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Challenging Forces LLC

Climate Gardens—vertical indoor/outdoor planters.
An online, B2B, and Farmers Market indoor plant nursery.

Vertical Horticulture Innovations and Indoor Plant Retailor

Carbon Capture & Food Self-Sufficiency Innovations

Innovation That Transforms Every Space

Climate Gardens are compact, multi-level suspended planters that create a thriving, carbon-capturing ecosystems indoors or out, even for novice growers.

Challenging Forces offers a suite of vertical horticulture innovations—Climate Gardens, Greenhouses, Towers, and Farms— are engineered for low-cost carbon capture and sustainable food production. These products achieve incredible plant density and aesthetic value, using sunlight and gravity to eliminate energy waste and expense.

By integrating photosynthetic filters in the lower atmosphere, we unlock local carbon capture, biophilia, and support biodiversity.

Investing in Resilience

We turn overlooked spaces into regenerative microclimates that:

Capture carbon

Grow produce

Support biodiversity

Elevate visual and ecological value

Our systems offer scalable solutions for communities, companies, and climate champions alike.

Indoor Plant Retailer

Indoor Elegance, Delivered Naturally

Challenging Forces LLC is a forward-thinking indoor plant company specializing in beautiful, high-impact greenery. We offer a curated selection of plants through online platforms, farmers markets, and are rapidly expanding into the business-to-business plant rental space.

At the heart of our operation is horticulturist Lacy Hendrix, who is cultivating one of North Carolina’s premier indoor nurseries. From rare centerpiece plants to visually striking arrangements, we’re making exceptional greenery accessible to homes, offices, and public venues.

Our plants bring natural sophistication and ambiance to any space—combining low-maintenance elegance with lasting visual impact.

We currently sell centerpiece plants at the Piedmont Farmers Market and online via the Palm Street app.

And now, we’re launching our business plant rental service, available across the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Companies receive expertly selected, premium indoor plants maintained by Challenging Forces. The result: dynamic and inviting spaces that impress clients, delight guests, and enhance workplace atmosphere—without any upkeep or long-term commitment.

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Climate Garden Product Description

Climate Garden Dimensions:

Height: 8 feet (96 inches)
Floorspace: <4 sq feet
Plants: 3 or 4 depending on irrigation.
Hanger: Cast iron with 125 lb. capacity.

Perfect Fit for Any Space: With its small footprint, Climate Gardens are perfect for homes, apartments, balconies, and outdoor spaces. Install them on outdoor walls and in front of windows to block direct sunlight and create relaxing shade. The vertical design creates growing space almost anywhere.

Easy to install in under 30 minutes.

Adorn Your Home, Apartment, or Business with Climate Gardens

Difficulty to Install and Maintain

Climate Gardens are incredibly easy to install and operate with our straightforward instructions. You can have your plant display up and running in just 30 minutes using only a drill and hammer.

If you want to change or move your plants, simply lift the pots out of the Climate Garden.

Is an Electrical Outlet Required?

Difficulty to Install and Maintain

Climate Gardens can be powered by four AA batteries or by plugging the pump into a socket.

Is a Water Line Required?

Do Plants Really Thrive in Climate Gardens?

No water line hookup is required. Change the water regularly for cleanliness.

Do Plants Really Thrive in Climate Gardens?

Natural Pest Control: The elevated position of Climate Gardens helps mitigate weeds and herbivore attacks.

Indoor Plants: Climate Gardens are perfect for displaying indoor plants. They elevate the plants, enhancing their colors and features by making them more noticeable.

Edible Plants: You can easily grow most produce.

About Challenging Forces

Challenging Forces

Mission Statement

Our mission is to revolutionize houses, apartments, and businesses with breathtaking vertical horticultural innovations and awe-inspiring indoor centerpiece plants.

Founding Vision

While working for the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Snake and Columbia Rivers in Washington State, David Phillips sought to innovate a solution to destructive water temperature that naturally processed air carbon. Recognizing the impact of sunlight overexposure, he envisioned that suspended ecosystems could provide the necessary shade and habitat to stabilize the river environment. This led to the development of vertically suspended gardens with recirculating irrigation systems, designed to maximize primary production in various settings—indoors and outdoors, homes, businesses, and agriculture.

Our Solutions

Addressing climate instability and dangerous weather patterns requires scalable efforts to confront biodiversity loss, sunlight overexposure, and the need for freshwater, food, and atmosphere purification. Challenging Forces is pioneering the solution—fractally replicable structures that supports extreme plant densities without artificial lighting or temperature control.

Challenging Forces LLC