Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012)
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2012-07-02
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Vertical designs and agriculture joined for food production in the modules for urban vertical gardens.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.962
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Artículos de Investigación
Fritz Hammerling Navas Navarro Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD. Escuela de Ciencias Agrícolas, Pecuarias y del Medio Ambiente ECAPMA. Zona Centro Bogotá. Zipaquirá. Colombia
Luz Mila Peña Torres Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD. Escuela de Ciencias Agrícolas, Pecuarias y del Medio Ambiente ECAPMA. Zona Centro Bogotá. Zipaquirá. Colombia

Modules for Vertical Urban Gardens (MHUG) are a hybrid of vertical gardens and urban agriculture. Vertical gardens have been recognized for the past 2500 years, mainly in the form of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, while urban agriculture is being practiced today by more than 700 million people worldwide. The benefits that MHUV offers are multiple, but perhaps the most significant is the consumption of foods free of chemicals, free of GMO’s, irrigated with potable water, and that are 100% organic. It is presented a “culinary and medicinal module” that can be implemented in the kitchen area, on roofs, terraces, balconies or patios, where species such as thyme, mint, peppermint, parsley, lemon balm and rosemary can be at hand when preparing dishes. The module consists of three plastic baskets that are recyclable and resistant to decay. Each basket has four rows with space for fourteen seedlings. The baskets are first lined on the interior with a black geotextile, and then are covered with a mesh (polisombra) which helps support the substrate and seedlings. Each basket rests on a structure made of recycled wood (from pallets or crates) that both holds the basket vertically and serves as a rain cover. The cages measure 0.33m by 0.55m by 0.14m. Each module comes with hosing and connectors for a drip irrigation system, and an instructional manual. The modules demonstrate the benefits of urban agriculture combined with the beauty and modality of vertical gardens, leading to useful applications for food production and decoration in the spaces where vertical urban gardens are possible.

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