Marketing
To see three incredible
and inspirational bio-
philic design plant stores,
check out the websites
and Instagram accounts
of these retail businesses:
¡ Greenery Unlimited
in Brooklyn, N.Y.
(greeneryunlimited.co
and greenerynyc.com, @greeneryunlimited
and @greenerynyc)
¡ Plant the Future in Miami, Fla.
(plantthefuture.com, @plantthefuture)
¡ Andromeda District Biophilic Design Store
in Coral Gables, Fla. (andromedadistrict.
com, @andromedadistrict).
These days, plants can even be delivered
directly to consumers' doorsteps, thanks
to Amazon and other plant delivery sites
like The Sill (thesill.com) and Bloomscape
(bloomscape.com).
Blending plants and tech-
nology is another up-and-
coming trend. One Sausalito,
Calif.-based company,
CREO (creodes.com) is using
AI (artificial intelligence) to
make work and living spaces
healthier with its BioBulb
™
ecosystem—a network of
sensors and processing algorithms that
learns the needs of individual plants and
sends precise water and nutrients for each
plant. The BioBulb system uses three sensors
to monitor each plant's vitals: one in the
roots, to check temperature, pH level,
humidity and nutrients; another that monitors
the leaf's surface and light density; and
another that measures the ambient
environment surrounding the plant. It also
has a computer-vision camera that visually
detects plant growth. To learn more about
BioBulb, visit biobulb.io or creodes.com.
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B I O P H I L I C
D E S I G N
With so many of us remote working
and/or staying at home, biophilic
design (the incorporation of nature
into our working and living spaces) has
become a huge trend in the floral world.
From simply adding vases of flowers
around the house or on a desktop to the
purchase and upkeep of houseplants,
biophilia has become increasingly
important to our overall health and
well-being. Bringing the "outside in" has
been a worldwide trend for some time
now, even before the pandemic. One
only has to look at the huge rise in the
purchase of houseplants: Over the last
three years, plant sales have increased
50 percent, to $17 billion, according to
the National Gardening Association.
Photos courtesy of CREO
