EF080423 019  Photo 1 of 9 in Growing Upward: 9 Ways to Plant Vertically by Andrea Smith from Pulltab's Mini Vertical Garden

Growing Upward: 9 Ways to Plant Vertically

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Enlisted to renovate an apartment in Manhattan's East Village, architects Melissa Baker and Jon Handley, partners at pulltab design, took inspiration from the city's community gardens. The architects worked with a series of custom stainless steel armatures designed to hold modular and custom planted cells. The cells took four months of greenhouse nurturing before they were ready for installation.

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