Comments on: Vacant Lot

By: t parker

t parker — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:58:28 +0000

Thanks for the information Pete very helpful Tom

By: Pete Smith

Pete Smith — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:01:48 +0000

If you’re specifically interested in the bags shown in the post, with the Vacant Lot logo, best contact them. These bags are typically used to deliver building materials like sand, you may be able to find someone trying to get rid of used ones, e.g. http://tinyurl.com/57ggsx or try Freecycle.
Wickes DIY sells new ‘Hippobags’ for waste disposal, £8.89 for the 1 cubic metre version http://tinyurl.com/665ew9
If you want to grow stuff in them, I really would recommend using much smaller containers. A cubic meter is a heck of a lot of soil, most veg would only need to go down a foot or so. Half the depth is twice the growing area for the same amount of soil.

By: T Parker

T Parker — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:30:55 +0000

What a brilliant idea I am very interested in these bags could you tell me where I could get these bags thanking you T Parker

By: Pete Smith

Pete Smith — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:42:55 +0000

To be fair, I don’t think Vacant Lot is intended as a serious urban horticulture proposal, more a combination of street art and political statement. There’s a nice tension in growing food in containers designed for building materials.
However, Vacant Lot’s parent organisation What If already has 2 Green Roof projects on the go in London, in Kew and Kensal Rise.
what-if.info/Green_Roof.html

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:39:41 +0000

Interesting instant method to get quick results. If they keep at it they maybe interested in building a roof garden; blog.environmentsolutions.co.uk