Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Vertical Gardening: Innovative Use of Space in the Urban Areas


Space is difficult to come by especially in the urban areas. Many urban dwellers have only a few square meters available to them for other useful ventures like gardening vegetables. Vegetables are getting expensive nowadays, the reason why people are looking for ways to find cheaper alternatives or ways to produce their own vegetables to save on cost.

There is hope, however, to those people living in the urban areas who are eager to do something to improve their economic status through gardening even in the cramped spaces. If there is no horizontal space available in the urban areas, almost always there is space upwards or vertical space available. It is possible to start off a gardening venture using that available vertical space. A creative way of using that vertical space is by gardening using the principles of vertical gardening.

Vertical gardening is now popular in many urban places. The concept of vertical gardening originated from Patrick Blanc, a botanist who initially referred to the vertical garden as the living wall. This overrides the limitations imposed by horizontal space, as vertical space is virtually unlimited. Combined with natural farming, this approach can grow vegetables and other plants not only to provide healthy foods but also help filter pollutants. >>Read more...

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