Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to plant support systems and methods of operating the same. In some embodiments, a plant support system includes a housing that physically supports a plurality of living plants. The housing includes a plurality of panels arranged in a vertical array of n rows and m columns, n and m being positive integers. Each panel from the plurality of panels contains a living plant from the plurality of living plants. The plant support system further includes a plurality of pumps. Each pump from the plurality of pumps delivers water to one of the rows in the housing. In some embodiments, the plurality of pumps includes a first pump programmed to deliver a first volume of water to a first row of the plurality of panels at a first pressure head corresponding to a height of the first row of the plurality of panels.