Pimp My Plant Pot
March 19, 2007
Last Saturday, at around 1pm, I received a text reading: “I’m the one with the plant by the bus map.” I spotted her instantly; this was environmentalist extraordinaire, Nicola “Pimp My Plant Pot” Awford who I’d arranged to meet at Liverpool Street station. She was weighed down by three plants and several bags of clothes (having recently moved to the big smoke, Nicola’s reliant on friends for a place to sleep).
Her generosity was amazing – she amiably handed me a little cactus, some kind of exotic red thing (I’m crap at the environment) and a hyacinth and refused my offers to pay her for them. Plus, I’ve recently noticed, she’s top friended SSP at Pimp My Plant Pot
After posing for a few photos with me and the plants, Nicola was off again to North London to spread some plants around and find a bed for the night.
Read my article about Nicola’s attempts to save the environment by helping urbanites to pimp their plant pots in our features section. And when I free some space on my memory stick, you’ll get to see some picks of our office plant, Robert. TV and Radio editor Holly will pimp out its pot tonight.
Georgie
Good article, though I have to say that Mark Watson’s actions seem a little token. How much is just self-publicity?
We just need to pick the correct flower for the pot. Hmm… Water pistol clown flowers would be perfect, and we could avoid the effort of actually having to water the plant.
Holly
How about a feature called “pimp my pot plant”?