Bamboo Greenhouses in Philippine Flower Farm
Flower Depot (www.myflowerdepot.com) has taken a step farther and have consciously built greenhouses to be as green as they could be. All our greenhouses are constructed in bamboo. Yes, bamboo! Not those tall, rigid, imposing steel structures, not even concrete, not even hard wood. We do not cut trees! Our Philippine flowers are grown inside native structures.
WHY BAMBOO?
Prevents global warming: Our greenhouses, made entirely out of bamboo captures carbon dioxide and stores it. This is because planted bamboo gets CO2 from the atmosphere. When a plant breathes in CO2 and exhales O2, the plant takes the C-carbon atom and converts it into plant matter through photosynthesis, storing the carbon in the plant. When the plant dies and decays, the carbon is eaten by bacteria or insects. The greenhouses could then be seen as a carbon sink, storing the carbon in the bamboo poles.
Grows 3-7 times faster than trees: Bamboo is not a tree. It is a grass. The fastest growing bamboo can grow up to 4 feet a day!
Extremely strong: Bamboo has twice the compression strength of concrete and roughly the same strength-to-weight ratio of steel. Imagine that! Flower Depot's flower farm has bamboo poles that are able to withstand strong winds and earthquakes.
Weather, termite and mold resistant: Flower Depot's bamboo greenhouses are naturally designed and treated with natural elements to be weather, termite and mold resistant. Our bamboo poles are treated with non-toxic borates to prevent termite and powder post beetle infestations as well as decaying fungi. Borates have been used internationally for the past 60 years as a safe and effective treatment to stop insects and decay.
HOW DO WE DO IT? Myflowerdepot's bamboo greenhouses are made entirely of bamboo. We do not even use nails or screws! The bamboo poles are held together by bamboo pegs. And then we use stones and pebbles for our pathways. We have designed and positioned our greenhouses to ensure that we use the least amount of energy for our crops. Our bamboo buildings use natural ventilation, and rely on the direction, strength or gentleness of winds. With this, we eliminated the need for energy-powered fans. Not only these, the bamboo poles are designed in a way that we can harvest our rainwater, which we in turn, use to irrigate our flowers for the Philippines. We are the proud pioneers of these creative innovation in Philippine flower farms. We only have to thank nature and the creativity of our farmers for our brilliant yet delightful bamboo houses.
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