{"id":15318,"date":"2025-05-29T11:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=15318"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:20:49","slug":"the-plan-to-send-plant-filled-gardens-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=15318","title":{"rendered":"The Plan to Send Plant-Filled \u2018Gardens\u2019 Into Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">She imagines industrial activity in space, freeing up land on Earth. Hollywood directors shooting films in orbit. And botanists traveling back and forth to check on their Space Gardens. She and her colleagues are currently seeking funding to help make their concept a space-going reality. The model, made by London-based design firm Millimetre, is for display only. A real version, if it ever flies, would also be uninhabited by humans, at least initially. I ask why her team was so desperate to come up with an aesthetically pleasing design, in that case. It\u2019s \u201csomething that can recapture the public\u2019s imagination,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"GroupCalloutWrapper-bPWknp dhHsN callout callout--group callout--group-2\" data-testid=\"GroupCalloutWrapper\">\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed callout--group-item callout--group-item-1\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW lgCwTv responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Body Part Hand and Person\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" 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Diniz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed callout--group-item callout--group-item-2\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW lgCwTv responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi lqMXz asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Chandelier and Lamp\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/682f0b42be899cb2eb10147d\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2_Heatherwick%2520Studio_Space%2520Garden_%25205C4A5239_CREDIT_Raquel%2520Diniz.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" 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https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/682f0b42be899cb2eb10147d\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/2_Heatherwick%20Studio_Space%20Garden_%205C4A5239_CREDIT_Raquel%20Diniz.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/682f0b42be899cb2eb10147d\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/2_Heatherwick%20Studio_Space%20Garden_%205C4A5239_CREDIT_Raquel%20Diniz.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE fJvQtP caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI dDrfgT asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd kVUvEC iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>These can be opened to give the garden\u2019s plants access to light.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd isTgyB fNaHcW caption__credit\">Photograph: Raquel Diniz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">But is it practical? The thin, lobe-bearing arms that protrude from Space Garden look very fragile. Ekblaw says these telescopic appendages will typically be retracted. \u201cMost of the time, the structure looks a little more like a berry\u2014without those spindly arms,\u201d she adds. When closed, the lobes will shield plants at the center, behind their thick windows, from light\u2014but the structure can open up in order to let light reach the plants. It\u2019s a mechanically controlled alternative to Earth\u2019s day-night cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Eventually, Ekblaw suggests, astronauts might occasionally stop by Space Garden to collect samples from it. Open-source data tracking the environmental conditions on board, and plant growth rates, would also add to our understanding of how to cultivate food successfully in space, she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">When I show Space Garden to Dixon, he says it looks \u201cfancy\u201d and immediately opines that there might not be much need to grow food in space anytime soon: \u201cWe can arm ourselves with enough supplies to manage that.\u201d He says he cannot see \u201clarge-scale\u201d gardens floating around in space, but he does say that the psychological benefit of having familiar plants alongside astronauts is \u201ca good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Alistair Griffiths, director of science at the UK\u2019s Royal Horticultural Society, was involved in a project that sent rocket seeds\u2014an apt choice\u2014to the ISS <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/teacher-network\/2016\/mar\/10\/rocket-science-schools-seeds-space-experiment-tim-peake\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/teacher-network\/2016\/mar\/10\/rocket-science-schools-seeds-space-experiment-tim-peake&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/teacher-network\/2016\/mar\/10\/rocket-science-schools-seeds-space-experiment-tim-peake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with British astronaut Tim Peake in 2015<\/a>. Of the Space Garden idea, given its complicated shape, he says there could be some practical challenges when transporting such a design, but he praises the overall approach: \u201cI think it should be beautiful and linked in to nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Gardens here on Earth are incredibly diverse. They contain plants and design features that represent the personalities of the people behind them. Space gardens might be no different. Given the chance, green-fingered astronauts will surely bring their preferences with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Dixon, for one, has long experimented with barley seeds, sending many to orbit and back to Earth, with much of his research supported by the Glenlivet whiskey distillery in Scotland. \u201cIt\u2019s my bucket list. I\u2019m going to grow barley on the moon,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">For Griffiths, another option comes to mind. \u201cI would grow a strawberry plant,\u201d he says after a moment considering the many possibilities. \u201cBut a strawberry plant that also has bright red petals.\u201d Fragaria x ananassa is the cultivar he selects. If it\u2019s going all the way to space, it\u2019s got to be extra pretty as well as edible, he argues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Someone\u2019s going to have to come up with a Space Dairy, though, if anyone up there wants fresh cream with their cosmic strawbs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She imagines industrial activity in space, freeing up land on Earth. Hollywood directors shooting films in orbit. And botanists traveling back and forth to check on their Space Gardens. She and her colleagues are currently seeking funding to help make their concept a space-going reality. 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