Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles

If you have ever been to Disney in Orlando and toured “Future World,” then you may be familiar with Aeroponics. Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air/mist environment without the use of soil, producing larger growth and harvests. AeroGarden is the first company to bring an aeroponic kitchen appliance into homes, so that those of us who love to cook with fresh herbs and veggies have the opportunity to grow them at our convenience without needing any actual acreage to garden.

Pierce Mattie’s President's Pick for the week is the AeroGarden. Steve Hultgren (confessed foodie and gadget lover), purchased two AeroGarden’s today and bubbled with excitement when he told me all about it. Steve used to have a 10-acre garden in Oregon growing up and has fond memories of being able to eat and cook with fresh vegetables and herbs. Some people may think living in a big city you can't get fresh vegetables, it's actually quite the opposite. New York City has some of the best, freshest produce right off the farm, you just have to know where and when to find them. From the Green Market at Union Square to Fresh Direct, nothing is quite as fresh as homegrown herbs right from the kitchen and that's where AeroGarden performs.

The AeroGarden is very easy to use with its bio-dome seed system that guarantees 100% seed germination, computerized “Smart Garden” technology that alerts you when you need to add water and nutrients and automatically turns on and off the built in plant lighting system, as well as its aeroponic optimizing chamber that reproduces a rainforest-like environment. Each seed pod comes with 4 to 6 months worth of continuous harvests. The AeroGarden’s computer automatically detects how often your plants need light, water and nutrients based on the kit type. There appears to be no way that even those of us who lack a green thumb can mess up growing a garden with AeroGarden.