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Increasing population density is now affecting all aspects. Spatial planning that is not conducive affects the level of community welfare. Reduced land makes people unable to grow crops to the fullest. Modern agriculture can be implemented in a simple way, namely starting from the family environment by utilizing narrow land or through the use of land that is not large. Utilization of land that is not large is by using a verticultural cropping system which can overcome the narrowness of the land. The activities carried out were at KWT Dewi Sartika, to be precise, in the Sentul Village, Blitar City. The activities carried out are counseling and mentoring regarding the incorporation and application of verticultural methods in dealing with less extensive land. The implementation of this activity aims to educate the public regarding the use of narrow land for conventional, organic and commercial farming. This activities also aims to update the vertical system that has been carried out by the community.

Medokan Ayu Village is 3 km from the UPN "Veteran" East Java campus. The location of this service is located in Griya Amerta Housing RW 15, Medokan Ayu Village. Like housing in general, residential land area is usually relatively small, has relatively narrow yards and the distance between houses is also close to each other. So that the area of ​​the yard owned by the community for cultivating crops while developing agriculture is not very supportive. Verticulture or what can be called vertical farming is a system of cultivating plants vertically, so that the planting medium is put in a container that stands and rises up. This cultivation technique can be used in two ways, namely with water and soil as the planting medium. Pakcoy can be harvested when it is 40-50 days old, while curly lettuce can be harvested when it is 40-60 days old. This verticulture cultivation uses a mixture of several planting media such as soil, cocopeat, roasted husks, and kohe. The goal is for the plants to meet their nutritional needs and nutrients, so that the plants can grow optimally and have good quality.