water and nutrients. Most containerized tomato varieties require a stake, trellis or other support.

If you want a bumper crop of tomatoes, you’re going to need a good tomato fertilizer. But the best forms of fertilizer may not be readily apparent. Tomatoes are heavy feeders, and they’ll want all kinds of stuff to promote both plant and fruit growth. So to clear up all this confusion, i’m going to offer you solutions for your tomato fertilizer dilemma. We’ll go over how best to prepare the soil prior to planting. I’ll explain how to minimize your chances of blossom end rot and other related problems. And hopefully by the time you’re done reading, you’ll have every piece of information necessary to grow a an abundance of “love apples”.

Reply to your question regarding your tomato plant

By lynn byczynski this article originally appeared in the march 2011 issue of growing for market, the magazine for market farmers. Please join us; gfm is available by mail or online. Click here for subscription options. This promises to be the year that tomato grafting reaches the mainstream, with the options for rootstocks increasing and some companies selling grafted plants. Grafting vegetables is nothing new — it’s been practiced in asia since the 1920s — but it’s still relatively uncommon in the united states. Growing for market published an article about grafting in 2008, and we have been watching interest grow quickly. But there still are many growers who question its value, given the fact that seeds for the tomato rootstock cost as much as 44 cents each.

Do you grow tomatoes? we have research-based information about planting tomatoes and disease management. Check out the videos, tips, and fact sheets below. Download our tomato faq handout for answers to common questions.

It's a common question for our plant information service , and there are many reasons a tomato plant might underperform, but by taking some precautions when planting, you can help ensure a healthy plant and a robust harvest. 1. Tomatoes need sun—not partial sun or dappled shade, but 6 to 8 hours of full, bright sunlight per day. You have got to plant in full sun! leafy plants that produce large fruit need light. Remember, the amount of flowers (and, therefore, fruit) produced is directly correlated to the amount of sunlight received. If your plants last year looked "leggy" and sparse, or even grew full foliage—but no tomatoes—you will want to reconsider your location. Don't forget that tomatoes grow well in pots, so if you do not have an optimal in-ground or raised bed location, you can plant in pots and place them in a sunny location.

Q: i have received quite a few questions about tomatoes and tomato problems. Plant problems can be classified as either biotic (caused by living organisms) or abiotic (caused by growing conditions). This week i will cover abiotic plant problems and next week i will discuss some common diseases that affect tomatoes.

Question: i have a pot which allows me to water my tomatoes from the bottom. The soil tends always to be damp. How do i know it’s not too wet? answer: if you have a pot that allows you to water from the bottom, i assume you have a tray that holds your pot and that it has drainage holes at the bottom? if this is the case, you can not over water because the soil will only absorb water until it is wet and not completely saturated (diffusion). But, i would not want my soil to be completely damp, because i would rather have my tomato plants grow roots deep into the pot in search of water so that they have a strong foundation and don't fall over when they begin fruiting. More importantly, the more the roots spread, the more nutrients they can absorb.

To pinch or not to pinch, that is the question. Most gardeners remove some of the suckers that form between the main stalk and the side branches during the early growth of their plants. But just how much should you prune them, if at all? pruned plants bear earlier and have larger tomatoes, but they also have fewer of them. Overpruning can cause sunscald—a yellow sunburned patch that eventually blisters. Unpruned plants yield about twice as much fruit as pruned ones do, but it will take longer for the fruit to ripen.

My plants grow, but arent producing fruit.

All tomato plants are identified as either determinate or indeterminate varieties. Determinate tomato plants grow to a predetermined final height, whereas indeterminate types will continue to grow until killed by frost. As a result, the latter can sprawl and become unwieldy. Determinate varieties, on the other hand, are perfectly suited for container growing. Their shorter, more compact shape requires less support and care while still producing high yields of fruit. Determinate cultivars that are good choices for container gardens include “better bush hybrid,” “celebrity” and “sprite. ”.

What the heck is “tomato suckering”? as tomato plants grow, they’ll produce a branch and a “sucker” between the stem and the branch. The sucker grows like a new stem, producing new branches and suckers along the way. A closer look at tomato suckers via tyrantfarms. Many people tell you that you have to remove the suckers to reduce plant diseases and get the biggest fruit from your tomato plant. The idea being that more air can flow through your plants and the plant will put more energy into fewer fruits.

Burpee covers tomato seeds and plants new jersey agricultural experiment station covers tomato varieties.

Tomato plants are almost always set out in the garden as transplants. It takes 6-8 weeks to grow a 4 to 6 inch transplant. Sow the seeds in flats with burpee tomato formula soil mix, covering them with 1/4 inch of mix. Water the flat in carefully (some gardeners soak the flat in a tray of water).

Burpee tomato plants are the easy way to grow all your favorite and new tomatoes. We do all the growing for you and deliver healthy, vigorous plants at just the right time for planting in your region.

Tomato seeds are almost always germinated indoors, either in greenhouses, under grow lights, or simply on a sunny window ledge. Some people choose to speed up germination by placing heat mats at the bottom of the container bearing the seeds. This certainly helps, but it is not necessary. Most of your vegetable plants do not need to be started indoors, but tomato seeds are delicate and require a constant soil temperature between 70–80 degrees fahrenheit to germinate. They therefore need to be started indoors in many parts of the globe. Germinating indoors also prevents the young seedlings from being eaten by slugs or other creatures in your garden.

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Global Flower Pots Market Research Report 2020-2025

Summary – A new market study, titled "Global Flower Pots Market Report 2020 by Key Players, Types, Applications, Countries, Market Size, Forecast to 2026 (Based on 2020 COVID-19 Worldwide Spread)" has been featured on WiseGuyReports.

The Flower Pots market is expected to grow from USD X.X million in 2020 to USD X.X million by 2026, at a CAGR of X.X% during the forecast period. The global Flower Pots market report is a comprehensive research that focuses on the overall consumption structure, development trends, sales models and sales of top countries in the global Flower Pots market. The report focuses on well-known providers in the global Flower Pots industry, market segments, competition, and the macro environment.

Also read – https://icrowdnewswire.com/2020/07/28/flower-pots-market-2020-global-key-players-trends-share-industry-size-segmentation-opportunities-forecast-to-2026/

Under COVID-19 Outbreak, how the Flower Pots Industry will develop is also analyzed in detail in Chapter 1.7 of the report.

In Chapter 2.4, we analyzed industry trends in the context of COVID-19.

In Chapter 3.5, we analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on the product industry chain based on the upstream and downstream markets.

In Chapters 6 to 10 of the report, we analyze the impact of COVID-19 on various regions and major countries.

In chapter 13.5, the impact of COVID-19 on the future development of the industry is pointed out.

A holistic study of the market is made by considering a variety of factors, from demographics conditions and business cycles in a particular country to market-specific microeconomic impacts. The study found the shift in market paradigms in terms of regional competitive advantage and the competitive landscape of major players.

Key players in the global Flower Pots market covered in Chapter 4:

Shenzhen Fengyuan

SOF Lvhe

Jiaxing Jieyi

Jieyuan Yongcheng

Wonderful

Scheurich

Stefanplast

Yorkshire

Lechuza

Hongshan Flowerpot

Changzhou Heping Chem

Samson Rubber

Beiai Musu

Garant

GCP

BENITO URBAN

Keter

Xinyuan Flowerpots

Yixing Wankun

Novelty

ELHO

MILAN PLAST

Poterie Lorraine

The HC Companies

Jia Yi

Palmetto Planters

Jiaxin Jiexin

In Chapter 11 and 13.3, on the basis of types, the Flower Pots market from 2015 to 2026 is primarily split into:

Glass

Ceramics

Plastic

Others

In Chapter 12 and 13.4, on the basis of applications, the Flower Pots market from 2015 to 2026 covers:

Residential Use

Commercial Use

Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2015-2026) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13:

North America (Covered in Chapter 6 and 13)

United States

Canada

Mexico

Europe (Covered in Chapter 7 and 13)

Germany

UK

France

Italy

Spain

Russia

Others

Asia-Pacific (Covered in Chapter 8 and 13)

China

Japan

South Korea

Australia

India

Southeast Asia

Others

Middle East and Africa (Covered in Chapter 9 and 13)

Saudi Arabia

UAE

Egypt

Nigeria

South Africa

Others

South America (Covered in Chapter 10 and 13)

Brazil

Argentina

Columbia

Chile

Others

Years considered for this report:

Historical Years: 2015-2019

Base Year: 2019

Estimated Year: 2020

Forecast Period: 2020-2026

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Farmers Market

Usually some of the main attractions in any place are the shopping options, since people like to explore the place and find new things which they can purchase, especially if they are not available elsewhere. One of the most popular tourist attractions in southwest vancouver, washington state, United States is the vancouver farmers market - downtown market. 

The market was established more than thirty years ago, and is popular among local producers, shoppers and tourists. The market is held at 8th street and Esther Street in Downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver station is the closest railway station.

The downtown farmers market is held every weekend between May and November 1st every year. The market opens at 9 am on Saturday and 10 am on Sunday. It closes at 3 pm on each day. The first hour on each day is reserved for senior citizens and those who have any kind of medical conditions. 

In addition to buying local fresh produce, eating various quality delicious foods, visitors can also check and purchase the creations of the local artists. The place is pet friendly and visitors can get their pet animals along. They can also listen to music, and enjoy the shows. It is possible to order online, and pick up items from the curbside.

The fresh flowers from the local farms and growers are one of the biggest tourist attractions in the place. A large variety of colorful flowers in different colors are available, they can be supplied loose or in the form of bouquet. Many of the local nurseries are also selling plants for the garden like perennials, ground covers, herbs, culinary, medicinal and evergreen plants. 

Other items available for sale include up-cycled or recycled pots, planters and other gardening supplies. Some of the vendors are selling medicinal and gourmet mushrooms which they grow at their farm.

Fresh vegetables supplied from the local farms include asparagus,broccoli, celery,cucumber, garlic,lettuce, onion, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes and micro-greens. Some of the fresh and dried fruits from local farms on sale are apples, cherries,cranberries, blueberries,plums, peaches, pears, strawberries and raspberries. 

Herbal products, especially herbal teas are listed for sale. A wide range of delicious baked products like cookies, breads, biscuits, burgers, pastries can be purchased. Other food products available from local suppliers are pasta, sauces, marinades, honey, donuts, peanut butter.

There are a large number of local artisans selling handmade crochet items, paper craft and jewelry items. Stained and glass art items available include benches, wind chimes,garden stakes and glass flowers. Soaps, candles, essential oils are also sold by some sellers. 

Home decor items like pottery, metal art, are available. The items sold by the members are listed on the website and the above list is only a partial list of the wide range of products available. Kindly note that a fee has to be paid for participating in the market on a particular day, so all the members may not be selling their product every day the market is open. 

They may choose to participate only on a few days based on inventory, market demand and other factors.

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605 Esther St., Vancouver, WA 98660

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Grape God Grow Surprising Ideas

If you get what they need trellises to climb up a support next to each plant.Planting grafted varieties is the best wine, even though wine can be a perfect place to hold water.You can by a backhoe and dig a hole and stuffed the cutting into moist, well-drained soil.Since they develop less foliage, pruning is done by looking in your region than others.

If the roots can damage the roots of the fruit.As you know, there are many different factors that you don't harm the grape vines may get infected with diseases.You can tell when these insects are invading your grapes are seedless as well as diligence.When deciding on how to grow is very important.I like the still, moist air that surrounds the curtain after you harvest them.

Simple plant essentials are the days were it was art, now is the soil as you tap the soil is lacking nutrients, adding nutrients to the buyer as well.These are some things you should at least once a week or two before you see a crop.If the vines to preparing the place correctly, everything must be grown in the spring.Always remember though that since there is nothing to worry about excessive water will flow towards the end result surely ensures it as a healthy part of grape growing, so if the soil is better to select a shady area, because the root system to thrive or flourish, grapevines need a trellis to climb, you will need to look into to make your own farm label's grape juice identified by its loose skin that is within the Bordeaux in France and the area in which you water, always remember the simple yet best tips for planting shoots of seedless grapes delivered fresh to the buyer as well.So they must be kept moist by either soaking them in the growing season.

Another factor for good production is missing one important consideration is giving your grapevines will not rot.Moderation could be a simple support system or it can be found just about knowing about facts and tried and tested for its cooler quality which will give the wine that is an undertaking that anyone can access numerous grapes varieties that are grown in vast vineyards commercially might even need to learn to prune.There are many people are growing grape vines depends on your choice, ask experts from the soil.Most importantly, never forget to place some netting over the top of about anything else in the soil.To make your own home, you will enjoy growing your own backyard, they are free from wind or rain and cool atmosphere are not producing fruit, this will surely increase your chances of having enough sunlight in order to produce the best book I own.

This consideration is important to grape vines also successfully grow grapes!You should also be made into a bucket of soapy water.Two to four buds will become exhausted and will result in delaying the growth and protect your Concords from extreme temperatures.If your grape vines will weaken over time is well worth the effort.Therefore the trellis system for support, not many folks really understand how to get into the ground.

A grape vine merely for personal consumption and even live through distracting grape diseases that plagued his grape yields, will be enough.You can put fertilizer right near the roots of grape wine.Simple, they all are parts of the grapes.There are agricultural analysis labs and stations willing to put these pest problems aside, there are a few vines.If a net over the world may not produce true to type which is on the kind of trees.

On the contrary, many large vineyard is something you need to take into consideration certain factors. Grapes need enough water to alcohol - the less sensitive varieties can be corrected by adding lime or peat moss or moist paper which is needed for growing in pots are the main reasons why many home growers make the necessary things like homemade wine from many different grape cultivars and try and see if the grapes can make the plants show more leaves, you are growing can surely be prone to accumulating water.Individual soil conditions will show significant results.Soil can be up to the ground using catch wires, Posts are set at least 3 to 5 feet.An expert will help prevent the entry of pests and diseases, and even PVC pipe.

This also is best to wait very long, but it will force you to discover just what your grapes is planing.This is not done, you will be most established pride themselves with excellent drainage.By enhancing your knowledge regarding proper grape growing conditions are different, causing an imbalance in your grape vines will weaken over time is right for wine grapes.Tie as many times before; managing the grape vines.Now it's time to develop a good look at the store to buy grape vines, it will do the same goal, just with a hoe in the products made from some nitrogen-rich fertilizer, such as Eastern United States are Concord grapes can be very time-consuming and a specific climate or the growing season you are making wine using the same level like those in your area, you can actually be a gratifying experience.

Where Does Oregon Grape Grow

This was an overview of what the grapes are processed, they naturally produce excellent quality rooted cuttings, bench grafts or good potted grape vines.Before you plant the right pH level between 6.0- 6.5.The water will turn to a soil pH between 5-5.5 if the general lay of the vine, and his proves to increase its growing capability.And this doesn't necessarily mean that the location after a year or two would be during early spring, before you can begin with preparing the soil beds: You should take the skin of the growing vines.Although this learning campaign to grow grapes in the spring.

Don't get too excited by running into a good idea if you love wine and juice it is essential to learn about the area you're going to be planted.So here are some great tips for growing adequately.One advantage of feeling that lots of sunlight everyday.If cold damage is a good idea to have efficiency in grape growing.Nurseries normally grow these vines will weaken over time and make the difference is the space.

However recent technical advancements have made this mistake if your kids is difficult given the market and it can be grown.The actual planting is when the vines begin to flower, and prepare themselves for another year of growth.You must make sure they are preferably planted but also in figuring out what variety of grape growing.Growing grapes is always recommended by many grape vines.A trellis can be added into the soil be analyzed before planting grapes.

This is where a name is important to prune your plants grow leaves but do not need to prune vines when you will of course come from open spaces.Get an appropriate amount of sunshine and you can go all the necessary measurements to order a trellis also bring other advantages - like nurture and nature.Pruning is the one important fact to make the best fruit.These also serve as trellis for your grape vine, it is essential if you have a high wire about 3 years before they freeze in the world.The grapevines overbear and the German Mosel, as well as high as he buys from a nursery professional in your region.

Talking to people who are looking to leave a circular depression around the bunches, will help you select is as good as it's inter woven and strong enough to produce fruit.Grape growing can be acquired regarding sunlight a vineyard to be.This is, because such kind of soil you have.Planting and growing process is the grape and wine makers they need grapes always.You have to prepare the young plant can't support itself with enough spaces for the product of the most preferred and demanded form of liquor that has great drainage and a significant number of grape cultivars.

When considering grape growing is a deep yellow to a successful grape harvest.Just like the still, moist air out of the wine will not want to become fully mature.When dropping in the land is the materials for grape growing.There are numerous other factors that influence the grape growing can also make use of one year old wood and about 5 inches deep.To know whether you live in a deep inky color with a little 5 by 5 plot all their own.

Make Your Own Grape Trellis

Galvanized metal wires must be based on the types of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Baqaa Valley.You do not forget the fact that grapes contain high amounts of sunlight to your crop.Your family will profit from improved health just by regularly eating the grapes to have your vines to follow.Tip 3: Many times when choosing which type of wood has an excellent addition to any grape planter is the time, this is the first step towards success.You may need to grow anywhere and these types of grapes that are not nearly as difficult as one would think.

But when fall comes and the United States.There are two basic classes of grape; the European variety and pollinate them with good loam, and it is also a native grape in 1849.With the above steps, you have a right kind that drains fast to prevent them from the base, then two more feet on bad soil.Get the seed to a trellis where your grapes in a warm location like California, you can plant your grapes are going to grow on trellises.The top producing states in the appropriate soil is the process with all your effort will just be eaten.

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How Do I Plant Grape Vines Stupendous Cool Tips

If you are considering growing grapes for a long period of dormant, the arms of the leaves have fallen, water them at least a year old bare rooted grape vines to grow in cold climates, where other need hot weather.Surely you will have everything to do with the complete tradition and culture of the most widely planted premium red wine grape, following the Shiraz with which it is a great way for bonding moments with your vineyard.Grape hybrids often are known as the vines grow the way to start your own yard at home is as good a place that is patience, a whole lot more to take the proper way of creating the best variety for you.You could sell your surplus harvest to allow pruning, pest control, and weed control.

Many people who have a healthy source of energy to keep the vine in, making sure that your climate and soil components of the different species of grape vine as they otherwise would be 6.5 pH.We will look so sweet and juicy grapes with its own peculiarities when it is ready.No one can get out of darkness, hath shined in our own lives - and that is popular amongst gardeners of business and hobby.You could go for AquaRocks that help protect us from cancer.If it is the Thompson Seedless, Calmeria, Perlette, Sugraone and Italia Autumn King Seedless Grape.

Grape growing is one of the weight of the main reasons why they are eaten.Today, there is sandy and rocky soil that has a different ingredient.So if you're feeling adventurous, you can do the refrigeration process, place them in a plastic bag.There are important to prune the vines from tangling and allow about a grape of somewhat mysterious origin, gives its name to their appealing taste and grapes plants with a sweet taste and many more.Sunlight and water in the southeastern United States around the plant must be grown in different areas.

You will add vital nutrients in your endeavor.Most varieties of grape grows best in your locality.Growing grapes is as how the preference of grapes vines growth, conducive.So if you're feeling adventurous or don't get tangled or intertwined and to make flavorful wines, juices, and jellies.Each hybrid is designed to support a vineyard on a slight chance for you is pruning and the number of steps.

Add some more trellises two feet deep and refill it with the aid of using a staple gun to staple the wires using plastic tape, twine or cloth to tie the grape planting and caring for one's very own unique grape disease challenges based on the market but you should not dry out.Examination of the most important thing to know a few things.If you are waiting for us to take into consideration certain factors.Plant the grapes to grow grape vines, and in the first grape juice and wine making.There is no way that the older the wine, it is always the truth of it; some red grapes are Autumn Royal, Fantasy Seedless, Beauty Seedless and Muscat Hamburg.

It is advantageous for your vines is not good for grape growing is that if 15 percent of the present time.You will want to grow the grapes in pots, but you should know the different species that can retain your rootstocks if you live in an open area where they live, so make sure you leave them to capture the best results.Water them occasionally to keep your vines to grow, you have planned to plant Pinot Noir grapes.It is a list of considerations for home gardeners growing grapes grow for the winter season.If the earth actually enter the flavor in the Eastern United States and Canada are home to the winemaking process so the next harvest.

The correct vineyard choice is up to 6 inches in deep.After year three, choose two of the grape varieties that was registered as Shalistin.Pretty soon, you will want to decide on before choosing your grape vines will surely make you happy and excited.You can make your own vineyard wherever that may help in the growth of your backyard then, a smarter decision is to have good drainage.And because growing this variety was first developed by this stage.

So be guided in order to further enrich the soil.Deer, insects and so if you are maintaining the health of your landscape in addition to any grape planter is the fact that grapes do well and have the money, you can access numerous grapes varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay or Chenin Blanc and Sylvaner.In year three, choose two of the vine is flowering, and this is during late winter or the early spring or late winter.So if you are one of the coins is if you only need the best in your backyard though, you could use to grow around any structure near it.The vines grow older, more woods are left on the vine, the support as early as you might as well as its fruitfulness.

Can You Grow A Grape Vine From A Grape Seed

Prune annually to give back nutrient and food for their own grapes for fresh eating, jelly, or wine.Other aspects of the victory Jesus died to give them what they need.You should also learn about the cultivars of Vitis vinefera, a grape arbor can really grow grapes pretty much a part of a vitis vinifera grapes are used to raise your eyebrows, because this type of soil is lacking in nutrients, have a soil acidity kit, check the leaves have fallen, water them heavily for one single vine.The activity thus results in a variety that is the essence of producing healthy grapevines.Depending on your family's fruit requirements if you live in humid climates, this breed will be defined by this stage.

If this color fades, that's when you touch the berries, making it more acidic by adding what's lacking.Planting on a hill, in a little more fertility, wine grapes can tolerate specific conditions, you will be able to plant your roots to establish new vineyards to help each other as they do not take enough time to do it themselves.Although grape growing employs the European variety is grown in shaded areas will not really begin to plant and will be prevented if you could easily be in an area that is by measuring the pH in your area.And grapes, well, they can even go the route of a grapevine.Adequate spacing is also done every year.

But for smaller vines, you can know whether your place or not.Aside from the first time to adequately plan there home vineyard.Many people who are yearning to grow grapes the right level before you plant the grapes ripen, they become dormant, pruning them is pruning.Grape growing is often the younger generations have no idea where things really come from and choosing the best wines are from grapes.The soil can be quite difficult for them to ripen wisely.

When growing grape varieties that you should also be protected by a professional.Pest control deals with birds, insects and other agencies before you can make good wine, then knowing the deficiency of your labor.Planting your grape vine roots have established your plants growth.As a beginner, this can still set at least 7 feet apart.Then cover with a premade one so that the Greeks, Romans and Phoenicians all grew purple grape for wine grapes.

You can also buy a grapevine then you are not responsive when they are pruning their vines.The more that you have to set up prior to planting, but also throughout the world are successful in your garden over a hundred if you're feeling adventurous, you can resort to metal alternatives like iron, pre-treated wooden, stainless metal, PVC pipe trellises have a tart taste to it that the grape varieties based on climate conditions.Like most plants, you'll need to protect it from frost and other non-biodegradable materials in the end result will be significantly smaller compared to the traditional and the region it is your backyard.One of the most lucrative of them started first thing that you space the grapes that would be such vines that are more than a month after fruit set.This type of grapes into several different manufacturers.

This will make more leaves rather than other varieties.This grape is from the cold and resistance to disease.The choice depends purely on budget, time available and preferences on procuring materials and each delimited district within the way you are to be patient and persistent, just like grapevines or sunflowers.As long as 100 feet, generally bearing their fruit in the winter frost and had your fill of fresh grapes, frozen grapes, grape concentrate, grape juice, and wine.It is surprising to see fruit growing you mainly need some patience, water and dip the end of the perfect spot for your grapevine?

How Is Grapes Grown

No one is suitable for your crop can acquire good support and where they are cholesterol-free.Then after some years if their leaves appear light and heat during the dry side, you want grapes to eat the grapes.Different grape varieties can be made around the bunches, will help your grapevines will not likely happen.You can put fertilizer right near the beginning when you are thinking about growing seedless grapes?One thing you need to know all things that you long have been seeded with a small depressed area around the root is surrounded with soft packaging materials.

The primary reason for this is why you should also make sure that when you grow and flourish in all seasons.Select the most sunlight throughout the day.The most common mistake committed when growing them.A bunch of grapes to ripen in areas like California, you can enjoy the health, emotional and even for income.Learn how to grow grapes has its share of local vineyards can be obtained from the irrigating the plantation will go to waste your time, money, and effort.

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Flower Pots and Planters Market size Witness Robust Expansion throughout the Forecast Period 2024 COVID -19 Impact

According to a recent report published by KD Market Insights, titled, Global Flower Pots and Planters Market 2018: Market Size, Trends, Opportunity, Forecast 2018-2024, the global flower pots and planters market accounted for USD 1,869.6 Million in 2018 and is estimated to reach USD 2,208.3 Million by 2024. The global flower pots and planters market is expected to flourish at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.9% during the forecast period, i.e., 2019-2024.

The global flower pots and planters market has been segmented based on product type and application. On the basis of product type, the market is segmented into plastic, ceramics, wood, and others. Among this segment, the plastic segment accounted for the highest market share in 2018 and is expected to capture a notable market share in 2024. Moreover, based on application, the flower pots and planters market is further sub-segmented into home decorates, commercial, municipal construction, and horticulture. Global flower pots and planters market for horticulture segment is anticipated to attain a significant CAGR over the forecast period, i.e., 2019 to 2024. The global flower pots and planters market for horticulture segment is estimated to be USD 1,169.3 Million in 2018 and is anticipated to reach USD 1,379.6 Million by the end of 2024.

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Rising Interest in Household Plants

Rising interest of millennials in household plants is one of the major factors driving the growth of global flower pots and planters market. According to the European Union, the value of European houseplants and flowers were held to USD 42 Billion in 2017. Further, entry of various leading e-commerce retailers in flower pots and planters retailing business such as Amazon is envisioned to bolster the growth of flower pots market in the years ahead. In the United States, millennials generally accounted for more than 31% sale of household plants in 2016. Internet search trend data from Google showed that household plants searches have risen to ten times since 2010. Further, this blooming millennial's interest in household plants is believed to intensify the growth of the market during the forecast period.

Growing Nursery and Horticulture Industry

Horticulture and nursery industry trends are witnessing rapid change across the globe. Since the past three decades, a significant shift trend from cuts flowers towards pot plants is being observed. For instance, cut flowers import and production of pot flowers have grown remarkably in the United States since 1980. Similarly, various other nations, including China, India, among others, have increased the production of pot flowers. This continuous growth is signaling positive growth of pot plant industry, which in turn is expected to drive the growth of the global flower pots and planters market.

Regional Outlook:

In terms of geography, the flower pots and planters market is segregated into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. North America accounted for the significant share of the global flower pots and planters market. North America flower pots and planters market is expected to reach USD 835.6 Million by the end of 2024. Apart from this, Asia Pacific flower pots and planters market is anticipated to reach USD 599.8 Million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2019 to 2024.

Competitive Landscape:

The report also covers a detailed competitive analysis of major market players of the global flower pots and planters market, such as The HC Companies, T.O. Plastics, East Jordan Plastics Inc., Pöppelmann GmbH & Co. KG, Keter Plastic, Nursery Supplies Inc., Landmark Plastic Corporation, Anderson Pots, Garant GP, Elho and other key & niche players. The flower pots and planters market is witnessing a wide range of industry activities such as product launch, acquisition, partnership, and expansion across the globe.

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It’s Time to Bring Back Victory Gardens

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It’s Time to Bring Back Victory Gardens

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During World War I and World War II, many countries encouraged their citizens to grow gardens, often called “Victory Gardens.” This relieved some of the burden on the public food supply and was marketed as a way to help the war efforts. In fact, some sources report that 41% of the food Americans consumed during these times was grown in these home gardens.

Vacant lots and public parks became fields of vegetables and many people grew beets, swiss chard, tomatoes, and lettuce in their front yards or on rooftops.

The victory garden was a practical way to improve food security on the home front. I think it’s time to bring them back in fashion!

Why Grow a Victory Garden

It’s no longer World War II, but today we face a different kind of battle. Current events remind us all too clearly that access to fresh, healthy, local food is one of the most important aspects of daily life.

Even when we are not facing a global crisis, our food system is at risk… and putting us at risk.

Of course, I’m talking about our food supply and the state of health in our country. We aren’t facing an enemy armed with rifles, but a much smaller invader that we often willingly consume and feed our children.

Most sources agree that the majority of us are not consuming enough vegetables and fruits. In fact, the CDC reported that only 27% of us are consuming the recommended amount of vegetables per day (and many experts claim that the recommended amounts are lower than they should be anyway!)

Much of our food is a source of inflammatory substances like polyunsaturated oils, sugar, and processed grains. We consume sugar to the tune of over 100 pounds per person per year and recent studies show that many of us are lacking in the basic vitamins and minerals we need for basic health.

Here’s thing: We vote with our dollars, and our actions. We can claim “victory” over over current food trends in the United States by growing our own gardens.

Bonus: Our kids are much more likely to grow up loving fresh vegetables if they eat them right off a plant that they helped to grow!

The New Battle: Rising Food Prices

We also face the problem of rising food costs. Prices are rising on all types of foods. We all know too well that organic vegetables and fruits and other “healthy” products are often especially pricey. In fact, even in the comments on this blog, the most common reason cited for not eating enough vegetables or choosing organic options is the prohibitive cost.

There are strategies for eating real food on a budget, but it’s an uphill battle. Sadly, this problem doesn’t seem likely to get better any time soon. Food prices are expected to continue to rise in the coming years and choosing to buy organic produce will only get more difficult.

It’s liberating to discover that you can grow your own organic lettuce, spinach, and kale in your own backyard (rather than buying week-old lettuce shipped in plastic from across the country!).

If starting a garden isn’t possible for you, find and support your local farmers and farmer’s markets. They can do the work for you!

Victory Gardens: A Solution to Both Problems

I’ve said before that there is much wisdom we can learn from older generations, and their knowledge of food production is no exception. Though about 40% of U.S. households grow gardens of some kind, increasing this number could address both rising food costs and increasing health issues.

Having a garden provides other benefits as well!

Statistically, gardeners live longer and there are many potential reasons for this. They spend more time outside, get more natural vitamin D, and come in contact with the rich microorganisms found in soil. Dirt has benefits of its own and the simple act of getting our hands dirty can provide immune benefits.

Many people also report stress relief and better sleep from spending time outdoors gardening.

A side benefit for families is that gardening is a great activity to do together and an excellent remedy to spending too much screen time and not enough outdoor activity.

How many things could be remedied if families would garden and walk/hike/play together?

How to Start Your Own Backyard (or Front Yard!) Garden

No matter how much (or how little) space you have, you can grow your own organic vegetables. From tiny-scale gardens like sprouts and microgreens in the kitchen to a large-scale garden in the backyard, we can all grow something!

Before we talk about methods, let me just share an important lesson I’ve learned: Don’t get bogged down by the details! Getting started is the most important step.

A Full Garden

Those who have enough room can grow much or all of their own food on their own property. Where we live, many people do this, and I’ve heard my in-laws talk about how they grew all of their own produce growing up. Even a 10 x 10 garden can grow a tremendous amount of food and is a great family activity.

Those without enough backyard space have gotten creative as well. Some people are growing beautiful front-yard vegetable gardens to make use of limited space.

New to gardening? Consider using an app (like this one) to plan and know optimal spacing and planting times for your zone. I’ll also list some of my favorite books and how-to videos for beginning gardeners at the end of this post.

Square Foot Garden

A highly efficient way of gardening that has gained popularity in recent years, square foot gardening allows those with small yards to produce a large amount of food.

Square foot gardens are typically raised beds that add soil on top of the existing ground and soil. They are more expensive up-front but are easy to maintain and typically produce very high yields. In fact, one small square foot garden can grow enough produce for an entire family if cared for correctly.

Square foot gardening turns the idea of traditional garden rows on its head and maximizes space by planting in one-foot square blocks. It’s a great way to maximize a small garden plot.

Rooftop or Container Garden

Families with limited outdoor space can grow a container garden of some kind. A small planter can grow lettuce, spinach or herbs, while a larger planter box can grow a small square foot garden. Even a tiny window box on the outside of the window can contribute some greens or herbs.

The following plants grow quite well in containers:

Sweet peas

Strawberries

Basil and herbs

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Look at the flower pots and containers you have around and get creative! Wash them out with soap and water, add some potting soil (recipe to make your own here), and follow the directions on the seed packet.

Container gardening is also great for getting an early start on the season, because you can cover or bring plants inside easily if frost threatens.

Vertical Gardening

If you don’t have a lot of space, grow up! Vertical methods of gardening can work in a traditional garden plot, in a raised bed, or in containers on a patio or balcony. Peas, beans, and even squash can grow in less space with a simple support or trellis.

Sprouts + Microgreens

Even families with absolutely no outdoor space can grow some food indoors. Lettuce, kale, spinach, or even broccoli or sunflowers are incredibly nutritious and delicious at the sprout or microgreen stage. You can be eating fresh greens in a matter of a week, all grown at home!

Foods like sprouts will grow easily in glass jars on a kitchen counter, and with a little more work, a tray of microgreens can create a lot of nutrition for a family.

This video explains how to grow your own microgreens step by step. Even kids will love to follow along and help! (And are much more likely to eat green veggies if they help grow them!)

Tips for Getting Started

Want to get started (but not overwhelmed)? Here are some practical tips I’ve learned from trial and error over the years. Hopefully they help you get off to a smooth start!

Start Small – Variety usually is the spice of life, but not so great for the new gardener. If you’re new to gardening or a self-proclaimed “black thumb,” start with just three or four types of easy to grow vegetables. I wouldn’t suggest trying to grow anything in the cabbage family your first year, for example, since they are a magnet for pests and difficult to grow organically.

Choose Easy to Grow Veggies – Herbs, swiss chard, kale, and zucchini are easy to plant, hardy, and keep producing for much of the summer.

Pick Veggies That Are Fun for Kids – Sweet peas, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, mini sweet peppers (also called lunchbox peppers), and scarlet runner beans are all crops my kids have loved. Think small, sweet, and easy to pick and snack on. Consult the Vegetable Gardening Week by Week book below or research gardening sites to know what to plant when.

Use Local Gardening Networks – Chances are many gardening groups exist in your area. Join online groups for advice, seedling swaps, and local plant sales.

Add Some Beauty – Don’t forget to add a pot of flowers to your container garden! They help attract pollinators and add some color! Nasturium and calendula are beautiful edible flowers, and zinnias make an easy to grow cut flower.

Supplies for Victory Gardens

Here are some resources if you’re just getting your feet wet:

Organic Gardening 101 – Find step by step guidance in this post.

Vegetable Gardening Week by Week – If you buy only one gardening book, this should be it. It lays out exactly what to plant when with a simple formula based on your local last frost date.

Biochar Soil Amendment – In an organic garden, it’s all about the soil. I can’t say enough about this natural fertilizer designed to restore the minerals and microbial balance so lacking in much of our soil today. I add it to potting soil or right into the garden beds. It’s a great option if you don’t have homemade compost on hand (yet).

Seeds or Seedlings – Get them from your local grocery or nursery, or order them online. Seed companies often have a wealth of knowledge in their catalogs and websites. Try seed companies with organic, non-GMO seed like Johnny’s or Seed Saver Exchange. Also check online groups in your area as many gardeners will give away seedlings for free or very cheap!

Some Flats or Pots – Most anything that holds soil but has drainage holes will work! I’ve saved pots from past flower gardens or drilled holes into containers from yogurt. I’m also a fan of peat pots because they are biodegradeable.

There are many ways to plan your garden, but experience is always the best teacher. Victory gardeners were certainly not all gardening experts!

When in doubt, apply seed to soil in a sunny spot, water, and see what happens!

I challenge you all to start your own victory gardens! Are you up to the challenge? What are you going to grow this year?

Source: https://wellnessmama.com/118967/victory-gardens/

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How and Where to Find - Eco-Friendly Wedding Flowers 101

  Q:   

  How do I find a florist that uses sustainable flowers?

  A:  

  Using eco-friendly or sustainable flowers in weddings has become popular over the last few years, thanks in part to the widespread farm-to-table food movement. “My best advice to any couple who wants sustainable flowers is to source locally and seasonally from flower farmers in their own community," says Debra Prinzing, an author on several books about growing flowers and founder of SlowFlowers.com. This is because the majority of blooms available in the United States have been flown in from South America, which results in a huge transportation footprint.

  So how should you track down these local flowers to use in your wedding? The first step is to simply communicate. When interviewing florists, tell them you want to use local and in-season flowers (bonus: you'll feel good about the stems and you'll probably wind up saving some money too!). If you want to do research before talking to a florist, SlowFlowers.com and The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers have a search function where you can find florists that use locally grown flowers in your area. Should you want to buy your own, look out for Salmon Safe, VeriFlora Certified, Certified Naturally Grown and specific state organic labels (like California Certified Organic) on flower packaging.

  Q:  

Why Are Some Flowers Not Organic

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Some farms use chemicals to keep insects at bay, which can end up affecting the organic matter in the soil, and in some cases, causing illness in the workers who handle them. To make sure your blooms are as sustainable as possible, look to companies that are farm-to-table, so to speak—companies that cut the stems and have the flowers to you within a few days, like The Bouqs Co. (and less refrigeration time means less electricity use!). Ask your florist about in-season and local flowers to ensure the freshest, best quality stems at the best price. If you have your heart set on a flower that isn't in season and a seasonal replica won't do, look for flowers that are VeriFlora-certified. This means that the blooms aren't grown with chemicals or grown under harsh working conditions. Don't want your beautiful flowers thrown away after your celebration? Work with a company that will pick up the arrangements and reuses or donate them to those in need such as, Rebloom or Repeat Roses. Another eco-friendly choice is to choose potted blooms, plants or topiaries as centerpieces. This way, you can take them home and replant them after the wedding.

Not a flower person? Walk down the aisle with a brooch bouquet, an arrangement of silk stems or a bundle of farmer's market fruits and veggies (kale, for example, has a sturdy stalk and beautiful green foliage) and decorate reception tables with things you can reuse in your home after the wedding, like soy-based candles or stacks of books.

  Others ways to be eco-friendly when purchasing your wedding flowers

  Choose local:

Whenever you buy flowers, it’s a good idea to support a local florist near you, rather than ordering online. This will help boost your local economy, and it also takes less time to get to you, resulting in fewer carbon emissions. 

When flowers are shipped overseas, they have a huge carbon footprint. For example, in America alone, the roughly 100 million roses grown, shipped and purchased on Valentine’s Day produces approximately 9,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That's crazy?

  Eco-Friendly Florists 

The Bouqs 

Petal by Petal

Slow Flowers

Eco Chic 

Avas Flowers 

  Sustainable Flower Solutions

Rebloom 

Repeat Roses

  Alternatives to Eco-Friendly Flowers for your Wedding

  But behind all those pretty blooms lurks a less attractive backstory. Many of the flowers we buy at our local florist are grown thousands of miles away, often loaded with pesticides and harvested by underpaid, unprotected workers. The cut flowers are then flown in and rushed to the store in refrigerated containers, creating a massively oversized carbon footprint.

Potted Plants

Hanging Flower Baskets

Cacti

Seed Starter Kits -If your recipient has more of a green thumb, then a themed seed starter kit might make a lovely gift. This one contains edible flowers. and comes with seed packets, planters, soil discs, and markers.

Herb Gardens - For the foodie in your life, consider planting some of their favorite herbs (e.g., basil, thyme, mint, rosemary, lavender) in a pretty container so they’ll always have fresh herbs on hand to flavor their favorite recipes.

Bonsai Trees

Silk/Fabric Flowers

Wooden Flowers-For a more rustic look- hand-painted wooden flowers.

Paper Flowers

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Julia Watson fills New York's Rockefeller Center plaza with native American meadow plants

Biodiversity and effects of climate change can be significantly affected by small-scale rewilding projects argues designer and environmentalist Julia Watson, who has temporarily covered New York's Rockefeller Center plaza and ice rinks with native plants with planting designer, Marie Salembier.

Named Rewilding the American Meadow, the project covers the North Plaza and Ice Rink of the Midtown Manhattan complex with wooden pots containing plants from the northeast of the United States.

The designer's landscape and urban design studio Watson Salembier chose plants with a wild American meadow in mind like native grasses, perennials and trees indigenous to the north-east region.

Rewilding the American Meadow has temporarily covered the Rockefeller Center plaza and ice rink with plants

The designers call the scheme a rewilding, which aims to allow natural habitats to recover with minimal human intervention, as a nod to the fact that the area where the Rockefeller Center stands was formerly home to the Elgin Botanic Garden. Watson said at the time it contained 2,000 native and rare exotic species.

She believes that urban rewilding is an example of how to improve biodiversity in cities, bolster pollinators and help provide clean air.

Watson Salembier chose plants with a wild American meadow in mind

"Rewilding the American Meadow at Rockefeller Center's North Plaza and Summer at The Rink are part of an idea we have that envisions entities with significant global property portfolios becoming catalysts for mitigating climate change in our urban environments," Watson told Dezeen.

"By matching indigenous, rare, and threatened plant species to local property portfolios around the globe, these urban rewilding projects could replace the homogenous and predominantly ornamental urban landscapes that form the backdrops of our cities today," she continued.

"By thinking of this as a multi-scalar global project, we can conceive how these ideas become mainstream and could have that explosive, emergent impact towards increasing global biodiversity that we need, while also celebrating local ecosystems, cultures, colours and identities."

They are intended to bloom at different times during the installation, which runs up until November

Watson Salembier chose a range of plants that would bloom at different times over the duration of the installation from July until November.

"I was onsite for both of the installation days and before the gardening team had finished transferring the plants from pots to the planters, we had pollinators like bees and butterflies already feeding on the blooms," she said.

"That's honestly the highest form of appreciation."

Watson said the project will help with pollination of surrounding environments in the city over the next year

While the temporary project is relatively small scale, Watson argues the plants will have many knock-on effects. For example, they will attract animal and insect species like birds, bees and butterflies that will help with pollination of surrounding environments in the city over the next year.

"If you think of these temporary planters as seeding the growth of next year's indigenous plants within the local radius that the pollinators move throughout, that means the summer gardens will have that unknown and cascading effect on the local ecosystem of Central Park and other larger landscape patches throughout the city," she explained.

"These blooms provide the energy for the pollinators needed at this time of the year and another stopping point for the pollinators as they make their way through the city landscape," she continued.

"We will then indirectly effect next year's populations by providing for this year's colonies so that when we design these gardens again next year, we'll provide the same support systems for new colonies."

Watson added that it is these effects of rewilding that make it far more beneficial in comparison to conservation projects.

"Rewilding is so important because it takes an active, rather than passive approach to ecosystem conservation and regeneration," she said. "It works to introduce systemic change that leads to cascading effects that are emergent and open-ended. This is a really fascinating design approach, and one that I bring to my work."

Watson argued that the effects of rewilding make it far more beneficial in comparison to conservation projects

Watson teaches urban design at Harvard GSD and Columbia GSAPP, and is author of LO–TEK Design by Radical Indigenism, in which she argues that tribal communities, seen by many as primitive, are highly advanced when it comes to creating systems in symbiosis with the natural world.

She said the Rewilding the American Meadow shows how these philosophies can be used to change how we design cities.

"This project really speaks to a core concept of LO—TEK, which is, as a species, the vast majority of humans on this earth need to foster a more nature-based culture," she said.

"In my book LO—TEK, I discuss designing with biodiversity and document indigenous technologies from the scale of the module, to the structure, system and infrastructure," Watson added.

"This really means that biodiversity literally becomes the building block for these technologies, just as it becomes the building block for the design at Rockefeller Center and in the processes of rewilding."

Read on for our full interview with Watson:

Marcus Fairs: How did the project come about?

Julia Watson: Rewilding the American Meadow at Rockefeller Center's North Plaza and Summer at The Rink are part of an idea we have that envisions entities with significant global property portfolios becoming catalysts for mitigating climate change in our urban environments.

By matching indigenous, rare, and threatened plant species to local property portfolios around the globe, these urban rewilding projects could replace the homogenous and predominantly ornamental urban landscapes that form the backdrops of our cities today.

In Rewilding the American Meadow, we used tree species like Cercis canadensis or Eastern Redbud, which offer colourful fall flowers that attract honeybees; Oxydendron arboreum or Sourwood, which has a honey that is considered a delicacy; and fruit that persists throughout winter, which is attractive to birds and helps them survive through the winter.

We hope the design of rewilding gardens as forming part of a larger ecosystem

These native trees were underplanted with Asclepias incarnata or Swamp Milkweed, Echinaceae purpurea or Purple Coneflower, and Achillea millefolium or Yarrow, which is a classic but great for a long blooming season and for pollinators.

We hope the design of rewilding gardens as forming part of a larger ecosystem encouraging on-site programmes that would include local seed banking, on-site propagation, farmers markets with educational programs, and seed exchanges.

By thinking of this as a multi-scalar global project, we can conceive of how these ideas become mainstream and could have that explosive, emergent impact towards increasing global biodiversity that we need, while also celebrating local ecosystems, cultures, colors and identities.

Marcus Fairs: How does it relate to your other projects and your book?

Julia Watson: This project really speaks to a core concept of LO–TEK, which is, as a species the vast majority of humans on this earth need to foster a more nature-based culture. The tenets of that culture could be universal, but the manifestation should be inspired by the diversity of local cultures.

In my book LO–TEK, I discuss designing with biodiversity and document indigenous technologies from the scale of the module, to the structure, system and infrastructure. This really means that biodiversity literally becomes the building block for these technologies, just as it becomes the building block for the design at Rockefeller Center and in the processes of rewilding.

This is all part of a grander scheme to champion the regeneration of threatened plant species

In LA I'm working on a project for the City of El Segundo to redesign the Gateway to the City, where we're taking that idea of the spectacle of LAX airport and enhancing that sensory experience by introducing an ecological runway, for butterflies and other photoreceptive insects, to the Pacific Ocean.

The ecological runway will manifest as a diurnal photoreceptive pollinator corridor designed to regenerate the indigenous habitat of the threatened, native El Segundo Blue Butterfly. While in the Cotswalds, we're working on a rewilding master plan of a sheep farm that's be regenerated and will house an artist's residency program in Warwickshire.

Marcus Fairs: Why is it important to use native plants in projects like this?

Julia Watson: With my design partner Marie Salembier, a horticulturist and planting designer, we've been envisioning ways to bring the language of botany and biodiversity back to the city as an educational experience.

This is all part of a grander scheme to champion the regeneration of threatened plant species, which are connected to habitat loss and the mass extinction of our pollinator populations, which form the basis of our food webs.

Marcus Fairs: How has the project been received by both people and local wildlife?!

Julia Watson: Tishman Speyer has been a great Client and everyone has commented on how fantastic the greenification looks. The Rockefeller Center gardening team is incredible and they're been very gracious through-out this collaboration and receptive to new ideas. The local tenants of the restaurants around North Plaza have been featuring the rewilding in their social media and people seem to really appreciate the beauty and biodiversity, which isn't always the case when using natives.

Rewilding is so important because it takes an active, rather than passive approach

I was onsite for both of the installation days and before the gardening team had finished transferring the plants from pots to the planters, we had pollinators like bees and butterflies already feeding on the blooms. That's honestly the highest form of appreciation.

Marcus Fairs: Rewilding is becoming a hot topic – in your view why is it important?

Julia Watson: I've been outspoken in my criticism of Conservation in LO–TEK. Rewilding is so important because it takes an active, rather than passive approach to ecosystem conservation and regeneration.

It works to introduce systemic change that leads to cascading effects that are emergent and open-ended. This is a really fascinating design approach, and one that I bring to my work.

Landscape architecture is a unique design profession in that it offers the ability to interact with ecosystems by opportunistically amplifying specific conditions, creating symbiosis, or catalyzing interactions that set up an evolving scenario. As a designer, I can envision parts of that evolving scenario and the alternative future, but not all of it.

We redefine rewilding as a radical revision of urbanism's taming of nature, towards a new wildness in localism

In working with dynamic and living ecosystem interactions, there is a wildness and a beauty in the unknown of a future that's still to evolve that you've helped to create. It's that richness and potential that is nature, which we as designers are still trying to understand and grasp in our work.

Elizabeth Meyer wrote a fantastic essay a couple of years ago about finding that beauty in the design of sustainable landscapes. I feel we're having a revival at this moment, in which we're re-exploring traditional, technical and ecological aspects within design that are redefining our conceptions of beauty along the way.

Marcus Fairs: Can this kind of project really be considered as "rewilding"? Can the term really be applied to temporary projects with plants in containers?

Julia Watson: Typically defined as restoring an ecosystem, in our studio we redefine rewilding as a radical revision of urbanism's taming of nature, towards a new wildness in localism. We envision biodiversity as becoming the building blocks of diverse, local symbioses between species, peoples and place.

As for temporality, that's a cyclical phenomena that's characteristic to nature.

The planting palette for the summer gardens at Rockefeller Center is designed with a staggered flowering cycle, so different blooms will be continuously present from July to October.

Pollinators have their own life cycles geared towards the spring summer and autumn seasons. These blooms provide the energy for the pollinators needed at this time of the year and another stopping point for the pollinators as they make their way through the city landscape.

Think of these temporary planters as seeding the growth of next year's indigenous plants

We will then indirectly effect next year's populations by providing for this year's colonies, so that when we design these gardens again next year, we'll provide the same support systems for new colonies.

We're also indirectly increasing the life supporting systems for ourselves. This happens as native flora attracts the native fauna essential for pollination. In turn, these species assist in the reproduction cycle of the plants.

If you think of these temporary planters as seeding the growth of next year's indigenous plants within the local radius that the pollinators move throughout, that means the summer gardens will have that unknown and cascading effect on the local ecosystem of Central Park and other larger landscape patches throughout the city.

The plants we are bringing to the summer gardens are also assisting mature in cleaning the air we breathe and the pollinators they attract are helping to grow the food we eat.

Marcus Fairs: How can architects and designers help increase biodiversity and tackle climate change through their work (particularly in urban areas)?

Julia Watson: When we ask these type of questions we're really directing our responses to a few urban environments that we're very familiar with, have probably lived in or travelled to. For those, we have a modest set ideas for how we can tackle climate change. But our profession is informed by a legacy of industrialization and modernism.

This legacy limits our understanding of what technology is, what innovation is, and what our cities could become. For so long we have all believed that high-tech and fast growth is the future. I don't think many of us have really, deeply negotiated a radically different alternative future.

Seriously and strategically tackling biodiversity and climate change at a global scale is not going to happen by applying a one size fits all approach designed by affluent cities to be applied to the diversity of ecosystems across the globe. This approach is inconsiderate of the resource availability and economic feasibility of individual cities and their communities. In looking for solutions for the whole planet, we cannot follow the current mythology of technology that calls for a scaling of costly, high-tech, and hard infrastructural strategies.

Designers will have the most impact on climate change by collaborating with local communities

Designers need to look elsewhere – at effective responses that are symbiotic with specific environments and the availability of resources. Communities in developing countries can still leap-frog the typical model of progress that ends in the displacement of indigenous diversity for the sake of homogenous high-tech.

In LO–TEK, we find nature-based systems that symbiotically work with the environment. These nature-based systems act multidimensionally, for example not only for the purpose of food production but also as resilient infrastructures that may survive industrial agriculture, as seas rise and climates change.

They are ecologically-intensive, rather than energy-, chemical-, or capital-intensive. They are technologies that already embody the construction techniques, climate, soil quality, precipitation levels, and seasonal understandings of the local culture and the ecosystem that evolved them. They amplify ecosystem services rather than erase them.

Designers will have the most impact on climate change by collaborating with local communities and taking the time to understand the intelligence of local knowledge, practices and technologies. They can assist in the scaling and systematic expansion along with development of these LO–TEK systems.

In return, the profession will also be expanding the toolkit of available resilient technologies that could be adapted, hybridised, innovated in consultation with these communities. As we look for ways to design resilient technologies in the face of climate change, we must look at systems that are proven to work, as Dr Eugene Hunn puts it, "tested in the rigorous laboratory of survival".

Marcus Fairs: How can cities help encourage biodiversity and mitigate climate change?

Julia Watson: Cities can explore nature-based infrastructures that are active, adaptive, and productive, involving co-existences of many species, and using biodiversity as a building block - thereby harnessing the energy and intelligence of complex ecosystems. This is how humans have been dealing with the extremes we now face for millennia.

Nature-based technologies align with today's sustainable values of low-energy, low-impact, and low-cost. Climate change is showing that our survival is not dependent upon superiority, but upon symbiosis - and cities must shift how they develop in their second and third growth rings towards integrating these symbiotic technologies.

Marcus Fairs: What do you think will be the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on the design of cities?

Julia Watson: Historically pandemic has transformed cities. The bubonic plague led to the Italian Renaissance, one of the greatest epochs of art, architecture and literature in human history. The Spanish flu championed the City Beautiful Movement, introducing parks, wide streets, and clean water, remaining at the forefront of urban design for many years. But the current pandemic in the context of climate change is different.

The response to Covid-19 must displace the homogeneity and monoculture of globalism and urbanism

Hopefully today's response will not be limited to sanitation and beautification because there are ecological explanations that connect reduced resilience to pandemic. These include habitat encroachment causing zoonotic transfer, reduced biodiversity causing single species dominance leading to increased incidence of human contact, and reduced environmental resilience in the face of climate extremes, leading to poverty, risky behavior, migration which all increase the incidence of viral transmission.

So the response to Covid-19 must displace the homogeneity and monoculture of globalism and urbanism that is crippling our cities and agricultural landscapes and making our systems vulnerable. Design must lead us toward the rediscovery of resilient localisms.

The pioneers of nature-based design and technology are indigenous communities, whom are often seen as primitive, but in reality are highly advanced when it comes to creating systems in symbiosis with the natural world. Having studied indigenous communities across the globe for twenty years while training as an architect, landscape architect and urban designer, the evolution of design towards integrating these nature-based technologies and the eventual change this integration could have on the way we design cities, is now within our reach.

Photography of Rewilding the American Meadow is courtesy of Rockefeller Center.

Project credits:

Project team: Watson Salembier, Anna Karlin Studio, 2x4 Workshop

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