Solar rain-barrel irrigation
Your rain barrel, on autopilot.
Greenway Drip turns stored rainwater into a solar-powered drip system for backyard food gardens. No outlet, no hose timer, no daily watering panic.
Minnesota Cup 2026 Semifinalist Student division recognition for Greenway Drip
How It Works
Rain fills your barrel
Runoff from your downspout does the collecting. No plumbing changes needed.
Solar charges the battery
The 20W panel keeps the LiFePO4 battery topped off all season long.
Timer runs the pump
Set your schedule once. The pump fires automatically, every time.
Drip feeds your plants
BPA-free tubing and 30+ emitters deliver rainwater straight to the root zone.
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Choose your kit
All kits are BYOB, Bring Your Own Barrel. Works with any standard rain barrel.
- 20W solar panel
- Small LiFePO4 battery
- PWM charge controller
- Programmable timer
- 12V submersible pump
- 30ft BPA-free drip system
- 30+ emitters
- 20W solar panel
- Large 12Ah LiFePO4 battery
- PWM charge controller
- Programmable timer
- 12V submersible pump
- 30ft BPA-free drip system
- 30+ emitters
- 20W solar panel
- Large 12Ah LiFePO4 battery
- PWM charge controller
- Programmable timer
- 12V submersible pump
- 60ft BPA-free drip system
- 60+ emitters
Drip Upgrade Add-on: Extend your Starter or Standard kit from 30ft to 60ft coverage with additional BPA-free tubing and emitters.
Don't have a rain barrel yet? The Recycling Association of Minnesota sells subsidized barrels every spring.
Our story
Built in a Minneapolis backyard.
We're Sadie and Jasper, a mother-and-son team in the Northeast Arts District. We built Greenway Drip because we couldn't find the product we wanted — so we made it ourselves!
We realized we'd solved a real problem, and that other gardeners shouldn't have to go through what we did to get there.
Jasper leads our sourcing and supplier relationships, working directly with manufacturers in Mandarin and on marketing. Sadie handles operations and we both work on strategy together. We're based in Minneapolis, where urban agriculture is deeply rooted — and we're building this business to serve that community first before expanding.
Named for the greenways — transportation corridors designed for pedestrians and bicyclists across our fair city. Hyper-local food deserves hyper-local tools.
Resist big ag. Grow your own food. Feed yourself. Feed your neighbors.
A rain barrel irrigation system is the most direct link you can have between the sky and your salad bowl.
Rain barrel + solar + drip irrigation = food sovereignty in your backyard.
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We'd love to hear from you.
Interested in a kit, want to stock the product, or just say hello.