initial designs (ilona keson matt and lisa)

Our initial design including a back (picnic table) where we attach reused plastic bottles to. We wanted to separate the different kinds of plants that we were producing. We don't really need any materials except the seeds, because we are bringing in reused plastic bottles and we are using a picnic table which was already available to us. The only materials we need are something to help attach the bottles onto the picnic table, which we were thinking some kind of wire or string. We think we can figure it out ourselves.

we got our design idea from this above picture, but we ended up using gatorade bottles because we couldn't find enough two liter bottles and we kept them standing straight up. 

For our vertical garden, we originally planned to build a freestanding T-shaped structure that would balance plants like a mobile. We did not have our material list in time for Jon to go to Home Depot and get what we wanted but in the end it worked out. Since we didn't have an initial material list, we had to make due with what was already there. Jon had left over supplies so now we are going to build a different free standing structure. We jumped around with few ideas, like getting a soda bottle and cutting holes in it, or even manipulating a fence like structure to hold up plants, but those ideas were to no avail. Our first prototype design was a wooden post with metal bolts that would hug around the wooden post which would also hold up either plastic or smaller wooden beams. Those beams, in turn, would hold up the plant-pots with string or metal wire. It is going to be based on an 8 foot tall wooden post that will have holes drilled into the side. These holes will house tubing that will come out the side and plants will be hanged on them. Each tube pole will be coming out a different direction and also be a different size for uniqueness and variety. We decided that would be overly complicated, so we simplified it.

For our vertical garden, we originally planned to build a freestanding T-shaped structure that would balance plants like a mobile. We did not have our material list in time for Jon to go to Home Depot and get what we wanted but in the end it worked out. Since we didn't have an initial material list, we had to make due with what was already there. Jon had left over supplies so now we are going to build a different free standing structure.

We jumped around with few ideas, like getting a soda bottle and cutting holes in it, or even manipulating a fence like structure to hold up plants, but those ideas were to no avail.

Our first prototype design was a wooden post with metal bolts that would hug around the wooden post which would also hold up either plastic or smaller wooden beams. Those beams, in turn, would hold up the plant-pots with string or metal wire.

It is going to be based on an 8 foot tall wooden post that will have holes drilled into the side. These holes will house tubing that will come out the side and plants will be hanged on them. Each tube pole will be coming out a different direction and also be a different size for uniqueness and variety. We decided that would be overly complicated, so we simplified it.

Our Final Product!

Our hope for what our vertical garden would be like, turned into our accomplishment.  In our design, we had a piece of wood that would come out of the ground standing up.  evenly spaced, PVC poles would come out of the sides of the wood.  On each end of the PVC are our plants.  The PVC poles aren't going in the same direction each level.  We gave it a bit of character by rotating them around so the plants weren't right on top of each other.

yo wus good mah bloggies call me the flogger bogger. recently we worked on our vertical garden, its not looking so hot. we watered took pictures and videos of our lovely garden. the plants are growing but faded. and we took out the bottom plant because of dat cursed groundhog.

For our group we are using the back of a pick nick table as a structure. We are then drilling holes in Gatorade bottles which will be what we put the plants in. Jon it is going great! we have so many flowers and vegetables !

Overview of our vertical garden- Susie, Ian, Mike & Charlotte

For our vertical garden, we originally planned to build a free standing T-shaped structure that would balance plants like a mobile. We did not have our material list in time for Jon to go to Home Depot and get what we wanted but in the end it worked out. Jon had left over supplies so now we are going to build a different free standing structure. It is going to be based on an 8 foot tall wooden post that will have holes drilled into the side. These holes will house tubing that will come out the side and plants will be hanged on them. Each tube pole will be coming out a different direction and also be a different size for uniqueness and variety.

Initial Designs

Project Overview
-This project is an experiment in gardening that we can use to build an interesting and cooperative structure that can contain a series of plants.

-Because this is a chance to design and build something that is entirely our own and get experience with both gardening and construction.

-We will be building the equivalent of a bunk bed with a plant bed for basil being supported over a plant bed for lettuce.

Our Garden
-Our bunk bed will be four feet long and four feet high overall. There will be 2 feet between each bed and the beds themselves will be one foot tall each.
-Diagrams thus far:

-List of materials: we will need three 2inx12inx8tf boards to get the main structure together, the rest will be made of scrap from tech. That should be $43.71 at this link http://www.homedepot.com/p/WeatherShield-2-in-x-12-in-x-8-ft-2-Pressure-Treated-Lumber-255974/100022372?N=5yc1vZ1z0ywx6

Lisa Keson Matt and Ilona

For our garden we were hoping to plant

Strawberries

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: 8 hrs
• Harvest: June (4-6 weeks after blossoming)

Daisies

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: 4-8 weeks after planting

Poppies

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: 12 weeks

Basil

• late winter 
• 8 hours
• 6-8 weeks

Spinach

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: June 6-8 weeks

Mint

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: 6-8 weeks

Parsley

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: 6-8 weeks 

Lettuce

• time to plant: early spring
• sunlight: full sun
• Harvest: June 4-6 weeks 

We plan on using water bottles and the picnic table to do oru vertical garden.

Claire, Milo, and Tre

Our project idea

We are vertically growing peas, radishes,

MATERIAL LIST

1 "5ft x 4 inch wood post"

"mini trash can"

6 "2 liter bottles"

We will make a vertical garden for a biology project. It will use repurposed materials like soda bottles. It will be awesome. We are planting Spinach, Lettuce, Radishes, Peas, Watermelon, and Lavender. 

6 zipties

Plant type: Cucumbers=42 days
Summer- die in frost
Sunlight is best-full sun

ready harvest when 6 to 8 in. long
begin sowing any time from end of March

Plant type: peas= 70-80 days
full sun or part sun
ready to harvest keep peas in morning after dew has dried- 3 weeks after a plant blossoms more cool weather crops

Plant type: Radishes- 3 weeks
Hardy cool season
full sun
radishes ready to harvest fast

Plant type: lettuce
hardy vegetable
part sun
cool season 45 F and 65 F
Direct sowing is recommended
Sow additional seeds every 2 weeks for continuous sowing
harvest when full size just before maturity

Plant type: spinach
sow directly in vegetable beds
full sun
fall winter and early spring
sow seeds 1/2 in. to 1 in deep
sow 12 seeds harvest when desired size

Vertical Garden! What we are planting- by Mike, Susie, Ian, and Charlotte

In our group, we wanted to grow different kinds of plants so we decided on the following:

-Snow Peas
     they are a vegetables and the best time to grow them is early spring.  It best grows in temperatures around 70 degrees.  Snow peas take about 60 days from sowing to harvest.

-Honeysuckles
     Honeysuckles do best in full sunlight but are also capable of growing in partial shade as well.  They are able to start growing in early spring.

-Blackberries
     Blackberries take about 40 days to grow from sowing to harvesting.  They are best to be planted in the spring and grow best in full sunlight.
   

Ben Gabinet, Elvis Fang, Joshua Reinstein Initial Research

-Plant choice
We decided to grow lettuce and peas, since both well in the medium temperatures that we will experience towards the beginning of Spring.

-Seed Type
Thus we will want 10 leaf lettuce seeds, and 5 snap pea seeds.

-Temperature Requirements
Between 45 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

-Time for Sowing and Harvest
Lettuce requires 4 to 6 weeks planted inside before transplanted to our vertical garden. The peas should be sowed outdoors.
http://www.almanac.com/plant/lettuce

George, Kevin, Jenifer, Jack Vertical Garden

Overview: For our biology lab, our group is creating a vertical garden using a variety of herbs, vegetables and flowers. None of the members in our group has gardening experience. Thus, we will use this oppurtunity to learn gardening skills, and observe plant growth. By growing the plants we see or eat daily, we will learn to cherish the gardeners and farmers. We will be closer to the nature. We expect to see our dream garden by late May.

Our idea is to plant our fruit and vegetables on and around a vertical "Jon" design shelf with grape, watermelon or tomato, and spinach.  Grape cirrus would be grown on the wooden structure.  Spinach would be grown on the ground, and watermelon would be grown somewhere on the structure.

Our garden would be a round area with the sign "JON" in the middle of the garden.  We would plant some green vegetable such as spinach or cilantro or broccoli.  We would set up a rectangular container on the structure and plant hot pepper or flowers on it.  Furthermore, we would grow some cirrus on the structure to make the entire garden more colorful and interesting.

Materials
A. Seeds need:

• Spinach
• Watermelon
• Delphinium
• Color pepper
• Broccoli
• Cilantro
• Lavender
• Green beans

B. Structure

• 3 1 meter*1 meter metal wire fences
• 3 meters of metal wire
• wooden board 
• shovel
• 20 small square pots
• 2 medium pots
• 3 horizontal pots
• 32 metal hooks (shape like an "S")
• soil 
• fertilizer

Our Group Design (Jian, Lucas, Adam, Hester)

Overview of the project:

We will use a pallet as a foundation to which we will attach planters. We will plant plants in the planters and attach the planters one over the other onto the pallet. 

Overview of plants:

We have decided to plant only 4 varieties: peas, lavender, basil, and radishes. 

Peas need to be planted 2 inches into the soil, 6 inches apart from each other, they take 1 to 2 weeks for seedlings to sprout, and we can harvest them in 70 days. 

Lavender should be planted right atop the surface, need to be a foot apart, seedlings show in 2 to 4 weeks, and in 90 days will be ready to harvest. 

Basil needs to be 1/4 of an inch in the grown and a foot apart, seedlings should sprout up between 1 and 2 weeks of planting, and after 2 or 3 months they should be ready to harvest. 

Radishes should be planted near a half and inch in the soil and 2 inches apart, seedlings sprout in about a week, and the radishes should be ready to harvest in 22 days.

Brandon, Darvin, Cassidy, Tata

We want to build a hut like structure and hang PVC tubes down from it in a vertical form and put holes in their sides and have them grow that way. Alternatively we could also just put a few of them in the ground and fill them with soil.

We will need:

soil
seed (Basil)
wood
PVC pipes
nails
drill
nail gun