A PlantLock user in London asked about growing potatoes in her PlantLock. Whilst not recommending plants with delicate stems, we decided to give it a go ourselves. The result: fresh-dug potatoes for lunch.
Recent sightings
Emma’s been cycling around and photographing PlantLocks on and offher route from Peckham to Kentish Town.
A Hackney BikePort
Lots of people say “ooh I wouldn’t leave my bike out front where I live!”. However we have many, many customers with PlantLocks and BikePorts in their front yards in Hackney – a place where bike theft is not a stranger.
No one has lost a bike.
Spring’s here...
At last, the warm weather, and more & more people are cycling. PlantLocks at schools are full of bikes.
PlantLocks for Listed Buildings.
Since PlantLock requires no concreting-in, PlantLock is being specified for Listed Buildings and other sensitive environments. Grade 2 listed Colvestone school installed 14 for children, staff & visitor bike-parking.
PlantLock deliveries by bike.
AV2Hire deliver all their equipment to customers by bike, using 8 Freight cargo-bikes, here just managing 2 PlantLocks as well. Front Yard Company make local deliveries with a CarryFreedom biketrailer.
PlantLock & Community Gardens
King Henry’s Walk Garden and Culpeper Community Gardens have PlantLocks for their secure bikeparking, adding extra planting containers for members herbs, veg, & flowers.
photo: Lindsey M Clarke
Plantlock = Cycling + an urban garden
Click here for Chris’s comments. He’s the owner of these PlantLocks.
England and Wales Cricket Board install BikePort
The EWCB have installed a completely free standing 4-BikePort for their staff at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Even unicycles use PlantLocks
PlantLock was reviewed in Unicycle magazine.
www.unicyclemagazine.com
Luscious PlantLocks
BikePort integrated in to terraced house front.
This customer in south London used a free standing BikePort (weighed down with permeable Tuff Turf blocks) to integrate into their Western Red Cedar front yard scheme.
Oval House Theatre gets PlantLocks
Mixed planting, with one PlantLock reserved for an employee who wanted to grow herbs & veg.
Local authorities using PlantLock for secure bikeparking
Brixton has its first on-street PlantLocks on Acre Lane & Stockwell Road. Planted with a mixture of low maintenance, drought-tolerant plants (sedums, alpines, wildflowers), and hebes & flowering annuals, shops are caring for the planting. Â Â
Waitrose using PlantLocks for their new stores
Cyclists shopping at new Waitrose stores in St. Neots, & Buckingham, now have PlantLocks to securely lock their bikes to PlantLocks to support bicycles while loading up panniers.