The Hanging Gardens of Babylon by the Bay

I recently attended an exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco (located adjacent to the California Academy of Sciences mentioned in an earlier post) entitled Boquet to Art, the 26th annual edition of the exhibit featuring some 150 floral displays interpreting the Museum's permanent collection and also this year the upcoming Impressionism exhibition from the Musée d'Orsay that will be on view throughout the summer. Among the many amazing floral arrangements, one that caught my eye had little to do with flowers and more to do with urban gardening and vegetables, a unique vertical garden system know as the Inka Wall Garden.

According to their website, the manufacturer of the garden system, Inka Biospheric Systems, "is a socially conscious company that has created a series of solutions in response to the global water, food, and housing crisis." In addition to the wall garden, they also produce the Inka Sun Curve, a closed loop vertical aquaponic micro farm and the Inka Stretch Garden, a "Bio Quilt" material used for vertical hydroponic gardens. I applaud their efforts to bring farming to urban environments and the team at the de Young for showcasing their capabilities along side an amazing array of floral arranging creativity.

So dear reader, do you have some additional insights on how to bring farms to the city?