What’s the difference between a chair and a garden? Well, not much if you follow the creative thinking of the living furniture artists featured below.

Mobilier a Jardiniere by 5.5 Designers

Mobilier a Jardiniere is a manufacturer of creative outdoor furniture. One line combines planters with benches and chairs, with the planters built into the backs and arms of the seats.

One bench features a low oval back that houses the planter. Filled with privet, boxwood, or other shrub that takes to tight pruning, the bench and planter take on the appearance of a well-maintained lawn.
Source: Moco Loco

Pooktre Chair by Peter Cook

Peter Cook’s Pooktre Chair is both a chair and a tree. With careful shaping over a number of years, the tree has a seat with a built-in shape.

What’s pooktre? Pooktre is the process Cook uses to shape trees into recognizable objects. He starts with a design and patiently transforms the living tree into that image.

If you want to buy a Pooktre chair, Cook will dig one up and plant it in your garden.
Source: Pooktre

Living Chair by Bridgman

Furniture manufacturer and designer Bridgman wants to have fun with furniture and show you how you can do the same. You don’t need to be a master carpenter or a green-thumb gardener to create a living chair like this one.

Start with a rattan chair that has outlived its useful life and follow Bridgman’s careful step-by-step instructions. Your chair may not look exactly like Bridgman’s, but that’s the fun of creating your own furniture.
Source: Bridgman

DIY Terra Grass Armchair

It’s not always easy to find the perfect seat when you want to relax right on the lawn and feel the earth and the grass under you. The Terra Grass Chair may be just the answer, and you can make easily one for your own garden.

Just cover an old chair frame with soil and sod and you will never again want for that perfect garden seat.
Source: Green Upgrader

Vege-Table by Judy Hoysak

You can grow vegetables inside, even if you don’t have much sunlight or space to spare. Judy Hoysak’s Vege-Table combines a functional and attractive table with a built-in lettuce garden.

Hoysak’s handcrafted wooden planter has a fitted liner to prevent water leaks and soil slippage. With hidden, built-in lights and a self-watering mechanism, the lettuce garden has everything it needs to be a deliciously edible conversation piece.
Source: Apartment Therapy