URBAN JUNGLE FEVER!

Trapped in the chaotic concrete buildings of city life, there is nothing better than bringing the refreshing positive energy of the lush greens, right inside your home. Together with their aesthetic and healing presence, both your space and your experience of it will be transformed in the best possible way. Flip the pages for 5 inspirational urban jungles that have been care for and assembled together by genuine plant lovers, who share their motivation behind creating their own green paradise and impact that it has had on their life.

- Arushi Chaturvedi

CARLA HORA (@a_londoners_urban_jungle)

“There are some fantastic feelings which plants give us, but more importantly, they can teach us to be more patient, more caring and to pay more attention to details. There’s this peaceful feeling which comes with plants, a calming effect, or even a sensation of protection.

My day starts with checking them while sipping a cup of coffee: looking for overnight growth, atypical changes in foliage and if they need to be watered. I do not have a dedicated watering day as every plant has its own needs. They usually get fertilized weekly while actively growing and I keep the humidity levels quite constant.

The aesthetics of my urban jungle depend on the mood I am in when the urge to rearrange them kicks in, but it always revolves around each of their light and humidity needs. In general, I either opt to display them like artefacts in a museum, or cluster them to create visual delimitations between different areas, offering intimacy.”

INES OSBORNE (@home.plants.and.three.cats)