side 40 of the canopy 37 a plurality of fasteners 41 connects to a back side 42 of the box like structure 12 and releasably secures the trellis arrangement 39 to the back side 42 of the box like structure 12 there may be a drain plug 43 in an end portion 45 of nutrient tank 25 the plug 43 allows the water and nutrients to be drained from nutrient tank 25 when desired a method of growing plants and other vegetation has steps which include among others providing a box like structure 12 and placing a plurality of growing chambers 13 in the box like structure and removably placing a porous liner 14 filled with a plant growth media within the chamber 13 other steps are providing a bottom section of the growing chamber that tapers downwardly to a filter section 16 that is part of the chamber 13 and placing a plurality of filters in the filter section 16 the filters included as a part of this step are a perforated plastic first filter 17 a second filter 18 comprising a screen having a plurality of openings per square centimeter a foam third filter 19 a fourth filter 20 comprising a screen having a plurality of openings per square centimeter and a perforated plastic fifth filter 21 further steps are attaching a nutrient transfer tube 23 to the filter section 16 and allowing the tube 23 to pass through a port 24 in the filter.