Hotspotting’s close-up of Patrick’s vertical garden
Nov 15th
Hot Nat from Hotspotting got close to one of Patrick Blanc’s vertical garden’s – The Athenaeum hotel! She’s taken some close-up pictures of the ‘mur vegetals’ of the master vertical gardener so we can have more of an idea of how he did it.
Vertical Garden Close Up
Patrick makes no secret of the basic design. He says right out that he uses a metal backing with PVC sheets riveted to the backing.. and then polyamide felt stapled to those sheets. He waters the green wall hydroponically and the water drips into a reservoir. A pump then pushes the water back the top of the garden to water it all over again. You’ll see from Hot Nat’s pictures that he’s actually using small pockets in the felt filled with dirt to make the plants a bit more secure.
Living wall close up
I’ve read about a couple installations where there’s been at least two layers of felt attached to the pvc. Between the felt layers, pockets of dirt are made and the plants grow out of them there.
Hot Nat got a good picture showing the piping system for Patrick’s vertical garden as you can see below. Nice work Nat!
Living wall pipes
Large indoor greenwall installation
Nov 13th
Here’s another installation of an indoor green wall using yet another method. They’ve got a custom built drip tray to catch all the water, and from there I’d imagine they’ve got a pump on a timer to periodically send the water back up and through the system again. With this type of system, the only maintenance you need to do is top up the water in the resevoir about every month or so as well as add more nutrients to the water. With a system that big, they’d probably check the PH levels to ensure the plants stay healthy.
How to build a greenwall
Nov 11th
Here’s another take on how to build a green wall. This was done by The Party Garden and shows how a backyard was transformed by adding a living wall. It also shows there’s so many variations on how you can design and build a greenwall. This one involves stacking boxes with a layer of felt over all of them. It makes for a superb looking garden. This style you could only use outdoors as there’s no catch for the water. The watering system is pretty easy though. You just hook up a timer to your outdoor water spout and it waters automatically. You can even get another attachment that’ll automatically add nutrients to the water as it comes from your house. In the end, the vertical garden really does add an amazing focal point to the backyard there.
Aussie Vertical Gardens
Nov 9th
Indoor wall art
In Australia they have quite a few different design ideas. Fytowall has a modular system in place in Australia that allows you to have some pretty amazing looking wall gardens both indoors and out.
Using bushier plants really help cover the wall so all you see is a field of green. Mixing up the different greens can have a stunning effect. You can even stick them outdoors on a deck
Wall of Green
Outdoor green wall
