I think it's a very fresh and new idea to start growing plants & be a garden in your house. For that some required equipment is like grow room or tent o kit, grow lights, special soil or hydroponic system.

I have been interested in that subject too with all the bad weather issues that we have had the last couple of years. According to the farmers almanac we are in for another long cold winter. I have recently ran across a wall garden using hydroponics and some grow lights. Looked pretty interesting to me. No lost floor space and you could put a bunch of plants on a wall. Have you heard of it?