Press Coverage

  • Plantaform lands Costco deal, hires veteran marketing exec to spark U.S. scaleup

    October 25, 2024

    Buoyed by a recent move to dramatically boost its production capacity, Gatineau-based Plantaform has hired a veteran Ottawa tech executive to spearhead its U.S. marketing push.

    Read story on OBJ 
  • Gatineau startup Plantaform’s fundraising drive shifts into high gear with help from F1 star

    August 20, 2024

    Founded four years ago, Plantaform has secured more than $3 million in seed funding for its products that use technology called fogponics, a technique pioneered by NASA that nourishes plants with nutrient-enriched water vapour rather than soil.

    Read story on OBJ 
  • The mist to grow fine herbs at the restaurant

    March 9, 2024
    When you pass by the Vietnamese restaurant ParLÊ in Ottawa, a round and bright gadget placed on the bar catches the eye. Plants that grow in space?

    Read story on leDroit 
  • An innovative indoor garden helps local restaurant

    January 30, 2024

    Imagine running out of basil for your homemade pizza or pasta and instead of running to the store for a restock you walk over to a mini garden in your living room.

    Read story on CTV News 
  • The next trend in indoor gardening? Fog

    October 16, 2023

    No soil, no problem. For those with busy schedules seeking a fun way to eat more fresh greens, a Canadian startup has a new solution to grow herbs and produce indoors.

    Read story on Globe and Mail 
  • Helping to Create the First Fogponic Indoor Garden Though Research at La Cité

    January 9, 2023
    La Cité’s Centre for Expertise in Smart Prototyping (CEPI) partnered with Plantaform Technology.

    Read story on La Cité 
  • High-Tech Food Security

    November 21, 2022
    Two of the biggest worries on the minds of Canadians are climate change and the rising cost of groceries. A brand-new, high-tech indoor gardening pod aims to address both of these food security challenges at the same time.

    Read story on Carleton University 
  • Plantaform, A Smart Indoor Garden

    November 4, 2022
    Anne-Andrée Daneau discovers Plantaform, a product created in Gatineau. It is an indoor garden powered by new technology

    Read story on Radio Canada 
  • The world’s first smart indoor garden using advanced Fogponics technology.

    May 3, 2022
    Canadian company Plantaform created the first smart indoor garden that utilizes fog to create a nutrient-rich environment to grow healthy plants quickly!

    Read story on Blynk 
  • NASA Tech in your kitchen

    March 2, 2022
    If we told you that it would soon be possible to have a technology developed by NASA in your kitchen, it would probably make you blink. For the Plantaform company, this technology was on the contrary the golden opportunity to seize.

    Read story on leDroit 
  • Herbs at home... like in space!

    October 24, 2021

    Like Nespresso, which revolutionized the concept of the coffee maker, Plantaform may well have in its hands the next small household appliance with pods that will attract consumers around the world.

    Read story on les affaires 
  • These young people turned COVID-19 into a business opportunity

    June 9, 2021

    The aim is to make it easier for anyone, even those without green thumbs, to grow their own vegetables at home — and to contribute to helping the planet.

    Read story on CBC News 
  • The Future Of Gardening Is Indoor With Plantaform

    April 26, 2021

    With the combination of an elegant design and innovative fogponics technology, this in-home gardening product allows growers to hold 15 different plants in one device. It is unique from earlier aeroponics and hydroponics technology in that it uses fog to grow plants.

    Read story on Ottawa Life Magazine