The indoor water garden that’s bringing the garden indoors.
The Back To Roots Water Garden is a dually functional hydroponics and aquaponics ecosystem. Made in the U.S.A., this award-winning home ecosystem is both educational and a lovely piece of home decor.
In this sleek, low maintenance, self-watering planter you can grow organic microgreens from luscious bamboo and succulents to houseplants. Meanwhile, add a fish and experience the magic of aquaponics! Best of all, your Water Garden becomes a self-cleaning fish tank that also grows fresh food up top. The fish waste fertilizes the plants on top and the plants clean the water. This results in fewer water changes.
Aquaponics is a sustainable and efficient way to grow food. In fact, it uses 90% less water than traditional farming.
Now conceptually the Water Garden is ingenious. However, practically it does present it’s set of challenges. First, choosing optimal placement that adheres to both the needs of the plants and fish presents a bit of challenge. Though the plants like direct sun, the fish do not. However, a workaround may be to seed plants that do not require direct sunlight.
Next, you also need a bit of technical savvy. The setup is not so easy, neither is preventing mold. Also, you’ll need some knowledge of the needs of your fish to know whether you need a water heater.
Nonetheless, despite these challenges if you’re up for the learning curve the Water Garden is an amazing idea. The idea of growing food without any soil is innovative and creative. Overall, it’s a wonderful way to experience the magic of growing your own food.
Have you tried this indoor water garden?
