Boulder Vermicomposting

Vertical garden with integrated worm farm

February 22nd, 2010

Via the Front Range Permaculture Institute, I came across this post about the Urb Garden (there’s a gallery of photos of it too).  From the Australian Design Award Site (where I think the Urb Garden pictures were first published):

Currently available products tend to address one set of issues faced by urban gardeners- space or compost or water conservation, however, there is not one product that addresses all three. The Urb Garden addresses space, water conservation and organic composting, whilst providing enough nutrients, water and access to light, making it invaluable to urban food gardener.

Very cool idea.  It looks like the main purpose of the worms is to produce compost tea, which then drip down through the garden.  I’d be interested to see one of these in action, as it seems the parts could get out of whack pretty easily (stinky worms, not enough fertilizer for the plants, etc).  It’s nice to see an integrated system, though.

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