There’s no better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than with the announcement that Quirky’s 10th product — a “green” product, no less! – has met its pre-sale threshold and is ready to go into production. Petal Drops was the community’s answer to Quirky’s call for sustainable, eco-friendly products during a Quick & Quirky throwdown last December. We’re excited to get it made, and tickled by the coincidental launch date!
Designed by the Quirky community in just 24 hours, Petal Drops is a flower-shaped funnel that fits on top of standard threaded water and soda bottles, providing users with the chance to easily and elegantly capture rain water and repurpose it for watering plants. Rainy days may not seem so bad anymore.
Here’s how it works:
1. Set your bottle, with attached Petal Drop, in your desired location and place some pebbles in the bottle if it’s a particularly windy day.
2. Once it starts to rain, you’ll watch as the petals act as a super funnel, collecting and storing rain water quickly and efficiently in the bottle you were oh-so-close to chucking.
3. Once the bottle is full, pour out the water wherever you choose… feed that thirsty plant, wash the chalk off your driveway, or give Fido a bath.
Constructed out of 100% recycled HDPE, Petal Drops’ contemporary flower shape makes it a product you won’t mind placing in your garden or on your patio — it might even blend right in!
1 Comment
LCinLA | 05/12/2010 7:03 PM
I am wondering if these are going to come in any other colors? I’m thinking of “planting” them in my garden. I’m thinking if I poke holes in the bottle and put it in the dirt it will collect not only rainwater (which will be scarce here for the rest of the year) but dew and help “water” some neglected spots.