Posts tagged diy

An easy DIY vertical gardening video

May 13th

Here’s a great video on using a few simple products to make your own vertical garden system with a reservoir. They just used Marine Ply or EPS to make the frame. (I’d imagine you could even use regular wood and a pond liner) Then they covered the back of the wall with Rockwool (readily available at hydroponic retailers) and put in a drip irrigation system at the top. Then you just need to plug your pump into a timer and set it to water a few times a day automatically. For fertilizer, you can just buy the water soluable kind and put a bit in the reservoir and you’re all set. Does that sound like something you’d try?

Constructing a Vertical Garden Patrick Blanc Style

Apr 8th

Posted by Gavin in Do it Yourself

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San Diego landscape designers Amelia B. Lima and Ricardo Marinho created this Patrick Blanc style vertical garden.

The location was a long, skinny yard – 40 ft by 17 ft wide. The dining room and kitchen looked right onto a block wall surrounding the property and Amelia’s goal was to create a living wall to bring a more natural look to the backyard. The result was a 260 square foot vertical garden using epiphytes and lithophytes (plants that usually grow without much soil, like on rocks)

Galvanized steel makes the frame. They’re set in place with concrete footings. Next, marine plywood and corrugated plastic are attached to the frame. Amelia then stapled on two layers of synthetic felt to the plastic and then cut slits in the first layer. The plants nestle between the layers of felt and which helps to evenly distribute the water across the wall from the drip irrigation system at the top.