Ikea introduces amazing flat-pack indoor garden

The Growroom - build it yourself with the free-to-download instructions
The Growroom - build it yourself with the free-to-download instructions Credit: SPACE10

This is the Growroom, a spherical garden made from plywood that you can now build at home, after the instructions were made available to download for free this month.

It's been designed so it can be easily assembled, accessible and affordable for most communities. It was conceived as a means of encouraging consumption of locally-grown food, reducing food miles and the environmental impact involved in shipping food across the world.

The Growroom is the work of SPACE10, a "future-living lab" supported by Ikea that, according to its website, "serves as an external innovation hub for Ikea to get inspired, gain fresh perspectives, and discover new talents and ideas to invest in and bring forward."

SPACE10 worked with architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum to create what they describe as a "urban farm pavilion."



A detail from the assembly instructions


If you'd like to build your own grow room, you can download the relatively simple, 17-step instructions on GitHub, or visit Medium for more information.