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Green wall brings a new dimension to home decor. A new cultivation method
has been developed in Jyväskylä (Finland) which enables the cultivation of edible
plants like salads and herbs on the wall of your apartment.
Green walls have existed for over 20 years already. Soon to graduate
agronomist Esa siitari pushed the concept a bit further and now you can grow your
greens in it.
Everything started when I got interested in Chillies while studying in Jyväskyläs
university of applied sciences. It just required a lot of practical testing and
finally we got to a point that everyone can get their own garden plot on their own
apartments wall around the year.
Green wall also gives you more space to grow.
Urban gardening is big trend in bigger cities especially on top of the buildings
and near windows. However it's a bit hard to cultivate anything in Finland in the
winter so we wanted to bring it inside in an compact and easy to use package.
Getting your greens from your own wall is true local food.
For example I've grown parsley, chives and tomatoes. Pretty much anything
goes. First the focus has been on low growing bush-like edible plants and now
we're moving more to tomatoes and other more complicated harvestable plants.
By next autumn it'll be possible to harvest your own crop from your own livingroom
walls.
At the moment this type of green wall costs 4000-5000€ (includes everything) so
it's mostly directed to companies. However we want to bring FreshWall
available for everyone to grow their own greens and that version will be under
800€ (without plants) depending on the model.
Will there be a problem with weeds? No - because we don't use traditional soil
which would have seeds of weeds so all that will grow is what you've put there like
strawberries or salads.