Key points about guest lecture at Bishops about vertical window farms

  Owns a vertical garden at the western hotel

Did zoology became hooked on food

 Teaches at school with herb ology

Head of herb society

Manufactures vertical panels for putting up vertical gardens

Vertical gardening used for small places

Easier to use than planting and growing normal way

Can suspend on wall or window

Fewer pests because of less surface area

Easier to handle than regular gardens

Panels are made of geotextile from recycled PT bottles punched and woven into large textile for industrial purposes

Drip irrigation is used

Water is recycled but fewer nutrients at bottom

Fish water can be used

Any plant can be used

Start small when planting

Remember about seasonal plants

Veg can be grown with herbs

Basil theme coriander

Seasons don really matter because there is a constant temperature inside

Hydroponics can be used in place of soil

Soil is heavy and can be lightened with coco fiber/peat

Wind will break tomato stems and chili grows vertically

Roots grow in the dark

Basil spinach soft leafy herbs will grow well

It cools down, gives off oxygen and is nice to look at

Gives good better taste

1/3 soil 2/3 coco and can use cotton

In soil are fungi that are absorbed from, nutrients from the roots of plant