DIY Vertical Rain Gutter Garden with Auto-Watering System

Learn to build an A-frame vertical garden system with an automatic watering setup.

Reader Contribution by Kerry W. Mann, Jr. and Homesteadhow
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Learn to build an A-frame vertical rain gutter garden system with an automatic watering setup. I designed this project in 3D using Google Sketchup.

We built this A-Frame garden because our homestead soil has failed us the last few years. This is a simple DIY project and a good opportunity to teach my daughter some building lessons. I designed this project in 3D using Google Sketchup. Those plans are free for you to use here. We also have a gravity fed rainwater setup from last year that can — with the help of 2 AA batteries and a RainWater Kit from Amazon — auto-water the garden on a set schedule for us! Because some people learn better by seeing, we also made a video (which was really fun) for this project. You can see it above.

This is a beginner-level DIY project using some 2-by-2s and some PVC gutters. My 13-year-old daughter, Katie, built almost this entire project herself (with just a bit of help from Dad). The setup is nice, because we can position it where we want and Katie can own it 100 percent. Also, our homestead garden failed the last few years. While we are amending our homestead garden soil, we want to be 100% sure we grow a good crop this year and this will be a great help.

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  • Updated on Apr 26, 2022
  • Originally Published on Mar 6, 2021
Tagged with: Do It Yourself, garden, gutter, Kerry W. Mann, Reader Contributions, vertical, vertical gardening, Wisconsin
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