Urban Jungle - A guide to filling your home with plants and celebrating life surrounded by nature.
Variety is key
The essential concept behind any urban jungle is to mimic nature in its extraordinary diversity of species, sizes, forms and colors.
When designing a personal urban jungle at home, variety is key, like in nature.
The combination of different sizes of plants is the first step to creating your indoor jungle. For instance, purchase a giant one that goes on the floor and mix it up with some smaller ones.
Try some plant stands and rope hangers to display your plants at different levels.
If you just go for the same textures, like all small leaves or big leaves or prickly, your garden will look boring.
Make it professional
Often play around with your pots. Prepare some terracotta, copper, etc. then, mix them up. Add candles and personal object close to your heart.
If you have some old plant pots or teacups, they will be good materials to customize them with paint. Or, you can find some online or other vintage shops.
A multi-sensory experience
Think about your last walk in the forest or in the jungle. Beyond the sight of trees, plants and bushes, what sounds could you hear, what scents could you smell?
Recreate such memories in your home by adding a plant ASMR or nature sound playlist, or by placing fragrant specimens such as lavender, jasmine or lemongrass. Pot-pourri would do as well.
Trying to please all the senses, that’s the essence of successful biophilic design and urban jungle design!
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