EP2966976A1 - Appareils pour maintenir des plantes sur des surfaces non horizontales - Google Patents

Appareils pour maintenir des plantes sur des surfaces non horizontales

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EP2966976A1
EP2966976A1 EP14763205.3A EP14763205A EP2966976A1 EP 2966976 A1 EP2966976 A1 EP 2966976A1 EP 14763205 A EP14763205 A EP 14763205A EP 2966976 A1 EP2966976 A1 EP 2966976A1
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reservoir
planter
wall
bracket
wick
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Maryrose LACAVERA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/022—Pots for vertical horticulture
    • A01G9/025—Containers and elements for greening walls
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G7/00—Flower holders or the like
    • A47G7/02—Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
    • A47G7/04—Flower tables; Stands or hangers, e.g. baskets, for flowers
    • A47G7/044—Hanging flower-pot holders, e.g. mounted on walls, balcony fences or the like
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2

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  • Every vertical garden wall must be custom ordered, processed, manufactured, received, and finally installed.
  • Site requirements must be evaluated with both internal designers and company representatives of this invention, and then certified installers determined by the inventing company's headquarters or distribution partners must be coordinated with the ultimate end consumer in order for the wall to be erected. This customized nature makes it be impossible for the general consumer market place to readily obtain this invention.
  • the apparatuses are modular allowing for adaptation of the dimension of the vertical garden to any space or personal inclination.
  • the apparatus of the invention include a bracket to which one or more planter assemblies can be attached and, in some embodiments, a conduit connector, which fiuidly connects the reservoirs of each of the planter assemblies, More specifically, the invention includes an apparatus that itself includes a bracket comprising a frame and at least one mounting fitting: a planter and a reservoir.
  • the planter has a planter cavity defined by a proximal wall and a distal wall and at least one mounting fitting connected to an outer face of the proximal wail thereof.
  • the cavity of the planter communicates with the exterior of the planter by a first opening disposed between the proximal and distal wall of the planter.
  • the planter also includes a planter wick opening.
  • the reservoir has a pooling portion defined by a bottom wall and at least a proximal wall and two lateral walls, the proximal wall of the reservoir having at least one mounting fitting connected to its outer face.
  • the walls of the reservoir define an inlet orifice extending through a wall and an outlet orifice that extends through a wall, neither of which abut the bottom wall, the walls of the reservoir defining a wick opening dimensioned to
  • the mounting fitting of the bracket and the mounting fitting of the planter are connectable to one another as are the moun ting fitting of the bracket and the mounting fitting of the reservoir.
  • the bracket and frame have a conformation such that when the bracket is opposed against the outer face, the mounting fitting of the bracket can be connected with the mounting fitting of the planter and the mounting fitting of the reservoir can be connected with the mounting fitting of the bracket.
  • the first opening of the planter is elevated above at least a portion of the cavity for facilitating maintenance of a planting medium within the cavity and of a plant rooted in the medium and extending through the first opening and the planter wick opening of the planter is elevated above at least th e pooling portion of the reservoir, such that liquid within the reservoir may pool in the pooling portion, and the planter and reservoir are attached to the frame in sufficiently close proximity to permit the wick to extend between the pooling portion and the cavity.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded axonometric view of a first embodiment of the invention showing the component parts
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section detail of the embodiment in Figure 1, wherein the appara tus is assembled and the section is taken along X-X;
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the right side endplate of the embodiment of Figure 1 ;
  • Fig. 4 including Figs. 4A and 4B, shows cross section plan view and a cross sectional side view taken along x xjof the inside of the endplate of Fig, 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the left side end plate of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig, 7 is a view of the planter in the embodiment of Fig, 1 of the invention wherein the planter wick openings are defined by the bottom wall of the planter; embodiment of the invention;
  • Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of the pl an ter of Fig. 7 taken along x 2 -X2 showing a wick disposed within the wick opening;
  • Fig, 9 is view of the reservoir of the embodiment of the invention of Fig, 1;
  • Fig. 10 shows the bracket of the embodiment of the invention of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 11 is a side elevation detail illustrating a mechanism of connection of the reservoir or planter to the bracket of the embodiment of the in vention of Fig. 1 , wherein the mounting fittings of the bracket and the reservoir or planter are configured to form a tongue-in- groove joint when connected:
  • Fig, 12, including Figs. 12A and 12B, is a side cross section view of the liquid connectors alone, illustrating the ability of the liquid conduits of a first endplate to connect to those of a second end plate, permitting continual passage of liquid from a first reservoir to a second reservoir;
  • Fig, 13 is a cross section axonometric view illustrating the fluid pathway created by the liquid conduits between one complete assembly's end plate and an second complete assembly's end plate;
  • Fig. 14 is a schematic view of the assembly depicting the liquid flow pathway through the apparatus of the embodiment of the invention of Fig. 1, beginning at the top of the right end plate liquid conduit into the first reservoir, continuing into a liquid conduit of the second reservoir, continuing back into the right end plate liquid conduit;
  • Fig. 15 shows a schematic view of an exemplary connection of two assemblies of the invention arranged adjacent to one another and which are capable of connecting in the horizontal direction by fitting a male connector of the reservoir of the first assembly to a female connector of the second reservoir;
  • Fig. 16 shows a schematic view of an exemplar ⁇ ' connection of two assemblies of the invention arranged one above the other and which are capable of being connected in the vertical direction via a male connector from the base of the right end plate of the first assembly to a female connector present in the right end plate of the second assembly;
  • FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the apparatus of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 8 which includes Figs. 18A and 18B, shows the planter assembly of the embodiment of Figure 17.
  • Fig. 18A shows the assembly with the left side endcap removed.
  • Fig. 18B illustrates a front view of the removed endcap.
  • Fig. 19 is a side view of the embodiment of the apparatus of the invention of Fig. 17, showing the interface of the planter, reservoir, and bracket;
  • FIG. 20 illustrates a portion of the l iquid conduits of the embodiment of the apparatus of the invention of Fig, 17 carried in two left side endcaps;
  • Fig. 21 shows a view of the bracket of the embodiment of the apparatus of the invention of Fig. 17;
  • Fig. 22 shows a vie w of t he reservoir of the embodiment of the apparatus of t he invention of Fig. 17;
  • Fig, 23 shows a front view of the reservoir of Fig. 22;
  • Fig. 24 shows a back view of the reservoir of Fig, 23;
  • Fig. 25 is a right side view of the reservoir of Fig. 23;
  • Fig. 26 is a cross section view of the reservoir of Fig. 23 viewed from the left side;
  • Fig, 27 is a view of the planter of the embodiment of the invention of Fig, 17;
  • Fig. 28 is a side view of the planter of Fig. 27;
  • Fig. 29 is a cross sectional view of the planter of Fig. 27, showing the presence of medium;
  • Fig. 30 is a side view of the embodiment of the assembly of the apparatus of the invention of Fig, 17, showing the interface of the planter, reservoir, and wick;
  • Fig. 31 is a schematic representation of the reservoirs attached to the liquid conduits showing the flow path of liquid.
  • Figs. 32 and 33 illustrate various configurations of the apparatus of the invention.
  • the apparatus may be which may be termed an indoor/outdoor vertical garden; it is a self-contained planting and irrigation system that attaches to an existing interior or exterior non-horizontal surface, such as a wall, to permit growth of vegetation on the surface for aesthetic or utilitarian reasons,
  • the vertical garden provides an aesthetically pleasing decorative element, and may also function as a place to grow small edible vegetation (such as lettuces, spinaches, herbs, small peppers or tomato plants, etc.),
  • plant is used expansively and includes flowering plants, gymnosperms, mono- and dicotyiedenous plants, ferns, clubmosses, hornwoxts, liverworts, mosses, lichens, rhodophyta. Phaeophyceae, algae, kelps seaweeds, and fungi.
  • kits which contain all the elements necessary to prepare a single planter assembly and/or the apparatus of the invention in any of the various embodiments described herein.
  • the consumer can obtain and assemble one or more of the kits depending on the dimension so the horizontal surface she wishes to cover,
  • the invention includes at least one planter assembly, which itself comprises one reservoir and one planter (described in detail below).
  • This assembly can be attached or affixed to a non-horizontal surface by any means (even as a "built in”).
  • a bracket that has both a frame and at least one mounting fitting is added to the assembly to form the apparatus of the invention.
  • the planter assembly or apparatus may be installed alone, to create a full 'wall of garden' effect or other modular elements can incorporated into the display for aesthetic or utilitarian purposes. Examples of other modular elements include a desk or table element, a fish tank element, an element that is a cage or tank for small reptile, amphibian or mammal, an art display element, a shelf element, an audio or audiovisual element and the like.
  • the apparatus include a bracket.
  • the bracket is capable of supporting at least one planter assembly (that is, at least one planter and one reservoir).
  • the bracket is a simple opened-centered frame (4-sided, 3-sided, or 2-sided) bearing mounting fittings.
  • the bracket may be in the form of a panel, which may be planar or exhibit non-uniform topography or it may be a frame supporting several horizontally oriented bars or rods to which the assembly or components of the assembly can he mounted.
  • the bracket may include other elements, such as lateral extensions or lip or shelf-like members that that extend outwardly. Such elements may be decorative or may serve to disguise any pipes or water source or drain elements that may fed or drain the liquid conduits.
  • the bracket can be detachably attached to the non-horizontal surface (e.g., the wall) where one wishes to hang the apparatus using one or more support fittings.
  • support fitting may include hooks, wires, nails, pegs, biasing connectors, clips, staples, a hook- and-loop fastener (VELCRQ*), snaps, loops, adhesives, and the like.
  • VELCRQ* hook- and-loop fastener
  • the bracket may be permanently affixed to the surface.
  • the bracket should include at least one mounting fitting, by which is meant any device or mechanism that permits attachment of a t least the planter or the reservoir to the bracket, It may be preferred that the mounting fitting of the bracket taken together with the mounting fittings of the reservoir and/or the planter (discussed below) for a tongue-and-groove joint. In such embodiments, the 'groove' element may be present on the bracket and the
  • the mounting fitting may be, for example, a hook, a wire, a nail, a peg, a biasing connector, a clip, a staple, a hook-and-ioop fastener ( VELCRO*), a snap, a loop, and adhesive, and the like.
  • the bracket is affixed to the non-horizontal surface. This surface is most likely and indoor or outdoor wall of a structure or bui lding.
  • any non-horizontal surface and the ground or floor is about 5 degrees to about 179 degrees, with an ordinary household wall having an angle between it and the floor measuring about 90 degrees.
  • the bracket supports at least one planter assembly.
  • the planter assembly includes a planter that supports plant and its medium (e.g., soil or vermiculite).
  • the planter has a cavity, which is defined at least by a proximal wail and a distal wall, the proximal wall being positioned adjacent to the bracket when the apparatus is assembled.
  • the planter may also have one or more lateral walls, and/or a bottom wall.
  • the wall(s) of the planter may independently be of any material known or to be developed in the art. Preferred may be plastics, wood, fiberglass, metal, ceramic, or Stvrofoam.
  • at least one of the walls is a mesh or netting or a similar loosely woven textile.
  • the planter has an opening for insertion, care and viewing of the plant,
  • the opening communicates with the cavity on one side and the exterior environment on the other. It is preferred that the opening is sited substantially above the cavity or at least a portion of the cavity to facilitate maintenance of the medium and or the plant.
  • a mounting fitting that is connectable to the mounting fitting of the selected bracket may be included on the planter. It may be preferred that the mounting fitting is located on the outer face of the proximal wall of the planter. In some embodiments, a mounting fitting is not included on the planter, but the planter assembled is mounted on the bracket by use of a mounting fitting that is present on the reservoir (discussed below) or vice versa.
  • the wick opening may be present in any portion of the planter, as long as it is sited at a position tha is to be below the top surface of any medium placed in the planters.
  • the wick opening in present in (defined by), e.g., the bottom wall or the proximal wall.
  • the wick opening may be of any dimension as long as it is dimensioned to permit traversal of a wick trough it.
  • the wick opening may be significantly larger than the wick (for example, simply defined by the walls of the planter, essential ly a
  • bottomless planter and the wick may be secured by wires, cords, pins, mesh, etc.
  • the planter, its opening, and the cavity may be of any desired dimension and will vary depending on the size of the overall apparatus and/or installation site. In some embodiments,
  • the planter has a trough-like configuration with a proximal wall, a distal wall, and two lateral wall therebetween to define the cavity.
  • the wick opening may be defined by the bottom wall or the proximal wall.
  • the planter assembly also includes a reservoir.
  • the reservoir includes a pooling portion that is defined by the reservoir's bottom wall.
  • the reservoir also may include a proximal wall, a distal wall and/or one or more lateral walls.
  • the reservoir also may include a mounting fitting; those disclosed as suitable for the planter are also suitable for the reservoir, in an embodiment, the mounting fitting is sited on the outer face of the proximal wall.
  • the walls of the reservoir define and inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. It may be preferred that the inlet orifice and/or the outlet orifice are independently defined by a lateral wall. In some embodiments, it is preferred that neither of the orifices abut the bottom wall. In some embodiments, it may be desirable that one or more of the inlet or the outlet orifices includes a conduit connecter that extends from the reservoir and is fSuidly connected to the orifice, and which is connectable to a fluid connecter (discussed below).
  • the reservoir has a generally elongated cubical conformation that includes a proximal wall, two lateral walls, and a distal wall disposed about a generally rectangular bottom wall.
  • One of the lateral walls may gave an inlet orifice extending therethrough and the other lateral wall may have the outlet orifice extending therethrough.
  • the inlet and outlet orifices are positioned substantially at the lateral ends of the apparatus.
  • the reservoir includes a fluid conduit which serves to deposit water in and remove water from the pooling portion of the reservoir.
  • An end of the fluid conduit is fluidly connected to the inlet orifice and a second end of the fluid conduit i s connected to the outlet orifi ce, Such connection, in some embodiments, is effectuated by use of conduit connectors,
  • the fluid connectors have openings that are disposed in the walls of the reservoir, for example, in the lateral walls.
  • the fluid conduit may have openings, holes, valves, etc, w hich permit the drainage or adding of w ater to the system.
  • the inlet orifice is connected to a first fluid conduit and the outlet orifice is connected to a second fluid conduit.
  • the free end of the first conduit can be attached to, for example, a water source (either plumbed in or a receiving port for manual application of water).
  • the free end of the second conduit may be attached to, for exampl e, a drain or drainage container,
  • the walls of the planter and/or of the reservoir need not be parallel to one another.
  • it is preferable tha t the distal wall of the planter is not parallel to the proximal wall. This permits better display of the plant in the planter, and allows the plant vegetation to cascade downwardly and disguise, at least in part, the distal wall of the reservoir to create the aesthetic of an uninterrupted wall of foliage.
  • the reservoir and the planter are dimensioned to engage or 'nest together' and may include an interlock that permits secure but detachable engagement of the planter and the reservoir.
  • the interlock may be preferably on the outer face of the distal wall of the reservoir.
  • the apparatus is assembled by connecting the mounting fitting of t he planter and/or reservoir (or both) to a mounting fitting of the bracket.
  • Mounting fittings selected for the bracket and the reservoir or the bracket and the planter should be selected to correspond and be connectable to one another.
  • the bracket has a conformation such that the when the bracket is opposed against the out face of the proximal wall of the reservoir and/or the planter, the mounting fitting of the reservoir and/or planter can be connected with the mounting fitting of the bracket. In such conformation, the pl an ter and reservoir are maintained in relative spatial positions such that the opening of the planter is elevated above at least a portion of the cavity.
  • the wick is placed in the wick opening and extends from the cavity to the pooling portion of the reservoir.
  • the wick opening is preferably ele vated abo ve at least the pooling portion of the reservoir (or at least part of the pooling portion), such that liquid within the such that liquid within the reservoir may pool in the pooling portion, and the planter and reservoir are attached to the frame in sufficiently close proximity to permit the wick to extend between the pooling portion and the cavity.
  • the wick can be chosen from any material that is able to transfer liquid from the pooling portion of the reservoir to the medium present in the cavity via capillary action.
  • Materials can include, for example, cotton, linen, peat moss, plant fibers, paper, cardboard, uncoated/uiiglazed ceramic or porcelain, synthetic wicks, textiles, and the like.
  • the apparatus includes two or more planter assemblies.
  • the assemblies may each be affixable to their own, individual brackets or one bracket may be dimensioned so as to permit affixation of one or more planter assemblies.
  • the outlet orifice of the first assembly and the inlet orifice of the second assembly are fiuidly connected to one another.
  • Such connection may be direct or indirect (for example, with an intervening pipe or conduit).
  • Only the inlet orifice of the first assembly and the outlet orifice of the second (or terminal) assembly are connected to the fluid conduit(s). in such configuration, water can flow through the fluid conduit, into a the pooling portion of the first assembly, then to the pooling portion of the second assembly and egress via the outlet orifice of the second assembly into the fluid conduit.
  • the first assembly is sited above the second assembly.
  • the water source (plumbed in or manual) is generally above or at the top of the first assembly so water movement can be effectuated through the apparatus at least partially by gravity .
  • at least one end of a first fluid connector is connected to the outlet orifice of the first reservoir and the second end is connected to the inlet orifice of the second reservoir. Water that is deposited in the pooling portion of the first reservoir (either directly or via the inlet orifice) flows out the outlets orifice, downward through the liquid conduit and into the inlet orifice of the second reservoir,
  • the conduits which may be considered unsightly, may be carried in endplates, so that once the fluid connectors are connected to the orifice, all that can be seen is the decorative surface of the endplates.
  • the exterior of the conduit(s) themselves
  • ! z may be decorated and left in view, if, for example, a "Centre Pompidou” or industrial loft-like aesthetic is preferred.
  • a vertical garden can be formed by connecting several assemblies adjacently and several more vertically. It may be preferred that several assemblies are arranged in, for example, a 3 x 3 or 4 4 configuration, for an average-sized dwelling or office.
  • FIG. 1 The Figures 1-33 are provided to illustrate two exemplary embodiments of the invention and configurations of the same.
  • an embodiment of the apparatus 100 is shown that includes (a) a bracket 102; (b) two planter assemblies 104', 104", each including a reservoir 126, and a planter 108: and (c) liquid conduits, in Fig. 1 theses element are shown together in an exploded view and the remaining Figs. 2-16 shown these elements in greater detail.
  • a single bracket 102 that consists of a frame 110 and several mounting fittings 1 12 has been
  • the mounting fittings 112, 102, 106 of the frame 110 and of the reservoir 126 and planter 108 together form a tongue-and-groove joint .
  • the 'grooves' are on the front face 107 of the bracket 102 and the "tongues" are on the reservoir 126 and planters 108.
  • Each of the planters 108 includes a proximal wall 116 with an outer surface 122, a distal wall 1 18 with an outer surface, two lateral walls 122a, 122b and a bottom wall 119. These walls define a cavity 1 14, in which medium and plants 148 are be disposed.
  • the cavity 1 14 communicates with the exterior of the planter 108 via an opening 142 defined, in this example, by the proximal 116, lateral 122, and distal 118 walls of the planter 108.
  • wick openings 125 are defined by the bottom wall of the reservoir, through w hich a w ick 144 is extended to the pooling portion 128 of the reservoir.
  • the reservoir 126 has a bottom wall 130 that defines a pooling portion 128 where water dwells to be available to the wick 144.
  • the reservoir 126 has a proximal wall 132 with an outer face 136, a distal wail 133 with a distal face 14, and lateral walls 134a, 134b.
  • An inlet orifice 138 is present in the first lateral wall 134a, and an outlet orifice 140 is present in the second lateral wall 134b.
  • the inlet orifice 138 of the uppemiost assembly connects (via a conduit connector 139) to a first liquid conduit 152a having a free end 166 that may be used to supply water to the apparatus.
  • the outlet orifice of the uppermost reservoir is connectable to a second liqu id conduit 152b at its first end.
  • the second end of this liquid conduit is connectable to the inlet orifice of the bottommost reservoir.
  • the outlet orifice of the bottommost reservoir is connectable to a third liquid conduit which has a free end 164, which may permit drainage of the water in the system.
  • Each of the liquid conduits in carried in or on one of the end plates 158a, 158b.
  • Figures 17-33 represent an alternative embodiment of the apparatus of the invention.
  • the bracket is composed of a frame (not visible) from which shelf like extensions 168a, 168b extend outwardly. These extensions are the mounting fittings of the bracket, as they correspond to mounting fittings in the form of tabs and brackets that are present on the reservoir and planter.
  • the planter(s) 108 of this embodiment include a proximal wail 116 with an outer surface 122, a distal wall 118 with an outer surface, two lateral walls 122a, 122b, but no bottom wall.
  • the walls define a cavity 1 14, in which medium and plants 148 are disposed.
  • the cavity 1 14 communicates with the exterior of the planter 108 via an opening 142 defined by the proximal 116, lateral 122, and distal 118 walls of the planter 108,
  • Three wick openings 125 are defined by the proximal wall of the reservoir, through which a wick 144 is extended to the pooling portion 128 of the reservoir(s).
  • the reservoir 126 has a bottom wall 130 that defines a pooling portion 128 where water dwells to be available to the wick 144,
  • the reservoir 126 has a proximal wall 132 with an outer face 136, a distal wall 133 with a distal face 14, and lateral walls 134a, 134b.
  • An inlet orifice 138 is present in the first lateral wall 134a, and an outlet orifice 140 is present in the second lateral wall 134b.
  • the reservoir 126 has a bottom wall 130 that defines a pooling portion 128 where water dwells to be available to the wick 144,
  • the reservoir 126 has a proximal wall 132 with an outer face 136, a distal wall 133 with a distal face 14, and lateral walls 134a, 134b,
  • An inlet orifice 138 is present in the first lateral wall 134a
  • an outlet orifice 140 is present in the second lateral w r ail 134b.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne des appareils qui peuvent être utilisés pour créer et maintenir un jardin vertical sur une surface non horizontale. Ces appareils ont l'avantage d'être modulaires, ce qui leur permet de pouvoir être adaptés aux dimensions du jardin vertical en fonction de l'espace ou de l'inclination personnelle. À la base, l'appareil selon l'invention comprend un support auquel un ou plusieurs assemblages de bacs peuvent être attachés et, selon certains modes de réalisation, un raccord de conduit qui est en communication fluidique avec les réservoirs de chacun des assemblages de bacs. L'invention concerne plus spécifiquement un appareil qui inclut lui-même un support comprenant un cadre et au moins un dispositif de montage, un bac et un réservoir. Le bac possède une cavité pour accueillir les plants qui est délimitée par une paroi proximale et une paroi distale et au moins un dispositif de montage attaché à une face externe de ladite paroi proximale. La cavité du bac communique avec l'extérieur du bac grâce à une première ouverture disposée entre la paroi proximale et la paroi distale du bac. Le bac inclut également une ouverture pour mèche de bac.
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