I’ve heard of Square-foot Gardening, but IKEA now has something new in mind: spherical gardening.

Read more at the link, but the idea is that the design ensures that all levels get air and light, and you can access it from both inside and out. Heck, it might even make a nice little reading nook or a meditation chamber. It certainly looks like the Yoda version of Darth Vader’s meditation chamber:

I like the idea but, seeing as it’s made out of wood, how long before weather and water make it unstable? We’ll have to check back in a few years and see how well it works.

The plans are available online. If anyone out there has built and used one of these, please drop me a line and let me know how it works!