Tuesday, March 17, 2009

REMEMBER CAR TIRE PLANTERS?

Back in the inventive 90's when a lot of us actually did things rather than twitter about them, former bad boy gardener Felder Rushing (I mean, how many decades can you stay a bad boy?) was waxing widely about white trash garden artifacts like tire planters.

I remember crossing paths with him at the Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College and ending up with a hideously purple spray painted planter with zig zags cut into it like Jughead's hat. And I vaguely remember the tsuris involved in getting that beast back home.

So guess what I just stumbled into on the Huffington Post? Tire planters for green homes, the latest from Barcelona in European eco-design.
Alas I couldn't read the manufacturer's website but if the pot's weight isn't prohibitive, it seems just the thing for the eco-friendly but plant-shy 20-something young market that the old fart garden world is desperate to engage.
at 10:05 AM

3 comments:

  1. I prefer the sandals with soles made from tire treads.
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  2. TAKE A LOOK AT WWW.DWR.COM CHECK OUT THE OUTDOOR AND SEE THE "NEW" TIRE PLANTERS FOR THE UP AND COMING.
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  3. Eco-friendly when it ships from Spain? Don't think so. What's wrong with old school - plain ol' black tire with the nail still in that you ran over. That's eco-friendly. Btw, black tires are great for growing watermelon. Melons like their soil real warm.
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