Succulent Garden Wall Frame by VivaFlora. NYBG Orchid Show 2012: Patrick Blanc. Eden Now Vertical Garden systems-Gallery. Vertical garden kits. Projects / Pictures. Spotlight Lifestyle Centre, South Melbourne, Vic. Clara Street Apartments, South Yarra, Vic. Miele Showroom, Eaglefarm, Qld GeneralPants, Bourke St. Melbourne, Frankston Private Hospital Private Residence, Brighton, Vic. Private Residence, Cremorne, Vic. Better Homes & Gardens display,Vic. Connex Information Centre, Flinders St Station, Vic Claude Sebastion Fashion, Martin Place, Sydney Assumption College, Kilmore, Vic. Private Residence. Private Residence, the Esplanade. Hickory Developments. Marriot Hotel, Sydney. Outdoor Courtyard, Richmond, Vic. Melbourne International Flower Show, 2009.
Wittner Shoes, Chadstone Mall, Melbourne. Perth Garden Week, 2009. Other Projects. Growing Up: Vertical Gardens. 15 Living Walls, Vertical Gardens & Sky Farms. Gorgeous Green Walls: The Next Big Thing In Green Building Desig. A green wall – often confused with a vertical garden or a sky farm – is either free-standing or part of a building with some sort of vegetation, seeking to make amends to the lack of space on the ground. These green walls don’t only add a definitive grace to a building’s façade, they also help filtering air into edifices. Since the living walls require no soil for sustenance, the only prerequisite is water; and that too, in abundance.
Through the hydroponics systems they rely on, green walls can sustain almost all sorts of vegetable growths. The Trend: Before we go into particulars, let’s differentiate between green façades and living walls. Green façades feature plants that are rooted into the ground, while living walls are built from pre-vegetated panels or integrated fabric systems. Green walls focus on offering unusual visual landscapes to onlookers. Environmental Benefits: There are numerous benefits associated to a green wall. In Photos – Gorgeously green living walls: • Milly Film: Vertical gardens - Flickr: Search. Vertical Gardens, Grown on Walls. Temporary Living Wall for Construction Site. If your building in Shibuya is designed by Tadeo Ando, you probably not going to want to have your construction hoarding off the rack.
You might go to Tokyo architects Klein Dytham for something really special, like this Green Green Screen, where "fabric panels with graphic patterns and advertisements alternate with soil-filled burlap pockets that hold trailing plants"- a temporary green living wall. ::Klein Dytham via Linton at ::Hugg see other green walls like the Livingwall, ELT's do-it-yourself living wall, and the Parabienta Living Wall. Living wall projects by BioTecture Ltd a UK based company specia. Growing a green wall « gardenopolis. Green walls are glorious. Take the technology for green roofs and put it somewhere everyone can enjoy it. Regardless of any environmental benefits that may result, just think about how great it would be to coat your entire house with succulents! The designer that everyone seems to watch is Patrick Blanc – read an interview with him here. He does these fabulous wall sculptures with plants. Most green walls use some type of grid planter system using a frame, cells and irrigation channels.
There are lots of great examples of commercial applications – particularly in Asia and Europe, where green walls are used for company logos. It doesn’t have to be a full wall either – some designs use green panels like architectural punctuation. Interior installations look like art. People who sell supplies and install green walls: here is another post on more wall gardens. And finally, yesterday’s (horizontally grown) harvest: Like this: Like Loading...