Verdwell One · The living pantry

One machine. Every climate.

Verdwell One is a living pantry designed as a sealed climate cell: the same machine for a wine cellar, a terrace or a desert house. Inside the glass, a robotic gantry pollinates, prunes and harvests a layered garden of tomatoes, peppers, herbs and greens, and sets the harvest in a drawer.

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Verdwell One on a stone terrace above the sea at dusk: a dark bronze frame and clear glass around a layered garden of tomatoes on cords, a pepper, basil, lettuces, chives and marigolds, with the tool head under the roof holding a ripe tomato. The film loop then shows the same machine among oak racks in a vaulted wine cellar and against a rammed-earth wall at a desert house.

Fig. 01 — One Verdwell One, three climates: a terrace at dusk, a wine cellar and a desert house.

Grows
Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, greens
Climate
Sealed, managed inside the glass
Finishes
Cellar · Terrace · Expedition
Ownership
No subscription for essential growing

01What it is

A machine for growing what you cook

Verdwell One is a freestanding growing machine. Inside the glass, plants grow in layers the way a permaculture guild is planted. Tomatoes climb cords into the top light, peppers and herbs fill the middle, and greens, seedlings and companion flowers sit below. Grow lights, a water and nutrient core and a climate module keep them on schedule. A gantry robot with interchangeable tools does the reaching.

You choose the crops and load the starts. When a tomato is ripe, the gantry cuts it at the stem and lowers it through a padded hatch into the harvest drawer in the plinth. Dinner starts there.

Verdwell One in the Terrace finish in a dark studio, lit from within. A dark bronze frame holds one clear glass front, a light line runs under the top beam, and the roof alternates daylight glass and solar-cell glass. Inside, tomato plants climb cords above a pepper and basil, with lettuces, chives, thyme, marigolds and a nasturtium in front. The tool head holds a ripe tomato, and three spare tools are docked on the left post. Below runs a plinth with a vent field and a flush drawer. A small olive tree and a stool stand to the left.
Fig. 02 — Verdwell One: a sealed climate cell on an exposed frame, a gantry under the roof and a harvest drawer in the plinth.
The harvest drawer of Verdwell One pulled open from the plinth on a stone terrace in late-afternoon sun. On a charcoal felt liner with padded dividers lie ripe red tomatoes with green calyxes, a turning orange tomato, a red bell pepper and sprigs of basil. Lettuces, chives and nasturtiums grow behind the glass above.
Fig. 03 — The harvest drawer: ripe fruit, set down on felt by the gantry, waiting in the plinth.
  • Made for the place it stands in.

    One frame, three finishes: fumed oak and black bronze for a wine room, ash and bronze for a terrace, ceramic and titanium for the desert.

  • Takes on the routine.

    Light, water, feeding, climate, pollination, pruning and harvest all happen inside the glass. You keep the parts you enjoy.

  • Shows you everything.

    Cameras photograph each plant every day. Scroll back through the season in the app and watch a flower become a tomato.

02Every climate

One machine. Every climate.

Verdwell One is designed as a sealed climate cell. Light, water, air and temperature are managed inside the glass, so the growing season travels with the machine. The frame is engineered the same for every place: for a wine cellar, a terrace by the sea or a desert house. The finish decides how it meets the room.

  • Verdwell One in the Cellar finish, black bronze with fumed-oak fins, standing between oak wine racks in a vaulted stone cellar. Its garden glows behind the glass: tomatoes on cords, a pepper, lettuces, chives and marigolds in front, and the tool head holding a ripe tomato. On a table at the right stand a decanter of red wine, two glasses and a plate of tomatoes.

    Fig. 04 · Cellar finish

    Wine cellar

    Fumed oak and black bronze among the racks. A light-tight roof keeps the grow light inside, and the cell is designed to keep its warmth and humidity to itself, away from the bottles.

  • Verdwell One in the Terrace finish, dark bronze with thermo-ash fins, on pale limestone paving above a calm sea in early-evening light, seen from slightly above so the roof of solar-cell and daylight glass shows. A potted olive tree stands beside it. Behind the glass, tomatoes on cords rise over a pepper, basil, lettuces and marigolds, and the tool head holds a ripe tomato.

    Fig. 05 · Terrace finish

    Mediterranean terrace

    Thermo-ash fins and dark bronze on a terrace above the sea. The roof alternates daylight glass and solar-cell glass and drains rain to a gutter, and the sealed joints are designed to ride out afternoon heat, sea wind and a cold night.

  • Verdwell One in the Expedition finish, a graphite frame with titanium corner blocks and a pale ceramic side panel, in the courtyard of a desert house against a rammed-earth wall in late-afternoon sun. A low wall at the left opens onto dunes and a rocky ridge. A power cable and a water line run from its coupling block to a floor plate and a socket in the wall. Tomatoes, peppers, lettuces and marigolds grow behind its glass.

    Fig. 06 · Expedition finish

    Desert house

    Pale ceramic panels and titanium fittings on a graphite frame, with a dust screen over the vents, under solar-cell glass and louvred daylight glass. It connects to the house's water and power at one coupling block, and it's designed to hold its own climate through the heat of the day and to keep its water inside, where it's collected and used again.

  • Verdwell One in the Expedition finish inside a lunar habitat module, its garden lit behind the glass beside stowage bags on the module wall. Through a rounded viewport, the gray lunar surface and a small Earth in a black sky.

    Fig. 07 · Expedition finish · Design vision

    Lunar habitat

    The same sealed cell, imagined in a lunar habitat module. A garden that keeps its own climate inside the glass is what a habitat would need. It's also the clearest picture of the idea behind Verdwell One.

03Automation

Automation you can watch

Everything that tends the plants lives inside the glass, where you can see it work. A gantry carries the tools. A vision bar, lenses in the frame and sensors watch every plant and tell the gantry where to go.

The gantry

Rails on the front and back top beams carry a bridge across the cell, and a compact carriage runs along the bridge. From the carriage, a slim carbon tube lowers the tool head to any plant, so the robot never takes space from the garden. Spare tools wait in a dock on the front-left post, and the head changes tools there.

  1. 01Pollinator. A slim wand with a soft tip. Tomato and pepper flowers release pollen when they vibrate. A sealed cell has no bees and no wind, so the pollinator taps each open truss.
  2. 02Pruner. Small shrouded snips remove side shoots and spent leaves, so light reaches the fruit.
  3. 03Harvester. Two soft pads close around a ripe tomato and a blade cuts the stalk. The gantry lowers the fruit through a padded hatch in the front bed into the harvest drawer.
  4. 04Lens head. A close-up camera for a careful look at a leaf, a flower or a fruit.
  • Inside Verdwell One at the front-left post: the graphite wrist on its carbon tube seats the pale two-pad tool head in the top cradle of the aluminium tool dock, above the docked snips and lens head.
    01 · Change tools

    The head swaps tools at the dock.

  • Close view inside Verdwell One: the slim pollinator wand on the graphite wrist touches its soft pale tip to a truss of open yellow tomato flowers; small green tomatoes hang behind.
    02 · Pollinate

    The wand taps each open truss.

  • Close view inside Verdwell One: small shrouded snips on the graphite wrist approach a young side shoot between a tomato's main stem, tied to a cord, and a leaf branch; green tomatoes hang below.
    03 · Prune

    The snips take side shoots and spent leaves.

  • Close view inside Verdwell One: on a carbon tube, the tool head's two soft pale-gray pads cup a ripe red tomato that still hangs from its truss, with a small lens in the wrist above it.
    04 · Harvest

    Two soft pads cup the ripe fruit.

Fig. 08 — The tool head at work: changing tools, pollinating, pruning and harvesting.

Vision and sensing

A vision bar with two lenses on the back beam, lens windows in the corner blocks and a lens in the gantry's wrist photograph every plant each day. Sensors read temperature, humidity, CO₂, light, water level and nutrient strength. Together they find open flowers and ripe fruit, guide the tools, estimate what's ripening next and tell you when something needs a person.

  • CAM 01Vision bar
  • CAM 02Corner lenses
  • CAM 03Wrist lens
  • TEMPTemperature
  • RHHumidity
  • CO₂Carbon dioxide
  • PARLight
  • LVLWater level
  • ECNutrient strength

What Verdwell One handles

The routine work of growing happens inside the glass.

Routine growing tasks that Verdwell One handles.
TaskWhat Verdwell One does
LightRuns the grow lights on each crop's schedule, adding to daylight through the roof on the Terrace and Expedition finishes
FeedingMixes nutrient solution from the cartridge and adjusts it from growth to flower to fruit
WaterIrrigates each layer; collects, filters and reuses return water
ClimateHeats, cools, ventilates and manages humidity inside the cell
MonitoringPhotographs every plant daily; tracks temperature, humidity, CO₂ and light; tells you when something needs a person
PollinationTaps each open tomato and pepper truss with the pollinator
PruningRemoves side shoots and spent leaves with the pruner
HarvestFinds ripe fruit, cuts it at the stem and lowers it into the drawer. Any crop can be set to hand harvest instead.
Harvest forecastEstimates what's ripening next, and when

What stays with you: choosing the crops, and the cooking.

Care and cleaning are in the questions below.

04Permaculture inside

Planted as a guild

A permaculture guild puts plants together so each one uses the light, space and water the others leave. Verdwell One plants its cell the same way, in layers.

Inside Verdwell One, seen through the glass. Two tomato plants on cords carry green and ripening fruit and yellow flowers. Below them, the middle bed holds thyme, a pepper with a red fruit and basil, and the front bed holds lettuces, chives, marigolds, borage, a tray of seedlings and a nasturtium spilling over the edge. Water falls in thin ribbons from small spouts, bed to bed. Three spare tools are docked on the post at the left, and the tool head waits under the roof.
Fig. 09 — Inside Verdwell One: the layers planted as a guild, with water falling from bed to bed.
  1. 01

    Canopy

    TomatoesSolanum lycopersicum

    Compact varieties that carry full-size fruit, trained up taut cords into the top light.

  2. 02

    Mid layer

    Peppers and chiliesCapsicum annuum

    In the warm air under the canopy, beside the tomatoes.

  3. 03

    Herb layer

    Basil, thyme, chives

    Between the fruiting plants and along the front of the beds, where you can cut what you need as you cook.

  4. 04

    Ground layer

    Lettuces, greens and seedlings

    Butterhead and oak-leaf lettuce in the front bed, in the cooler, softer light under the canopy, with seedlings raised for the next planting.

  5. 05

    Companion flowers

    Marigold, nasturtium, borage

    Planted among the crops, the way a guild is planted, to fill the gaps at the front of the beds.

Verdwell One is planted for a kitchen, with a short list of crops chosen to grow well together.

The water cascade

Water moves down through the guild. The utility core in the plinth mixes nutrient solution from the cartridge, and drip lines feed each bed. What the roots don't take falls to the bed below and drains to the plinth, where it is collected, filtered and sent back to the core to be used again. On the Terrace and Expedition roofs, a gutter on the rear beam adds the rain.

The cell is layered by climate too. Warm air and the strongest light rise to the canopy, where fruit wants them. Cooler air and softer light settle below, where leaves do well.

Watch dinner take shape

The cameras that guide the tools also take a daily photograph of every plant. Each day's photograph is kept, so a whole season plays back in a few seconds.

05Function stacking

One part, several jobs

Function stacking is a permaculture rule: every element should do several jobs, and every important job should be done by more than one element. We hold each major part of Verdwell One to at least three jobs. That means fewer parts to service, and a second way to get the important work done.

Front and right side elevations of Verdwell One with nine numbered parts. Line drawings of Verdwell One from the front and from the right side. 1, four roof cassettes inside the frame, alternating daylight glass and solar-cell glass. 2, the frame: four corner posts with corner blocks, the top beam and a light line under it. 3, the gantry: a rail on the top beams, a bridge across the depth, a carriage, a carbon tube and a two-pad tool head holding a tomato, with spare tools docked on the front-left post. 4, vision: a bar with two lenses on the back beam, lens windows in the corner blocks and a lens in the wrist. 5, the utility core behind the vent field in the plinth. 6, the grow modules: three stepped beds with climbing plants on cords at the back, a pepper and herbs in the middle and greens in front. 7, the trim cassette with fins over the rear third of the side. 8, the plinth with the flush harvest drawer and recessed leveling feet. 9, the coupling block low on the right side near the back, with four couplings. Each part is described in the numbered list. FRONTRIGHT SIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fig. 10 — Front and right side elevations, schematic.

Nine principal parts · three jobs each

  1. Roof cassettes

    1. Admit daylight
    2. Add solar power
    3. Collect rain

    In the Cellar finish, a light-tight cassette seals, insulates and keeps the grow light in.

  2. Frame

    1. Carries the structure and the glass
    2. Holds the trellis cords and the beds in its slotted inner faces
    3. Carries the gantry rails and service lines

  3. Gantry

    1. Pollinates
    2. Prunes
    3. Harvests

  4. Vision bar and lenses

    1. Watches every plant
    2. Guides the tools
    3. Forecasts the harvest

  5. Utility core

    1. Mixes nutrients
    2. Irrigates
    3. Filters return water

  6. Grow modules

    1. Hold the plants
    2. Carry the drip lines
    3. Step down, so every layer gets its light

  7. Trim cassettes

    1. Set the look
    2. Insulate
    3. Shade the back of the cell

  8. Plinth

    1. Levels the machine on its feet
    2. Houses the utility core and the climate module
    3. Holds the harvest drawer, fed through a padded hatch in the front bed

  9. Coupling block

    1. Water in and drain
    2. Power
    3. Data

    Four quick-connect couplings in one block.

Every important job, two ways

Each important job and the two parts that can do it.
JobFirst waySecond way
LightDaylight through the roofGrow lights
PowerMains powerRoof solar, which supplements it
WaterThe supply lineRain from the roof, and return water used again
HarvestThe gantryYour hands
WatchingThe camerasThe glass front

Daylight, solar and rain come through the Terrace and Expedition roofs. Under the Cellar finish's light-tight roof, the grow lights, mains power, the supply line and return water do the work.

06Finishes

One frame. Three finishes.

Every Verdwell One is built on the same engineered frame: the sealed cell, the gantry, the vision bar and lenses, the utility plinth and the beds. The finish is the part you live with: the frame colour, the trim cassettes, the glass and the roof cassettes. It's engineered for the hardest place and finished for the finest room.

  • Verdwell One in the Cellar finish in a vaulted stone wine cellar: black bronze frame, opaque light-tight roof, dark oak fins on the side, the garden glowing warm behind faintly bronze-tinted glass, with oak wine racks and a tasting table behind.
    Cellar

    For the finest room

    Black bronze, fumed oak and a light-tight roof, among the bottles.

  • Verdwell One in the Terrace finish on a limestone terrace above the sea: dark bronze frame, thermo-ash fins, a roof of solar-cell and daylight glass, beside a potted olive tree.
    Terrace

    For life outdoors

    Dark bronze and thermo-ash under a roof that takes the sun and the rain.

  • Verdwell One in the Expedition finish in a desert-house courtyard against a rammed-earth wall: graphite frame, titanium corner blocks and post sleeves, a pale ceramic side panel and a louvred roof, connected to a floor plate and a wall socket.
    Expedition

    For the hardest place

    Graphite, titanium and ceramic, with dust screens and louvred daylight glass.

  • The upper front-right corner in the Cellar finish: black bronze corner block with a small lens window, an opaque roof cassette and dark oak fins.
    Cellar
  • The same corner in the Terrace finish: dark bronze corner block, a solar-cell roof cassette and thermo-ash fins.
    Terrace
  • The same corner in the Expedition finish: titanium corner block on a graphite frame, a solar-cell roof cassette and a pale ceramic side panel with titanium fasteners.
    Expedition
Fig. 11 — The same corner, three finishes. The frame, the corner block and its lens window are identical; the finish changes.
The three finishes of Verdwell One.
FinishWhereMaterialsRoof
CellarWine rooms, dining rooms, kitchens and restaurantsBlack-bronze frame, fumed-oak fins, faintly bronze-tinted glassFour light-tight insulated cassettes
TerraceTerraces, patios, rooftops and outdoor kitchensDark-bronze frame, oiled thermo-ash fins, clear low-iron glassDaylight glass and solar-cell glass, alternating, with a rain gutter
ExpeditionDesert houses, mountain and coastal properties, remote lodges and field stationsGraphite frame, titanium corner blocks, sleeves and fittings, pale ceramic panels, dust screens over the ventsTwo solar-cell cassettes and two louvred daylight cassettes, with a rain gutter

The trim cassettes are designed to come off the frame, so a Verdwell One can change finish when it changes rooms.

The lower front-right corner of Verdwell One in the Expedition finish on a desert courtyard slab in low sun: a titanium post sleeve, a leveling foot on a titanium anchor plate bolted to the slab, a stainless mesh dust screen over the vents, and a braided water hose and power cable dropping from the coupling block into a floor plate. Fine sand lies against the anchor plate.
Fig. 12 — Expedition finish: titanium sleeve and anchor plate, dust screen over the vents, one coupling block for water and power.

Built like an instrument

The same principles hold in every finish.

  1. 01A sealed cell. Thick insulated glass, edge seals and gasketed joints are designed to keep the garden's climate in and dust and weather out.
  2. 02Its own climate. Heat, cooling, humidity, light and water are managed inside the glass, from a cool cellar to a hot courtyard.
  3. 03Every important job, two ways. Light, power, water, harvest and watching each have a second way to get done.
  4. 04Serviceable in the field. Tools, beds, the utility core and every cassette come out as modules, and water, power and data connect at one block.

07Design & delivery

Made to sit beside your best things

People who cook well care how their kitchen looks and how their tools are made. Verdwell One is designed as a system, checked as a measured drawing and built from parts that come apart. Every major part is modular and replaceable: the trim cassettes, the grow modules, the utility core, the gantry tools and the roof cassettes.

  • Close view under the roof inside Verdwell One: a brushed-aluminum bar on the back beam with two lenses and a row of pinhole ports, beside a tomato truss with red, turning and green fruit and yellow flowers. Daylight glass above.
    Fig. 13

    Vision bar

    Two lenses on the back beam watch every plant. Lens windows in the corner blocks and a lens in the gantry's wrist add more views.

  • Rain beading on the roof of Verdwell One in the Terrace finish: a solar-cell cassette with its fine cell grid beside a clear daylight cassette, framed in dark bronze, with tomato leaves under the glass and olive trees and the sea beyond.
    Fig. 14

    Roof cassettes

    Solar-cell glass and daylight glass sit side by side in the roof, and rain runs off to the gutter on the rear beam.

  • The right side of Verdwell One's plinth in the Terrace finish. The utility core slides out on telescopic rails, carrying a filter canister and a pump behind its vented end plate. Beside it, a coupling block with four round couplings takes a braided water hose and a power and data cable from a flush floor plate. Thermo-ash fins and nasturtiums above.
    Fig. 15

    Utility core and couplings

    The utility core slides out of the plinth for service. Water in, drain, power and data connect at one coupling block.

From sketch to general arrangement

Drawn as a system: sketch, general arrangement and exploded view.

A design sketch sheet of Verdwell One: a large three-quarter view of the machine with its garden, a front elevation, a raised view onto the roof cassettes, and three circled details: 1, a roof cassette corner; 2, the tool head holding a tomato on its truss; 3, the coupling block with side vents and a leveling foot.
Fig. 16 — Design sketch sheet: three-quarter views, a front elevation and details of the roof cassette corner, the tool head at the truss and the coupling block.
A general-arrangement drawing of Verdwell One in the Terrace finish: a roof plan of daylight and solar-cell cassettes, a plan section through the posts, glass, beds and tool dock, front and right side elevations, a section through the traverse and tool head, and three enlarged details of the head, a corner and the base.
Fig. 17 — General arrangement: roof plan, plan section, front and right side elevations, a section through the traverse and three details.

Delivered in modules, assembled where it will grow

Verdwell One arrives as labeled flat-pack modules and is assembled where it will stand. Every installation starts with an assessment of the space.

An exploded pen-and-ink drawing of Verdwell One with twelve numbered parts: the roof cassettes and the traverse with its tool head at the top; the frame with the tool dock, the vision bar, the glass, the trim cassettes and the stepped beds of the garden in the middle; the utility core, the climate and power module, the plinth with its harvest drawer, the coupling block and the leveling feet at the bottom.
Fig. 18 — Exploded view.
  1. Roof cassettes. Daylight glass and solar-cell glass; rain runs to the gutter on the rear beam.
  2. Traverse. Rails on the front and back top beams carry a bridge and a compact carriage.
  3. Tool head and tool dock. A carbon tube lowers the two-pad head; the dock on the front-left post holds a soft-tip wand, shrouded snips and a lens head.
  4. Vision. A two-lens bar on the back beam and lens windows in the upper corner blocks.
  5. Trim cassettes. Over the rear third: shade, insulation and the finish.
  6. Glass. One insulated front pane with a black edge seal; side glass over the front two thirds.
  7. Grow modules. Three stepped bed cassettes with drip lines, and cords for the canopy crops.
  8. Utility core. Water, nutrients and filtration.
  9. Climate and power module. Behind the vent field.
  10. Plinth and harvest drawer. The drawer opens to the front; a padded hatch in the front bed feeds it.
  11. Coupling block. Water in, drain, power and data.
  12. Leveling feet. Under the four corner posts.
  1. 01Unpack

    Labeled modules, unpacked on site.

  2. 02Build the frame

    Plinth, leveling feet, posts, beams and rails.

  3. 03Insert modules

    Grow modules, the utility core and the gantry slide in.

  4. 04Fit the finish

    Glass, trim cassettes and roof cassettes attach in sections.

  5. 05Connect

    Water in, drain, power and data at one coupling block.

  6. 06Grow

    Load your first crop and start the schedule.

Assembly in six steps. Every installation starts with a site assessment.

The installation assessment

Before anything is installed, we check:

  • floor or deck load and level
  • the access route to the spot
  • sun, shade, wind and dust exposure
  • water supply and drainage
  • the electrical supply (outdoor installs use a suitable GFCI- or RCD-protected circuit)
  • ventilation and humidity, for cellars and other closed rooms
  • clearance to open and service the machine
  • local rules, including landlord, building or community restrictions and limits on rainwater collection

08Film

Every climate

Sixty seconds, four places: a wine cellar, a terrace above the sea, a desert house and, as a design vision, a lunar habitat. Then inside the glass, where the tool head changes tools, pollinates the flowers and prunes the side shoots, and the harvest waits in the drawer.

Film poster: Verdwell One in the Cellar finish among oak wine racks in a vaulted cellar, its garden glowing behind the glass.
EVERY CLIMATE · T+00:00 / 01:00CH 01/06 · CELLAR

01 CellarAmong the racks, the cell keeps its own light. Then one frame in three finishes.

Every climate. 60 seconds, with captions.
Read the script
  1. Your home.
  2. Designed as one sealed climate cell, finished for the room it lives in.
  3. In season.
  4. Every part does more than one job.
  5. Inside, a layered garden. Each plant supports the next.
  6. One machine. Every climate.
  7. And one day, further.
  8. Pollinated, pruned and harvested inside the glass.
  9. One gantry, a tool for every task, from flower to harvest.
  10. And when it's ripe, it's waiting for you.
  11. Verdwell. Your home. In season.
  12. Verdwell One. Your home. In season. Join the waitlist.

Shorter films

  • Poster of the 15-second film: Verdwell One in the Cellar finish among the wine racks, with the line “One machine.”

    Fifteen seconds

    Three climates, one tomato, in fifteen seconds.

  • Poster of the 30-second vertical film: Verdwell One in the Expedition finish against a rammed-earth wall at a desert house, with the line “One machine.”

    Thirty seconds, vertical

    The same story, made for your phone.

09Ownership

Yours, without a subscription

Verdwell One is a premium machine, in the company of a wine-storage cabinet, an outdoor kitchen or the best equipment in a restaurant kitchen. We won't sell it as a way to save on groceries. It's for people, and for venues, who want to grow and eat this food where they live and work.

The machine

Hardware you own. Essential growing controls (light, irrigation, nutrient dosing and climate) never require a subscription.

Crop-input packs (optional)

Starts, growing media and nutrient cartridges matched to each layer. We'll publish specifications so you can use compatible inputs from other suppliers.

Verdwell Care (optional)

A service program for owners who'd like more support with their machine and their crops. Details come with pricing.

Every major part is modular and replaceable: trim cassettes, grow modules, the utility core, gantry tools and roof cassettes. Warranty terms are published with pricing.

First installations

A small number of homes and venues are invited to receive the first Verdwell One machines, with an installation assessment and a named contact. Mention it when you join the waitlist.

Your first crop, supported

New owners start with an installation assessment, starter inputs, onboarding and a named contact through the first harvest.

10Questions

Straight answers

Can I buy Verdwell One?

Not yet. We aren't taking orders, deposits or reservations. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first when that changes.

How much will it cost?

The price hasn't been announced. Verdwell One is a premium machine, and we won't sell it on grocery savings. The waitlist hears the price first.

When can I get one?

Timing will be announced to the waitlist first.

How big is it?

Sizes will be announced to the waitlist with pricing. Tell us about your space when you join, so we can plan around it.

How does it harvest?

The vision bar and the lens in the gantry's wrist find ripe fruit. The harvester's two soft pads close around it, a blade cuts the stalk, and the gantry lowers the fruit through a padded hatch in the front bed into the harvest drawer in the plinth. You can set any crop to hand harvest instead, and the app tells you when it's ripe.

What do I still do?

Choose the crops and load the starts, swap the nutrient cartridge when the app asks, and collect the harvest from the drawer. Now and then, wipe the glass and the drawer, change the filters and clear spent plants at the end of a crop. The app tells you when something needs a person, such as a pest or a blocked line.

How are the flowers pollinated?

In a sealed cell there are no bees and no wind. Tomato and pepper flowers release pollen when they vibrate, so the gantry's pollinator taps each open truss.

What can it grow?

Compact tomato varieties that carry full-size fruit, peppers and chilies, herbs, leafy greens, and seedlings and microgreens. It's planted as a guild, in layers, with companion flowers among the crops, and the crops are chosen to grow well together.

Where can it go?

Indoors or out. The Cellar finish is for wine rooms, dining rooms, kitchens and restaurants. The Terrace finish is for terraces, patios, rooftops and outdoor kitchens. The Expedition finish is for desert houses, mountain and coastal properties, remote lodges and field stations. Every installation starts with an assessment of the space.

Will the grow light bother my wine, or my neighbors?

The cell is sealed, and the Cellar finish's roof is light-tight, so the grow light stays inside. The cell is designed to manage its own warmth and humidity. Outdoors, you choose when the lights run.

Will I hear it?

Pumps, fans and the gantry make some sound when they run. You choose the hours the gantry works.

Does it run on solar?

Solar helps. The Terrace and Expedition roofs take solar cassettes that supplement the supply, and every Verdwell One connects to mains power.

What does it need for power and water?

One coupling block for water in, drain, power and data. The site assessment checks your supply, drainage and circuit. Outdoor installs use a suitable GFCI- or RCD-protected circuit.

Is the lunar habitat real?

It's a design vision. The sealed cell is engineered for hard places, and a lunar habitat is where that idea leads: a sealed garden that keeps its own climate is the purest form of it.

Can it grow through winter?

It's designed to heat, light and insulate its own cell, so a cold season outside doesn't stop the one inside. In cold weather it uses more electricity to do it.

Do I need a subscription?

No. Essential growing controls (light, irrigation, nutrient dosing and climate) never require a subscription. Crop-input packs and Verdwell Care are optional.

Does it need the internet?

Essential growing controls are designed to run on the machine itself. The app adds the daily photos, alerts, harvest notes and remote control.

Can I use my own seeds and nutrients?

Yes. We'll publish specifications for compatible varieties, growing media and nutrients, so you aren't tied to our packs. For tomatoes, choose compact varieties.

What do the cameras see?

The cameras point into the growing cell, at the plants. The product privacy notice will set out what's captured, where it's processed, who can view it (including any Verdwell support staff) and how long it's kept.

Will it save me money on groceries?

No, and we won't claim it will. It's for growing and eating food you care about, at home.

What about service and warranty?

Every major part is modular and replaceable, and Verdwell Care adds optional support. Warranty terms are published with pricing.

Can a restaurant or bar have one?

Yes. The Cellar finish is made for dining rooms and restaurants, and venues can join the waitlist too. Tell us it's for a venue when you do.

How are the first machines placed?

A small number of homes and venues are invited to receive the first machines. We choose them by space and climate, so not everyone who asks can be selected. Terms, including any costs, are set out in writing before anything is installed.

11Waitlist

Join the waitlist

The waitlist hears first about price, timing and the first installations. Free to join. No payment, no commitment.

By invitation

Verdwell One is shared by invitation. To join the waitlist, reply to the person who shared this page with you.

Tell us where it would stand, which finish suits the space and what you'd grow first. That's all we need.

  • Where it would stand: a wine room, a kitchen, a terrace or a desert house
  • The finish: Cellar, Terrace or Expedition
  • What you'd grow first
  • Whether it's for a home or a venue

You must be 18 or older to join.