I am not sure what materials these bags are made of, but they don't necessarily have to be plastic.  There are also non-plastic bags that can be reused.  Another plus of using the bags as opposed to boxes are perhaps, they are less rigid, easy to store (just fold it after you empty the contents) and reuse it next time you want to have a little garden in a bag.

Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com> wrote:
This is a cool idea and the portableness is a plus, definitely.  Other ideas might be to use boxes or containers cast off from some manufacturing or delivery process - FarmLab has some of these that are being used to grow their garden that many of you probably saw at Larry's permaculture talent show.  

They are at about waist height, which makes gardening especially easy, and they won't tear or send off PCBs like plastic might, and they are recycled as opposed to manufactured newly for gardening.  The boxes could even be painted with murals - all sorts of fun stuff.  Cardboard and sheet mulch would work too, not as portable though...

Cory

Diana Liu <diana1127@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I think that this is a very cool idea.  It would be great if the bags have wheels, then you can move them anywhere in case the rightful owners want to claim the land. 


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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:35:11 -0500
From: "James Godsil" <godsil.james@gmail.com>
To: "Community Gardens USA" <community_garden@list.communitygarden.org>
Subject: [Community_garden] London Vacant Lots Pics: Greens Grown in Giant
Bags!

http://www.what-if.info/VACANT_LOT.html

*PROGRAMME 2008 *

*01.05. - 21.06.2008
VACANT LOT will be part of the Love London
Festival
* Love London is London's greenest annual festival, celebrating projects and
organisations that are making a real contribution to creating a more
sustainable capital.
*
20.06. - 20.07.2008
VACANT LOT will be part of the London Festival of Architecture
*focusing on the theme of "FRESH"

*COMING SOON
VACANT LOT on BBC Gardeners World
spring 2008*
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