Urban gardening involves cultivating food in and around cities through methods like container gardening, vertical gardening, community gardens, and rooftop gardens. It provides many benefits such as being a local food source, bringing communities together, adding green spaces, and creating recreational areas. While Filipinos eat less vegetables due to perceptions of cost and spoilage, urban gardening can address this through waste reduction and growing safe, healthy food. Successful urban gardens require considering factors like sunlight, water access, drainage, and wind conditions when choosing plants and containers.

1. URBAN
GARDENING

2. WHAT IS URBAN
GRADENING?
 The practice of cultivating, processing, and
distributing food in or around a village, town, or
city. Growing plants in pots or other rather than
in ground.

3. WHY DO WE
NEED TO DO
GARDENING?

4. BENEFIT
S
• Provides a local source of food (economics)

5. BENEFIT
S
• Brings communities and families together
(Family bonding)

6. BENEFIT
S
• Adds green spaces to cities

7. BENEFIT
S
• Creates leisure and recreational spaces for
humans (good exercise)

8. BENEFIT
S
• Waste Reduction

9. BENEFIT
S
• Safe and healthy food

10. Health and Wellness
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES
PINOYS EAT LESS
VEGETABLE
Source: Food & Nutrition Research Institutes (FNRI), 2003 SURVEY

11. REASONS/PERCEPTIONS
(a) fruits and vegetables are expensive
(b) vegetables seasonal
(c) take long to prepare,
(d) fruits and vegetables spoil quickly, and
(e) fruits and vegetables contain harmful
pesticides.

12. TYPES OF URBAN
GARDENING

13. Vertical gardening
Suited for areas with concrete flooring.
More efficient use of space compared to
planting direct to ground.

14. Common for people with small patios,
yards, or balconies. Container gardening
makes use of a variety of containers
Container Gardening

17. Community Gardening
This is a method of using outdoor public or private
spaces to cultivate gardens for food or pleasure as a
group and is a great choice for those with no yard or
outdoor space.
BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY
GARDENING
 Community Organizing
 Crime Prevention
 Cultural Opportunities
 Youth
 Food Production
 Health
 Green Space

18. Rooftop gardening

19. Balcony gardening

20. Used Pipes

24. Hanging baskets – ensure drainage,
supported by wires, chains, string rope

25. SUFFICIENCY IN URBAN
GARDENING
SUFFICIENCY AT
THE HOUSEHOLD
LEVEL
SUFFICIENCY AT
THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL
SUFFICIENCY IN
THE NATIONAL
LEVEL

26. HOW TO DO URBAN
GARDENING

27. Seeds – source from ripe fruits,
reputable seed merchants. Budded trees
in case of calamansi, avocado, mango
(grows much smaller).
Site or area
Sunlight (amount and duration) – at least
6 hours
FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED

28. Water source - consider rainwater
harvesting
Drainage
Air movement – sufficient air
movement prevents waterlogging
and diseases. Too much wind is
also not good – wind burn (leaves
dry out and break)
Accessibility – especially in
rooftop gardens

29. RECYCLING
One of the most important aspects of container farming is
recycling. Finding alternative uses for household items which were
thrown out in the garbage as non-biodegradable wastes products
will help lessen pollution.

30. Recycling
Various Plant
Containers..

31. a.) Recycling Tin Cans

32. b.) Recycling Plastic Gallon Containers

33. Use heated nails or deformed bars
in making a drainage hole

36. C. Recycling old tires to grow upright plants

41. Sourcing of Planting Materials
Accredited seed growers
Accredited seed suppliers
Government experiment
stations
NGO, Municipal and Provincial
Agriculturist Office.

42. Planting medium Preparation
 Factors to be considered for a planting medium:
- The growing medium must be porous
-Have a good deal of air inside
- Well-drained soil

43. Ideal Soil Mixture
Porous Well Drained
1 PART LOAM SOIL + 1 PART COMPOST + 1 PART RICE HU
(saw dust or coco coir)
1 PART CLAY SOIL + 2 PART COMPOST + 1 PART RICE HULL
(saw dust or coco co

44. Avoid using same soil each year,
nutrition is depleted, insect and
fungal pests have accumulated –
either replace with new medium or
empty the pots & clean. Solarize
soil medium and ameliorate with
new potting mix.

45. DIFFERENT TYPES OF
VEGETABLES THAT CAN
BE GROWN IN
CONTAINERS

46. 1. Leafy vegetables
Examples: pechay, lettuce, cabbage, mustard
sweet potato tops, kangkong,
alugbati, spinach

47. 2. Root or bulb crops
Example: onion, radish, garlic, carrots,
sweet potato, turnips (singkamas)

48. 3. Beans
Example: munggo, string beans, mungbeans
snow peas (chicharo)

49. 4. Fruit Vegetables
Example: Eggplant, tomato, Okra, sweet pepper

50. 5. Flower Vegetables
Example: Cauliflower broccoli

51. 6. Vine Fruits Vegetables
Example: Squash, cucumber, ampalaya, upo patola, sayote

52. 8. Herbs
Examples: Thyme, basil, oregano, rosemary

53. H. Methods of Sowing Vegetable Seeds
Direct Seeding
Vegetables that are directly seeded: radish, sugar
beets, carrots, okra, papaya, beans, cucumber, bottle
gourd (upo), dishrag gourd (patola), squash, ampalaya,
watermelon, melon, and wintermelon.

54.  Sowing in Seedbox
Vegetables that need to be sown: pechay, mustard,
lettuce, celery, swamp cabbage, amaranth (kulitis)
cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, tomatoes and peppers.
Styropor fruit boxes can be used as container for sowing
seeds. Place the seed box in a sheltered area to keep it
away from heavy rains but it should get a minimum of 6
hours of sunlight daily.

55. Transplanting
Transplant seedlings 2 to 3 weeks after seedlings
have been germinated. Transplant late in the afternoon
to prevent “transplanting shock” and to speed up
recovery.
Process of Transplanting
1. Water seedlings in the seed box thoroughly.
2. Choose a potting container large enough to
accommodate the full grown plant.

56. Watering
The ideal time to water the plant is from 8 o’clock to
9 o’clock in the morning. If the weather is not too hot,
water once a day but if its too hot, water it twice a day, in
the morning and afternoon.
WATERING IS VERY IMPORTANT

57. Weeding
Cultivate the soil to allow air to
enter the potting medium and
encourages bigger and healthier roots
for the plants. Cultivate only around
the perimeter of the plants outer leaves
with a depth of 5-7.5 cm below the soil
level to prevent from disturbing the
deeper root system of the plants.

58. Fertilization
- Use organic fertilizer
Rice wash

59. Pest and Diseases
 Use natural and organic way of controlling
pests and diseases.
 “companion planting”

61. Harvesting
 Harvest plants at the right maturity age. A rule
of thumb, harvest early in the morning or in late
afternoon.
 Harvest vegetables and fruits right before
cooking or eating to retain the sugar content.
 For leafy vegetables like pechay, lettuce and
cabbages, harvest first the lower leaves. This
method of harvesting the first lower leaves is
called “priming”