Green Pocket is an innovation for vertical gardening that is easy for home use. It is a lightweight vertical planter made of breathable geo-textile material that is easy to install by hanging indoors or outdoors. Green Pocket solves issues with existing vertical garden systems being too complex and expensive for homes. It provides an instant vertical garden that is lightweight, absorbs water well, and is easy to maintain with suitable planting media. Green Pocket lowers the cost of vertical gardening to RM30 per planter and has potential for use by homeowners, landscapers, nurseries, and export markets.

1. Green
Pocket:
Planting Vertically
without Hassle
Rosniza binti Kassim
R&D Team: Ab. Kahar Sandrang, Dr. Zabedah
Mahmood & Zainal Mohd Ali
Horticulture Research Centre

2. Background
• Vertical Garden is one
concept to maximize the
use of vertical space while
adding beauty and
functionality to any cement
landscape in urban areas.
• Vertical garden can cool the
urban environment by
reducing the temperature in
the building through
transpiration.
• Very practical for apartment
dwellers or those with
limited space for gardening.

3. ISSUE
• The current vertical
garden system designed
for commercial
landscape, not suitable
for home usage due to
technical complexities
and cost.

4. ISSUE
• The cost for setting up a
vertical garden is high
which currently can
costs from RM300 to
RM750 per sqm.

5. Innovation
• Green pocket is an innovation
designed to solve the problem
of the technical complexity
and high cost of the vertical
planting system.
• Green pocket is a vertical
planter made from a very light
material (geo-textile),
breathable and easy to hang
either for indoor or outdoor.
• It can create an instant vertical
home garden without any
hassle.

6. Novelty of
innovativeness

7. Easy to Install/ Hang
-Just drill & screw the
pocket
Light weight &
absorb water well
-Less than 1kg (include
media & plant)
-Geo-textile can hold water
well
Clean
-The pocket lined with
durable plastic
- No drip
Easy to maintain
Using suitable media;
-Indoor (water once a
week)
-Outdoor ( water 3-4 days)
Lower the cost of
vertical garden
system!
RM30/ pocket.

8. Usefulness of application
• Home owners can now
have vertical garden at
home
• Easy to maintain
• Can be planted in small
space
• Improves the indoor air
quality
• Provides cooling effect
• No technical skills needed

9. Impact
• New concept of home
garden
• Attract urban dwellers
to gardening
• More greenery in
housing areas
• Increase export

10. Potential user/commercial
potentialities
• Landscape industry
• Commercial nurseries
• Botanical garden
• Exporters
• Researchers