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Match Stick Garden

by Bonnie Alter, London on 05.17.07
Travel & Nature

flower%20matchbox.jpg It's a portable garden; it's a miniature form of guerrilla gardening. Slip it in your pocket, sneak it across borders, pop the matchsticks into random pots--bring joy wherever you go. Simply tear off a matchstick, plant it tip first in soil and soon you will have a flower or herb garden growing. On the tip of each match there are pre-mixed seeds . We got ours at the estimable Acorn Restaurant, as a give-away (pictured). But Matchstick Gardens sell them in two varieties: wildflowers or herbs. The mixed herb garden contains basil, chives, parsley and thyme. The wildflower garden has cornflowers, shasta daisies, marigolds and poppies. If you would rather use your lipstick, PlantLove is infused with wildflower seeds and when you are finished with it, plant it and it will sprout flowers. Spring is coming: be prepared. :: Matchstick Gardens

Comments (5)

Uh....don't "sneak it across borders". Invading species are a bad thing.

jump to top none says:

Some students did a similar thing when I was at Uni in Bournemouth - except the seeds they put in the flower pots outside the Police station were a bit stronger than your normal 'mixed herbs' ;)

jump to top MY says:

Sure! Nothing's more "green" and "environmentally friendly" than transporting species to non-native environments!

/sarcasm

jump to top Kerri says:

That's seems a cool and neat little thing to have, though shouldnt people make sure that the plots are public and okay to be planted upon? I mean, I'm all for going green and making the world a better place, but if it obstructs some sort of private/government property then that's another issue.

jump to top quickthinker [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

the comments make me laugh. basil, thyme, chives and parsley are imported to non-native countries on a regular basis. They are far from being dangerous. You think the thyme you're planting in your garden is native to North America? Not likely. It's native to Europe, North Africa and Asia.

Way to be brainwashed by zero tolerance.

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