The fancy garnishes, heirloom microgreens, and edible flowers served at some of Philadelphia’s finest restaurants soon will spring up in an unusual spot: a former office suite in a Germantown apartment complex.

Adam Green, a recent Temple University graduate backed by his finance-industry pro father, is in the midst of remodeling the onetime corporate offices of his landlord at the Rittenhouse Hill apartments, the real estate group Post Bros., into a high-tech hydroponic growing room for herbs and veggies.