| CPC A01G 9/023 (2013.01) | 26 Claims |
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1. A vertical garden assemblage, comprising
a base forming a container, and a plurality of planter modules that are stackable atop the base to form a vertical column of the vertical garden when in an assembled state, wherein the container is sized to nest at least the at least one planter module within the container when in a disassembled state;
wherein the plurality of planter modules are stackable atop each other to form a vertical column of stacked modules that is at least partially supported by the base and configured to grow one or more plants when the vertical garden is in a fully-assembled state;
wherein the plurality of planter modules are nestable within each other to form a compact bundle of nested modules that is smaller in size than the vertical column of stacked modules to thereby facilitate packaging of the vertical garden when in a disassembled state;
wherein each planter module of the plurality of planter modules has a segmented body including a first segment and a second segment,
wherein when in the fully-assembled state, the first segment and the second segment of each planter module are coupled together to construct a housing configured to be stacked into the vertical column for growing the one or more plants,
wherein when in the disassembled state, the first segment and the second segment of each planter module are decoupled from each other to deconstruct the housing and permit nesting of the first and second segments of the planter modules within each other, to provide the compact bundle of nested modules;
wherein when in the fully-assembled state:
the first segment of each of the plurality of planter modules forms a lower body part of the housing, the lower body part having one or more openings into an internal chamber of the housing, the one or more openings being configured to support the one or more plants; and
the second segment of each of the plurality of planter modules forms an upper body part of the housing, wherein the upper body part includes one or more liquid flow passages that form an internal flow path to the internal chamber and are configured to distribute feed liquid to the one or more plants supported in the one or more openings; and
wherein the upper and lower body parts each have a radially enlarged portion and a radially narrowed portion, the upper and lower body parts each having respective connectors at the respective radially narrowed portions, the respective connectors being configured to couple together the upper and lower body parts to construct the housing of the planter module when in the fully-assembled state.
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