She’s hot, right? Check out that ring on her finger. It’s a combination of jewelry and gardening which can only mean one thing: she’s marrying a hippy. Iceland designer Hafsteinn Júlíusson wants to bring nature into everyday couture. This form of jewelry is not for everyone, however. One must take good care of their Growing Jewelry or else it’ll fade like any other plant uncared for.

Hafsteinn states: “It is important to take good care of Growing Jewelry. The owner must water it regularly and nurture it like any other plant. So it’s up to the owner to make sure that the jewelry is at its best.”

Now, if the grass on the ring fades, would it be possible to replant the seeds or would you need a whole new ring? I’d imagine it’d be possible, though you probably wouldn’t be able to wear it during it’s earlier stages of growth. Regardless, this ring is sure to get a lot of attention from the folks who frequent Phish shows.

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Oliver Bishop-Young, a Goldsmiths University graduate, demonstrated projects regarding skips at the New Designers showcase in London earlier this month. For those not familiar with a skip or what it is, simply put: it’s a dumpster. With the massive amount of idle skips laying around the city and all the crap we throw into landfills, we might as well get something out of it.

So, Oliver set up a website that allows visitors to search for locations of skips throughout London, complete with pictures. Additionally, a group of folks have pitched in converting empty skips into public spaces such as lounge areas, swimming pools and gardens. Even a mini-ramp built in a skip for skateboarding was made from a collection of materials gathered from other skips. All that’s missing is the skip crapper.
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Garden gnomes compliment the yard fervently, but do they provide any productivity other than looks? Why can’t they just come to life, water the plants, cut the grass, trim the hedges and then go back to looking innocently petrified beside your garden?

All you’ve known about the secretive lives of garden gnomes is about to change. Dutch Studio TX has upgraded seed bomb technology, a technique of introducing vegetation to lifeless soils, with eco-friendly balloons which are painted like garden gnomes. They don’t look like your average garden gnomes, but that’s because they actually do work in the garden unlike their dead beat terracotta clay brethren.

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There is no better way to have the feds on to you than dead bodies climbing out of your yard. Living-Dead bodies that is. Artist Alan Dickinson, master of self-incrimination, has created his most haunting image of yard sculptures to date.

The Zombie of Montclaire Moors let’s all your neighbors know that you’re one sick puppy. This zombie could burrow its way out of your yard scaring would be trespassing kids for a whopping $89.95, but why not just  kill a bunch of people and bury them half way up in your front yard for free. One thing’s for sure, this sculpture won’t decompose.

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For gardeners on the go or gardeners who just have a huge work area, the Yardmate is the ideal mobile workstation. This workbench on wheels is sure to hold all garden goodies imaginable, then collapse beneath its shoddy frame.

Gnomes, lilies, bonsai, whatever your fancy, I’m sure you could find a way to pack it into that lower shelf. With a potting space, tool storage and additional display space for flower boxes, what more could you ask for? A hook for the garden hose, you ask? Well, what do ya’ know, it’s got that, too! If only it came with a penis-enlargement attachment, then I’d be set.

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Designer Adriean Koleric has created a mailbox that is both eco-friendly and chic. Sporting a small patch of dirt to grow grass/flowers/marijuana in, this mailbox will no doubt get you eco-cred with the babes and a thumbs up from your mailman. Did I mention it holds mail? That’s mail, not males.

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Smoking cigarettes can be terrible for your health. So if you’re going to pull a Steve McQueen and catch a cigarette outside on your lunch break, why not do a little good for the planet at the same time? Carry around one of these Matchstick Gardens with you and whenever you light up, stick one of the “matches” in the ground. Embedded with seeds, you’ll soon find a plant (perhaps a Pixel Posey?) or herb of some sort sprouting up eventually.

A bunch of different versions are offered, including “Italian Garden,” which I assume is full of pizza plants and pasta trees. Pick a book of these matches up and get laid come next Earth Day.

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If you’ve been looking for that special something to pick up for Mom on Mothers Day, we present the chance to incorporate their love for canines, 3D wiring projects, and gardening. The Dog Breed Topiary frames from the Gardeners’ Supply Store allows you to purchase a three dimensional model of the breed of your choice to fill with sphagnum moss and ivy for your own little garden fanaticism.

The frames don’t contain anuses, so there is no need to worry about the topiaries taking a shit on your prize winning lawn. Best of all, the $60 frames almost look better without all of that gardening shit inside of them. So you can just use it as a creepy lawn ornament.

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They’re not the most beautifully designed item you might want lining your home, looking much like a small cactus plant you can pick-up at your local convenience store, the Grobal is more than just normal kitsch, but a self-watering plant pot.

Water is sucked into the plant gradually through a reservoir on the bottom of the device. The Grobal might not be able to actually tell you when it needs more water, but you can measure the amount of water left inside through a small peek window, while a small opening above the window allows for easy refilling, though you’ll still probably need plenty of sun. — Andrew Dobrow

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