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Eco Walls, based in Bordentown, NJ, is expanding the green footprint in urban environments. Where new construction in urban environments often means losing greenspace, Eco Walls reverses that trend using living walls.

Eco Walls

They grow their plants right in their greenhouse in a proprietary blend of soilless medium design to wick and lock in moisture while providing optimum levels of oxygen, and beneficial microbes to the plants roots. The mix eliminates the dry out, rot, and matrix decay associated with conventional soil-based mediums.

Greenhouse

As a full service vertical gardening company, Eco Walls designs and builds vertical gardens with their modular panels. They come assembled a unique blend of inorganic planting medium for a fast, simple construction process. First the J channel is mounted, then the EcoWall® is hung. Next, the self automated irrigation system is attached and then planting can begin.

EcoWalls construction

Living wall system

Green wall system

They have done some pretty neat aquaponic applications (incorporating aquatic animals) into some of their vertical gardens. One such application was completed at Rutgers University and acts as both a botanical display for the university and an educational element for students; highlighting ecologic interaction between the plants and fish. The fish produce waste, which is broken down by microorganisms on the EcoWall and used by the plants as nutrients. The plants remove pollutants from the water; creating pristine water parameters for the fish.