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Sprouting Pencil Plants

The Sprout Pencils by Plant Your Pencil Can Grow into Fresh Herbs

— May 28, 2014 — Art & Design
The Sprout pencil by Plant Your Own Pencil is a creative writing tool that has a secondary purpose after its life as a desk accessory has come to an end. Inside the base of the pencil is a seed capsule that will grow into a garden of fresh herbs, flowers or vegetables if you add a little bit of water.

These clever Sprout pencils are a great marketing method to keep unnecessary garbage, like pencil stubs, out of landfills. The Sprout pencil comes with an ingenious black capped bottom that conceals a tiny plant seed ready for you to grow when your pencil is no longer usable. Each wooden pencil features the name of the embedded plant seed written along the side. When you put this pencil into a pot of soil bottom-up, the label will become the plant's label marker. Wait a couple of days and watch your pencil turn into a full-blown garden.
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Stationery - Companies can capitalize on this trend by developing sustainable writing tools that have a positive impact on the environment, while also offering additional benefits like the ability to grow plants.
2. Functional Advertising - Businesses can use products like the Sprout Pencil as a way to advertise their brand while also providing consumers with a functional item that has a secondary purpose.
3. Indoor Gardening - The Sprout Pencil taps into the growing trend of indoor gardening, providing a unique and easy-to-use way for people to grow their own herbs, flowers, or vegetables right from their desk.
Industry Implications
1. Office Supplies - Companies in this industry can disrupt the market by creating eco-friendly office supplies that help businesses reduce their carbon footprint.
2. Promotional Products - Businesses in this industry can innovate by incorporating plant-ready seeds into their promotional products, providing consumers with a useful item that has a long afterlife.
3. Smart Gardening - Companies in this industry can develop new technologies and products to make indoor gardening even easier and more accessible to people in urban environments, like the Sprout Pencil.
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