AeroFalls™ are no longer in production, for a variety of reasons explained elsewhere. They were part of a family of products developed by Perception Development Company of Redmond, Washington and a network of engineers and gardeners. Combining a lifelong interest in gardening with modern engineering and common sense, we are designing gardens that enable a whole new range of possibilities by exploring the vertical dimension.
We are not a generic, mega-corporation, but an entrepreneurial startup company, operating out of a 3,500 square foot facility in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range.
After working as a scientist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a Senior Engineer at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, and as CTO at Novavision Inc. and BrandWatch Technologies, Dr. Waterbury decided he would like to do something useful with his life. He therefore founded Perception Development Co. and, among other things, began work on AeroFalls™ to make compact, vertical gardening possible.
Beginning with a vision of placing a growing mass of plants into a picture frame, or an office divider, Dr. Waterbury began experimenting with various systems of fiber mats, screens, complex micro-irrigation systems, and other means of placing plants into a vertical growing environment. Seeing the shortcomings of these systems, complexity, difficulty in maintenance, high cost, etc., he realized that a compact, vertical, maintainable growth system needed to be of a tremendously simple, robust, elegant design.
He turned his efforts towards simplicity, often taking an entire day, or an entire week, to make a single improvement, a single simplification, or make a single part unnecessary. The result is a family of designs that is extendable from very small to very large installations. Maintainable, with plants being removable, replaceable, harvestable without disturbing the system. Modifiable, being constructed with materials and techniques that are accessible to a any well equipped shop. Sustainable, designed from the ground up to facilitate re-use and eventual recycling.
We hope you'll join us in continuing to explore the vertical dimension of gardening.
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