The Portuguese company which exports vertical gardens for everyone (with video)

Vertical gardens are finally in fashion. It is already possible to see in some of the largest cities in the world, dozens of buildings that use this method to beautify and become, literally, greener â€" whether in its interior or exterior walls.

In Portugal, however, vertical gardens hasn't took off â€" except rare exceptions. One of the companies that fight against this scenario â€" for obvious reasons and of business â€" is the Minigarden, which sells systems that allow you to create domestic and vertical green spaces.

One square metre of Minigardem structure allows planting of 27 plants â€" which turns out to be an interesting number of occupation of space.

"When you consider that the city has minimum cultivation conditions, since the entire space is paved, empedrado or built, the space available is vertical, the walls. And this space is often superior to the solo space, "explained to the green economy Minigarden's product manager, Mario Edwards.

This system, built with modules, allows the cultivation of all types of decorative plants, aromatic herbs and vegetables, inside and outside of buildings. "It is a way of bringing the exceptional green for the city" continues the responsible, which argues. "Whether by proximity issues of growing production, aesthetic or functional. Have a green wall has an extraordinary psychological and aesthetic effect, in a city, this system allows you to refresh the air.

The drip system gives each plant nutrition necessary and avoids the excessive spending of water and energy. Minigarden was born in 2007 and currently exports about 90% of its products â€" these vertical gardens are already in several Portuguese cities on the planet.

All the company's products are patented worldwide and can cost from € 20 per module, or online store dozens of outlets in Portugal.

See the episode 194 of the green economy.

Foto:  Lauren Manning / Creative Commons

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