Tuesday, September 23, 2008

High Density Vertical Growth (HDVG) Garden by Valent


An urban agricultural design precedent I found on TreeHugger. Vertical Gardening inspired by Victorian times' narrow and multi-storied architecture. Designs like this maximize space efficiency without sacrificing productivity. Especially in the 21st century, where resources and spaces are greatly limited, this definitely counts as a great inspiration. :)

The report and written content for this design can be found HERE.


* Produces approximately 20 times the normal production volume for field crops

* Requires 5% of the normal water requirements for field crops

* Can be built on non arable lands and close to major city markets

* Can work in a variety of environments: urban, suburban, countryside, desert etc.

* Does not use herbicides or pesticides

* Will have very significant operating and capital cost savings over field agriculture

* Will drastically reduce transportation costs to market resulting in further savings, higher quality and fresher foods on delivery, and less transportation pollution

* Will be easily scalable from small to very large food production situations

1 comment:

Olive Olivia said...

It's a funny little thing, i started growing my pea plant and i put a pot on my slanted roof top outside my window and my brother can "see a little green" outside my window walking home from the bus stop.

p.s. you should check this out

http://www.greenfortune.com/plantwall.php