The Thousands

I got a great pot plant a while ago – a Peace Lily. Yeah, it sounds pretty naff. It was from IKEA. BUT it’s going great guns. Unlike previous plants that have entered my house, this one didn’t shrivel in two weeks, it thrived! All I have to do is give it the leftover water from the cat’s bowl every day. It looks like it’s even growing a flower (the lily, the peaceful one!).

But man, if someone had told me that a plant could thrive from less work than a cat’s bowl – and that it would NEVER die – I would have stayed away from IKEA and gone straight for a cardboard Atomic Bonzai. It’s just like a Bonsai, minus the long boring years of tender pruning. The Atomic Bonzai takes just five minutes to grow. Less if you’re nimble-fingered. More if you’re not good with puzzles.**Artist Joji Okazaki (Smoggy Mountain) is the mastermind behind Atomic Bonzai. His theory is that paper is made from trees, so he recycles the paper back into trees again. He’s also totally at peace with the world and everything.