One thing one generally doesn’t expect to see when entering a shopping mall is a vegetable patch, full of green, leafy edible plants. Now picture them being grown vertically – a “Living Wall”… a vertical food garden.
That’s the fabulous sight that greeted me as I wandered in to Constantia Village yesterday morning to attend the launch of the new-look Woolworths food store (more about that another time) and of course I very quickly jumped in and planted my very own tomato seedling.
I think it’s an awesome idea… passing shoppers get to plant their own vegetable seedlings in recycled plastic cold drink bottles which are then fixed to a fence, gradually forming a living wall of green.
And, most importantly, it’s not just about the show – according to the press release I received today, all the vegetable and herb seedlings planted by the Constantia Village shoppers will be donated by the Woolworths Trust to Constantia Primary School, an under-resourced school near the centre.
Constantia Primary has a permaculture food garden and this seedling donation will be used to start their own nursery – to boost the sustainability of their food garden.
In a world where consumerism is king (especially at this time of year), it’s sometimes good to be reminded about the source of things, and I think this very simple but effective display does just that.
The Woolworths Trust “Living Wall” will be up until Saturday the 28th of November – so go ahead and get planting!
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What a fantastic idea ! I would certainly stop to pick a few mint leaves instead of buying chewing gum, I would also definately take a stick of celery! However with the amount of people generally setting foot in malls I feel the living wall would soon be dry of food :/.
Thanks for the post!
.-= Jakk Bloggs´s last blog ..Put a bit of work into your garden and reap the benefits in summer! =-.