Low-Tech Vertical Farming in Garbage Bags

The awesomeness of vertical farming just got even less expensive and easier to start and maintain. This weekend at Gothenburg’s Gunnebo ‘castle’ Future Gardens exhibit, giant yellow trash bags with holes poked in them poured forth an abundance of edible goodies including lettuce and corn. The construction debris bags were turned into vertical farms by designer Topher Delaney.

From Treehugger:

The orange and yellow Big Bags used in Gunnebo’s gardens are familiar to any large town or city dweller in Sweden – these polypropelene bags (which are recyclable) fill the streets near construction sites yet are less intrusive and more easily picked up for transport of construction debris to recycling facilities than the trash containers used in other countries.

They also seem to make fabulous planter bags – and lots of curious attendees (including this TreeHugger) at the weekend farmers’ market and exhibit at Gunnebo stood snapping pictures of the bags, eager to try this at home – the bags and organic compost were sold on site. Unlike some higher-tech vertical alternatives, this one was just $15 for the bag! But BYOD…

Benefits to this idea abound… like no weeding, total control over soil quality, and great moisture-retaining abilities. They take up barely any space yet are capable of producing so much food. They may not be the prettiest gardens ever, but way to recycle an old bag and use it in a fab new way. Smart.  Green and smart!

Link [Treehugger]

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