http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/10/10/greening-vacant-real-estate-repurposing-into-urban-gardens/ Unlimited Thinking For Limited Spaces Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/10/10/greening-vacant-real-estate-repurposing-into-urban-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Landscape - vegetable garden - washington dc - dulles va - tysons corner va - arlington va Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=1636#comment-1693 [...] you to grow indoors or outdoors in any season. And here’s the real dirt (or not): it’s a hydroponic system.It’s Farm in a Box™ EcoTech Design Studio, an innovative new vertical garden system [...]

]]> http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/10/10/greening-vacant-real-estate-repurposing-into-urban-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Chika Moses Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.urbangardensweb.com/?p=1636#comment-192 The idea of turning empty lots into farms is smart. I interviewed Lee Mandell, a hydroponic farmer from Bushwick, I got to learn more about the process. He teaches workshops and installs systems locally, but isn’t up to large scale production yet — a goal of his. Perhaps if the Bushwick community converted some of the numerous vacant real estate in the neighborhood in the same way, it would supply the neighborhood with much needed nutrition. Do the empty lots proposed in this case belong to city? Lee Mandell’s story is pretty cool. It’s on my blog — http://tiny.cc/PF9S7

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