Posts Tagged ‘trough’

Vertical Gardening online Friday 05.01.09 0 by kiki

Gutter GardenVertical gardening is so popular right now. Apartment Therapy has been posting a lot about it over the last few months, from wall mounted greenery to tiered planters and window boxes.

I was clicking through Apartment Therapy the other day when I came across this article about a woman, Suzanne Forsling, trying to grow vertically on her home due to space and light constrictions. This woman’s needs and constraints demonstrate the need for our second project, the modular trough. Yes, you can just bolt some gutters or window boxes to your wall, but that doesn’t allow for all types of growing, only of a certain size. Our boxes help the user shift sizes for different types of produce.

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Modular Trough revisited Wednesday 04.22.09 0 by kiki

We looked into different rainscreen cladding options and decided not to go in that direction.  It would severely cut back our user base to only be people who are residing their house. We want our boxes to be accessible to everyone who wants one.

We’re currently prototyping iterations of our modular trough in small, medium and large as well as an attachment bracket. 

Mod Trough in context