Design Meme: Living, Breathing Dining Room Tables

This metal and English oak table from London-based design company JAILmake has four plantable trellises to grow beans, tomatoes and herbs. Guests can pick their own tomatoes and drop them into a salad while they sit around the table!

Brooklyn-based designer Peter Buley always dreamed of having an indoor garden but never had the space. So, he created a kitchen table with a hydroponic grow system. The table is made of walnut and steel and is equipped with a small light system so you don't need to worry about the sunshine. 

The VoltPot coffee table harvests dirt power to recharge portable gadgets. The table serves as a planter and gadget charger, harvesting the power of dirt using a built-in microbial fuel cell to provide enough energy to charge your portable gadgets. Genius. 

This table, designed by architecture student Emily Wettstein, is made from reclaimed walnut and steel with a removable planter that can hold a variety of plants. 

Designer Judy Hoysak created this "Vegetable Furniture" table that functions both as furniture and as a space to grow a garden of edible greens. The table is a self-watering planter complete with T-5 fluorescent plant grow lights and a structure made from Plyboo Strand and aluminum.