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Wall garden

28 plants. 1.5 metres of wall. R4,500.

Your herbs and salad, growing on a wall you already walk past. 165 mm deep, it arrives built, and it runs on 28 watts.

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Our wall on planting day, with small seedlings in every channelPlanting day
The same wall ten days later, the lettuce and herbs filling outTen days later
Our 1.5 m wall in our yard in Cape Town.

  • It takes almost no room

    165 mm deep. Shallower than a bookshelf, against a wall you are not using.

  • It arrives built

    Channels cut, every grow hole drilled, brackets made up. Not a box of raw parts: mounting it is a morning with a drill.

  • It costs almost nothing to run

    28 watts, continuous, for the whole system. Less than a light bulb. No grow lights: it uses the daylight your wall already gets.

Two sizes. Complete kits.

The 3 m grows twice as much on the same reservoir, pump and power. Installation in Cape Town is quoted separately.

The 1.5 m wall in our yard: four channels of lettuce and herbs on a yellow wall

1.5 m · 28 plants

Fits a kitchen, balcony or patio wall. Leafy greens and cut herbs.

What is in it

Four 1.5 m channels with caps, grommets and elbows, clamps, uprights and wall anchors, a 100 L reservoir, a 1,400 L/h pump, feed pipe and 28 net pots. Plus a HortiMix nutrient kit, a rockwool growing slab, pH up and down, a pH test kit and pipettes. Nothing else to buy.

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A 3 m wall garden on a red-brick wall, four tiers, with the reservoir below

3 m · 56 plants

Twice the plants for R2,000 more, on the same pump, tank and power. More headroom between tiers for bushier crops.

What is in it

Four 3 m channels with caps, grommets and elbows, twelve clamps, three uprights and their anchors, a 100 L reservoir, a 1,400 L/h pump, feed pipe and 56 net pots. Plus a HortiMix nutrient kit, a rockwool growing slab, pH up and down, a pH test kit and pipettes. Nothing else to buy.

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Side by side

1.5 m3 m
Plants2856
PriceR4,500R6,500
Wall needed1.5 m3 m
Depth off the wall165 mm165 mm
Unit height1.2 m1.5 m
Ceiling needed2.02 m2.33 m
Space between tiers300 mm400 mm
Reservoir100 L100 L
Pump1,400 L/h1,400 L/h
Power28 W28 W
Installation, Cape TownQuoted separatelyQuoted separately

Ceiling needed assumes the top channel at 1.6 m and the reservoir standing underneath.

The pump runs, you pick

  1. 01Growing in water, not soilEach plant sits in a net pot. A small pump circulates the nutrient solution past the roots and back to the reservoir underneath.
  2. 02No digging, no weeds, no wateringThe pump runs, you pick. Top up the tank every week or two.
  3. 03Everything to plant on day oneThe kit includes the nutrients, a growing slab for seedlings, pH up and down and a test kit. Nothing else to buy.
A lettuce lifted from our wall in its net pot, white roots trailing below

Grown on our wall

Leafy greens and herbs, from our own 1.5 m wall in Cape Town.

  • A full head of frilly lettuce growing on our wallLettuce
  • A cos lettuce in its net pot on our wallCos
  • Celery growing on our wallCelery
  • Dill growing tall on our wallDill

Questions

Is installation included?
No, it is quoted separately. In Cape Town and the surrounding areas we can fit it: we mount it, plumb it, fill it and leave it running. Anywhere else it arrives built and ready to mount.
Do I need to know anything about hydroponics?
No. The kit includes the nutrients, pH up and down and a test kit, and the instructions are three steps.
What can I grow?
Leafy greens and herbs: lettuce, spinach, rocket, basil, coriander, mint, chives, kale. Not tomatoes, peppers or root vegetables: the space between the tiers does not allow it.
What if it leaks on my wall?
It is a sealed loop that drains into the reservoir below. When we install it, we pressure-test it and run it before we leave.
Does it need direct sun?
Good natural light: a north-facing wall, a bright patio or a balcony. Deep shade will not work. Send us a photo of your wall and we'll tell you.
What happens if the power goes out?
An hour or two of load-shedding does no harm: the channels hold a film of solution and the roots stay wet.
Do you deliver outside Cape Town?
Yes, we deliver across South Africa. Delivery is quoted with your order.

How ordering works

  1. 01Choose your size and request a quoteNo payment is taken now. Send a photo of your wall if you'd like us to check the fit.
  2. 02We confirm stock and deliveryUsually within a few hours, and always by the next business day: a firm price with delivery to your address.
  3. 03Pay and we dispatchPay by secure link and it arrives built, ready to mount. In Cape Town, ask us to fit it.

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We'll tell you which size fits, and whether it gets enough light.

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