Most Innovative Winner Growbottle Upcycled HydroGarden


by Potting Shed Creations pottingshedcreations.com


Restaurant wine bottles get a new life after they’re done serving oenophiles, with Growbottle, a high- yielding yet low-impact haven for cultivating fresh herbs year-round. Each upcycled Growbottle comes with seed, nutrient for the water, a natural wool wick, vermiculite, and clay


pebbles to grow plants such as basil, chives, mint, oregano, and parsley. The hydro-garden method is fast, high-yielding and a low impact way to garden right in a windowsill. “It seems so simple, but it’s aesthetically attractive in a sculptural way,” says Ann Killen, co-owner at Potting Shed Creations in Troy, Idaho. “It takes kind of a complex gardening tactic and simplifi es it down so pretty much everyone thinks, ‘I could try that.’” The Growbottle is meant to be reused indefi nitely


in conjunction with replant kits, or recycled. Potting Shed manufactures all products by hand, resulting in minimal waste. This product was designed to be self-contained and therefore requires minimal packaging. Potting Shed Creations provides regular product donations to support local and national causes. The company also allocates portions of revenue to organizations such as Save the Children for Haiti.


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Piperoid by Magnote


Piperoid is an eco-friendly paper craft robot. It is made out of just recycled paper pipes with pre- drilled holes and marks to cut, fold, and connect the pipes. All the joints move freely since no tape or glue is needed. magnote.com


Soft Cork Adjust-A-Bowl by Bambu


Bambu’s cork fi ber is renewable, durable, and reusable. Compared to many other materials, its production uses no bleaches and little water, nor any other highly intensive procedures to process. The company is a member of Collective Responsibility in China and 3M Alliance in Ecuador. bambuhome.com


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