How to Make a Vertical Cake Garden

Описание: Did you know a small 2x2 meter space can grow up to 250 vegetables using 70% less water?

In this step-by-step how-to video, Benard, Agricultural Specialist at Innov8 Africa, shows you how to build a Vertical Garden Cake — a simple, affordable, and sustainable farming solution perfect for schools, backyards, balconies, and small plots.

What You’ll Learn in This Video:

✅ How to construct a 6-layer Vertical Garden Cake
✅ The exact measurements (6m down to 1m layers, 30cm width each)
✅ Soil-to-manure ratios for healthy crops (2:1 or 1:1)
✅ How to plant and water efficiently
✅ How this design grows 180–250 plants in a tiny footprint

Watch as students demonstrate how this innovative structure grows:
🥬 Kales
🌿 Spinach
🌱 Coriander
🌾 Amaranths
🌿 Black Nightshade

Why This Matters

✔ Uses 70% less water than traditional farming (with drip irrigation)
✔ Maximizes limited land in rural schools
✔ Boosts student nutrition and learning outcomes
✔ Affordable and easy to replicate

This is more than gardening — it’s a school-to-table solution transforming rural Kenyan schools.

A Powerful International Collaboration
This project is a collaborative effort between:
~University of Tennessee at Martin
~Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network
~Innov8 Africa

Together, we are advancing sustainable agriculture, education, and food security across communities.

🛠 Materials Needed

~0.75mm Eco-friendly Dam Liner
~Bolts, joining clips, staples, or rivets
~5 wheelbarrows topsoil
~5 wheelbarrows compost manure
~1.91m center stick
~Seedlings (spinach, kales, coriander, amaranths, black nightshade)

🛒 Where to Buy Materials
🇰🇪 Kenya:
Aqua Hub Kenya – Dam liners & drip kits
Grekkon Limited – Dam liners & irrigation systems
Tembo – Dam liners
BuildMart – Bolts, clips, staples
Jumia Kenya – Tools & drip lines
Farmers Market Kenya – Soil & manure

🇺🇸 USA:
Home Depot – Pond liner, bolts, drip tubing
Amazon – HDPE liner & drip kits
USALiners – HDPE pond liners
Ace Hardware – Bolts & clips
Lowe’s – Soil & irrigation supplies

🌱 Ready to Build Yours?

Whether you're a school, parent, farmer, or community leader — you can build a Vertical Garden Cake and start growing organic, healthy vegetables today.

🔗 Learn more: www.Innov8Africa.org

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This Collaborative Project is Funded by a USDA-NIFA Capacity Building for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Grant (#2024-70001-43104)