2. This space was once our pool
kitchen but was eventually
closed due to a decline in
business.
In January 2011 our culinary
team decided to use this space
to grow our own produce to use
in the restaurants.
We started off using this space
for an indoor organic container
garden but later decided to
switch to a fully hydroponic
facility that utilizes several
different hydroponic systems
and growing methods.
Indoor Garden
5. Indoor fully organic container
garden using custom hand
mixed soil-less growing
mediums and vegan nutrients.
Produced several different
varieties of tomatoes including
several rare heirlooms.
Also produced
Jalapeno's, Habanero's, Snap
Peas, and a variety of Herbs
Separate grow rooms with
specialized lighting and
night/day cycles for the different
stages of growth.
Indoor Garden – Organic Container Garden
8. Our indoor organic container
garden was quickly outgrowing
itself and needed to be
expanded.
This is when we decided to
expand out to the rooftop and
create an outdoor garden using
the same organic growing
methods we were using in our
indoor garden
We started off with just a few
containers growing only
tomatoes but quickly expanded
to where we have 52 containers
and grow many varieties of
herbs, tomatoes, jalapeño's, an
d habanero's.
Rooftop Garden – Organic Container
Garden
12. One problem we faced with the
location of our rooftop garden was
that we did not have a source of
water without having to haul it
With the expansion of the garden
from just a few containers to 52
hauling water from the other side of
the building was no longer an option
This is when we designed and
constructed an irrigation system
from mostly recycled materials that
captures and stores up to 660
gallons of rain water and with the
use of a time controlled pump
delivers water to each container
using water efficient micro irrigation
sprayers.
Rooftop Garden – Rain Harvesting Irrigation
System
13. Indoor fully hydroponic garden
that utilizes several different
hydroponic systems and
growing methods.
65 Gal Deep Water
Culture(DWC) system produces
two large high yielding heirloom
tomato plants.
Two Lettuce Raft systems
capable of producing 129
heads of baby lettuce every 28
days.
Nutrient Film Technique(NFT)
system that has 78 plant sites
and produces herbs such as
Basil, Mint, Thyme, Oregano, R
osemary, Chives, Sage, Italian
Indoor Garden – Parsley, and Cilantro.
Hydroponic Garden
14. Deep Water Culture is a hydroponic
method of plant production by means
of suspending the plant roots in a
solution of nutrient-rich, oxygenated
water. Traditional methods favor the
use of plastic buckets and large
containers with the plant contained in a
net pot suspended from the center of
the lid and the roots suspended in the
nutrient solution. The solution is
oxygen saturated from an air pump
combined with porous stones.
Indoor Garden – Hydroponic Garden
15. A Lettuce Raft is just another style of a
Deep Water Culture system, the
difference is that in a lettuce raft the
plants contained in net pots that are
fixed in a Styrofoam lid that floats on
top of the nutrient solution where as in
a typical DWC system the lid is fixed in
place. This method allows the grower
to use large shallow reservoirs or trays
and multiple rafts containing larger
numbers and multiple varieties of
lettuce and other greens can be floated
at a time.
Indoor Garden – Hydroponic Garden
18. Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) is a
hydroponic technique where a very
shallow stream of water containing all
the dissolved nutrients required for
plant growth is re-circulated past the
bare roots of plants in a gully, also
known as channels. NFT, because of
its design, provides a system where all
three requirements for healthy plant
growth can be met at the same time.
The result of these advantages is that
higher yields of high-quality produce
are obtained over an extended period
of cropping.
Indoor Garden – Hydroponic Garden
20. We have since upgraded our
indoor hydroponic garden with
more efficient systems that
produce much higher yields and
maximize the use of our space.
Two Nutrient Film
Technique(NFT) systems that
have a total of 319 plant sites
and are capable of producing
79 heads of baby lettuce a
week.
Drip System containing 26 plant
sites and produces herbs such
as
Thyme, Oregano, Rosemary, a
nd Chives.
Indoor Garden – Hydroponic Upgrades
