Vertical Garden, Living Wall, Indoor Green Walls Systems 8 Designs available. Garden Beet recommends four Living Wall Solutions. We provide free impartial design advice based on your budget and needs. Garden Beet supplies and provides technical support to large commercial clients in the UK, EU, Africa and Middle East as well as home owners wishing to install a small green patch on their kitchen wall. We also encourage our users to refer to Vertical Garden Online . What are Vertical Gardens? Vertical Gardens (also known as living walls) are a great solution for those with limited space. Vertical gardening provides an opportunity for a thriving herb, flower or small vegetable garden to grow in very small urban spaces - both indoors and outside. Vertical gardening opens up the planting possibilities. Valuable ground space can be left for the children to kick a ball or the parents to host large dinner parties. Please remember all gardens need maintanance and vertical gardens are no different. Garden Up. This book has had great reviews. Garden Up!
Cheap Do It Yourself Vertical Gardens Vertical gardening is a fun, creative way to grow plants in urban spaces! Below is just a sample of what you can create with ready-to-go planters and kits. The first few images are of GroVert Vertical Gardening Systems by Bright Green. There are two different sized panels (10 and 45), and each are planted, then hung on the wall using their included mounting bracket. The last images are of living walls made from felt pockets. If you’re looking to build one yourself, you can visit Urban Zeal Planters (uzplanters.com) to see all your options. Green Wall, Green Walls Irrigation Systems Vertical\Living\Green wall Irrigation Systems NEWS: Watermatic have been awarded the contract to irrigate the prestigeous Green Wall at the Olympic Village Headhose EDF3 starting August 2009. Green wall irrigation systems are the most challenging systems to perfect. Watermatic Ltd are leaders with many successfully installations to date, which includes installation for the UK first Patrick Blanck wall at Leamouth peninsula (London), Bio Tecture Green walls, Scotscape Green Walls & the latest Tiga sedum green wall at the Olympic Village. All systems require equal volume of water throughout the length of the wall, controlled by the latest computerized system exclusive to Watermatic which can detect faults remotely and give you the ability to control the system remotely through GPRS. The vegetation needs to be perfectly controlled which means it will be hydroponically grown. Green wall provide multiple benefits when dealing with the vertical space in urban environments.
How To Build A Vertical Garden & DIY Guides Urbanization has robbed Mother Nature of space to place her beautiful brood of plants and flowers. Known also as a living wall, green wall or sky farm, vertical gardens are well-suited for an urban environment where space is limited. So if you can’t go wide, what do you do? You go up! Many business establishments are going green in their step towards being both environmentally-friendly in today’s urban jungle. Image credit: shaggyshoo (teesha) / Flickr One of the most well-known buildings that have adopted this greening effect is the Musee Du Quai Branly which is a French museum near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Patrick’s own websites details facts about how there are so many species of plants that do not require soil to grow. While the average green thumb enthusiast may not be able to emulate the scale and grandeur of Blanc\’s work, you can have your own DIY vertical garden in your garden. What You Should Be Mindful of When Building A Vertical Garden The Basics of a DIY Vertical Garden
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Greenworks Self-Watering Living Wall System Green walls are not only spectacularly beautiful, but they also help enliven a space, humidify the air, and process toxins. We loved this simple and modular living wall by Greenworks, a design duo from Stockholm. The design we saw at this year’s ICFF consists of a lovely felted plant wall with a self-automated watering system and a sturdy base. Inserting more plants into a room through planting tiles, potted plants, or a living wall provides a healthier indoor air quality, as well as a more beautiful space. Greenworks’ Mobile Plantwall includes a self-automated watering and nutrition system for the growing plants, which makes it incredibly easy to maintain and take care of. The Greenworks Mobile Plantwall concept was designed by Lisa Wacklin, a design strategist and gardener, and Per Berglund, a design manager. + Greenworks + ICFF 2009 Coverage + ICFF 2009 Photo Gallery
A Rooftop Garden is a Fun and Exciting Way to Container Garden. Rooftop Garden Advantages They cool and shade buildings, which reduces the 'heat island' effect of a city. Retains and utilizes rainwater, provides wildlife habitat, and enhances the roof membrane life. Has an aesthetic appeal creating a private haven. Container Gardening The first option for rooftop gardening is container gardening . In rooftop container gardening, few to no modifications are made to the existing roof structure; containers – anything from plastic swimming pools to recycled-wood planters – are placed on a rooftop and filled with the desired soil type and plants. One problem you might face here, is the soil in rooftop containers might thaw on a warm winter day. Also with a rooftop garden, the container material must be carefully considered in places with extreme climates. Green Roofs A great option to explore as an addition to "green houses", is a green roof. This is the second type of a rooftop garden. History Lesson: The Green Advantage: Green Roof Construction:
Hit or Miss? Growing Plants Gets Techy With The Click & Grow System Image via Click & Grow Exactly how much technology do we need to utilize in order to keep a plant alive? Apparently for some people, a lot. The Click & Grow offers a computerized system utilizing sensors for correct watering and fertilizing to make growing houseplants brainless, ...but also a bit un-TreeHugger. The Click & Grow system uses aeroponics, and according to Gizmag, all one needs to do is pick out a seed "cartridge" that contains the type of plant you want to grow and some fertilizer, stick it in the growing container, connect the container via USB to a computer so you can upload the growth program that suits that plant type, and the container takes care of the rest, acting as gardener so you don't have to. The container lets you know when to refill the water tank, or apparently some of the heftier models of the product will act as a dehumidifier and collect water from the air to keep the tank full. Is it worth it if it's the only way for some people to keep a plant alive?