Living Walls and Vertical Gardens
true art.
Patrick Blanc Interview
Jun 3rd
Patrick Blanc is the original vertical garden creator. Here’s an interesting interview he’s had where he gives more insight into the design process. It includes footage of several of his living wall creations. You can also see a living roof concept Chelsea Flower Show here as well. I’m a big fan of his hair.
Eco Walls
Jun 1st
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.
aquaponics
aquaponic installation
