plant hybrid - plinth ideas

the platform or base that is going to hold the sculpture for this upcoming show at dianne tanzer has been on my mind recently and i've started sketching out some ideas for it. i'd like to make a complete sculptural work that stands on its own, so thinking of ways to make the actual support for the more intricate components of the work be a part of the entire work is occupying my thoughts.

this is one idea for it - a black and white gridded form, perhaps even tiled, with a sunken top horizontal layer of artificial grass. 

 early thoughts are of a base like a chest

 this is with the sunken top layer of artificial grass, 

which provides a ground for the hybrid forms of electronics and living plants

this means the sculpture will only come up to about 70cm, requiring viewers to bend down to see the detail - and i'm not yet sure if this is a problem. this is perhaps one of the reasons why the support for the electronics/plant hybrid forms is playing on my mind. how best to 'present' these objects..?