Source: www.greenfortune.com
Back in the 1970s when I was in the interior plantscaping business we did some interesting work using vacuum-sensor sub-irrigation technology. When I see living wall projects like this and others I realize we were still in elementary school.
Green Fortune is a forward looking company founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2004. I blogged about them back then when their sole product was the Stream Garden, a very cool home hydroponics unit. I see now that they have reps in Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Russia and Latvia. It's great to see them doing well. Come to America Green Fortune!
Source: www.youtube.com Via: www.livingwallart.com
Read more about Green Fortune and the Stream Garden
Streamgarden is a small personal garden, for your home or place of work. Streamgarden is based on hydroponics. This means growing plants without soil in just circulating water. It gives a magnificent and fast growth of plants. Hydroponics has been used by NASA on space stations and in other extreme conditions. It is common in commercial greenhouses all over the world for growing for example tomatoes, cucumbers, other vegetables and flowers.We have transferred this industrial cultivation technique into the urban environment and adopted Streamgarden to the demands of modern urban people. Irregular working hours, traveling and many activities outside home makes it tricky to keep plants in good condition.
Streamgarden makes this easier. Instead of giving plants water every day as when growing in soil, you need to check the water level and refill approximately once a week.
Every third month you need to exchange all the water and refill with nutrition.
The Streamgarden is a platform, giving each user the possibility to form the final result. Some may want to cultivate their own herbs and spices for use in the kitchen. Others perhaps like strawberries or flowers.Yet another wants to have climbing plants and fill up a window in summertime. You may also want to use it because you want more oxygen and humidity in the air. Or just because it is fun and beautiful.
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