1) Watering. The design appears to only have one water feed tube, which waters all the plants.
2) Weight. Pots are heavy. Making the pots part of the desk should be good for reducing that.
3) Stability. With the pots built into the desk I see it much less likely that a coworker or cat will knock over the plants.
4) Setup. With the design including specific recommendations for plants and needing no other parts I could see the both plants and desk being shipped together.
5) Aesthetics. A white surface with plants growing out of it looks very modern and may complement interior design choices better than a stack of pots even on the same surface.
A decent compromise might be to build space for (plastic?) pots into the desk, so you still have your plants right there (with the stability benefits, etc) without the maintenance bother of hydroponics.
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I could imagine a few advantages:
1) Watering. The design appears to only have one water feed tube, which waters all the plants.
2) Weight. Pots are heavy. Making the pots part of the desk should be good for reducing that.
3) Stability. With the pots built into the desk I see it much less likely that a coworker or cat will knock over the plants.
4) Setup. With the design including specific recommendations for plants and needing no other parts I could see the both plants and desk being shipped together.
5) Aesthetics. A white surface with plants growing out of it looks very modern and may complement interior design choices better than a stack of pots even on the same surface.
A decent compromise might be to build space for (plastic?) pots into the desk, so you still have your plants right there (with the stability benefits, etc) without the maintenance bother of hydroponics.