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Are you living in an apartment without a spot outside to grow your own edibles? Perhaps you just have trouble with access or a lack of light. Maybe you want a few fresh greens or handy herbs to add to your meals.

Whatever your inspiration, Vegepod have designed, after 13 years, the best Indoor Garden yet! Aren’t we the lucky ones?

The result? Vegepod Kitchen Garden is bringing edible growing indoors, so you can have quick and fresh produce at your fingertips.

Owner, Simon Holloway says “the Kitchen Garden has been designed to inspire home cooks, help fight the cost of living and thrive in even the most compact of dwellings.”

It comes with everything you need, including the grow lights and potting  mix just - so you can just add water - and the plants ! It’s lights, action, grow! 

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Attention all car, garden and lifestyle enthusiasts! If you love the idea of cruising around town in a spacious and stylish MG ZS Excite in white, then listen up! GRO Urban Oasis and Eden Gardens are offering you the chance to win this amazing car. Just imagine how many plants you could fit in the roomy boot!

To participate, all you have to do is shop at either Eden Gardens or GRO Urban Oasis stores. For every $100 you spend in store, you will qualify for one entry ticket, up to $1000. If you spend over $1000, you will qualify for 2 tickets for each $100 spent. Plus, dining at the Gardens Restaurant and Terrace Bar will earn you an entry ticket for every $50 spent. The more you spend, the more chances you have to win!

Not only will you get to shop and dine at Eden Gardens or one of the five Gro Urban Oasis stores, but you also have the chance to win a car and discover why the MG ZS is Australia's number one small SUV for car sales.

So, what are you waiting for? Visit GRO Urban Oasis stores or Eden Gardens and fill out the entry form for your chance to win. Please note that eligible entrants must be over the age of 18, residents of NSW, and not an ineligible person. Make sure to check the T&Cs for more details, and remember to fill in all fields on the entry form to qualify. Competition valid from 3rd of May until 17th September 2023. Good luck!

Please click here to view full Terms & Conditions.

GRO Urban Oasis is very proud to be stocking The Tea Collective.

Luxury Tea Selection

The Tea Collective prides themselves on creating signature blends and exquisite single origin teas. They create luxury sensory experiences blending the timeless tradition of tea with innovation.

Their tea bags are made from a biodegradable plant based material called Soilon. Their tea bags are totally compostable but please allow a bit more time for your tea bags to break down, they do take just a little longer to decompose than everyday composable items.

Tea bags come both in Boutique Jars and 40 or 80 refill pouches.

Luxury Handmade Candles

The Tea Collective candles are hand-poured in Newcastle using only the finest of waxes, essential oils, and fragrances.  Blended to bring out the different elements of their tea collections - these candles provide the perfect gift or addition to your self-care rituals.

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We are all so busy making lunches, getting kids to their sport or music lessons and doing the stuff of life, that sometimes its easy to forget to ‘stop and smell the roses’. Getting off the hurdy gurdy of life and being in the moment, be that by oneself or with family and friends, is a rare and precious treat – something at GRO Urban Oasis we can help with.

At GRO Urban Oasis we have some gorgeous Urban Oasis tao hemp cushions  that are 20% off, and some beautiful lightweight and durable cotton blankets by Saardé that are also 20% off. Or really spoil mum with a lie-in on Urban Oasis silk pillowcases – the benefits of silk are a little more than just skin-deep. It is also naturally hypoallergenic so there’s no build-up of dust mites, fungus, mould and other allergens. Our silk pillowcases come in cream, mulberry, sage and blush for $69.98 each or 2 for $120.

For those that want a growing gift, we have stunning moth orchids and a bespoke range of kokedama balls for Mother’s Day and a limited-edition range of mini terrariums – simply cute as. Ditch the roadside sun-baked flowers and instead get mum a beautiful vase. We stock the organic shapes of Ben David vases, that are so lovely they look great out on display with or without the bouquet! Or simply add the scents of the garden indoors with our Urban Oasis range of home fragrances, on special with 20% off.

Urban Oasis Home Fragrance 

Ben David Vases 

Urban Oasis Silk Pillowcase 

Saarde Blanket 

Caring for oneself has parallels to gardening and there are lessons to be learnt from plants.  If you neglect your pot plants, their soon deteriorate, and loose function.  If only we applied these same basic learnings to ourselves and took the time to nourish ourselves.

Self-care can be the first thing to be sacrificed in a busy life.  But when we fly, we are constantly told to fit our own oxygen mask first before helping others, so why don’t we apply this same ‘first aid’ to our lives?  Enjoying the garden and taking time to ‘smell the roses’ is applicable indoors and out.

The benefits of house plants for self-care might seem a stretch, but the mindfulness of watering, cleaning leaves and watching plants grow can be a quiet daily meditation.  Plants help us concentrate, as well as clean the air we breathe from toxins.  It is no coincidence that ‘green rooms’ as they are known, are places to relax before the performance or task begins, so why not merge the two?

Plants can also teach us some basics.  Breathe, bask in the sun, and drink plenty of water.  Getting the basic nutrients and organic goodness into our lives, as well as the sunshine that helps us sleep well and feel good about ourselves are all wonderful for both mind and body alike.

Top 4 tips for good green vibes

1. Buy a living bunch of flowers for yourself every few months. Right now, orchids, cyclamen, chrysanthemums, and Flamingo flowers (Anthuriums) are in bloom.
2. Grow easy to look after plants like Peace Lilies, Ribbon Plants and Philodendrons, and start enjoying their wellness benefits.
3. Book a Blys at home massage, beauty or wellness treatment to enjoy in your self-care space.
4. Scent your space naturally with fragrant plants. Exacum, Stephanotis, some Cymbidium orchids and Hoya are all examples of perfumed indoor flowering plants, but you can also add bulbs like hyacinths and jonquils to pots inside for seasonal sweet-smelling pops.

By: Meredith Kirton