Water: An interview with Simon Denzel

Inspired by the growth in urban gardening, London-based German designer Simon Denzel has developed a nifty greenhouse that can be hung outside your apartment window. The Fenster Farm, which is on show at Peckham’s Copeland Gallery as part of H2O-themed LDF show Water, even boasts a solar-powered irrigation system that keeps your plants hydrated no matter how busy – or forgetful – you are.

You only have to briefly scroll through Instagram to see that plants – from tiny tillandsia to room-sized monstera – are hot stuff at the moment. Not are these little green gems good for air quality, for general wellbeing and for making you look like a well-adjusted adult, growing herbs and veg at home intersects with another key trend – an increased interest in food providence, production and environmental impact. But for many city dwellers, especially those in vertiginous flats, growing space is few and far between. And although germinating seeds on your window sill with sandwich bags elastic-banded to the top of the post like little party hats might be good enough for Charlie Dimmock, it’s not very, well, chic.