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Living Wall Installation

Mar 26th

Posted by Gavin in Making living wall art

In Ithica, NY, Marguerite instructed the volunteers on how to transplant the sedums into the living wall panels made of HDPE. The plan had been to install a greenroof, but to retrofit the roof so it was strong enough to support a green roof would’ve cost too much, so the plan changed. A living wall was installed instead and its placement at the side of the building allowed it to catch rainwater run-off. After the sedums had a chance to get their roots established in the green wall panels, the panels were hung on the wall to create this living wall.

Living wall installation

Green wall panel

Vertical garden panels installedLiving wall panels

Installing living wall panels

The original story can be found here: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210

A few green walls to inspire you

Mar 15th

Posted by Gavin in Living Walls

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The 2009 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show in the Penthouse/Rooftop demonstration garden via Flickr. Used small plants, but filled the entire panel so the footprint is small, but all you see is green. A nice design.

Living wall panel

Here’s a solar panel combined with a vertical garden from treehugger. This is interesting in that the builders used rocks as the growing medium. My take is the rocks would make the garden heavier than it could be, and rocks don’t hold any water. This means you’re ultimately going to have to run the pump and irrigation system more frequently. You can use rocks in hydroponics (think of all the plants out there that can grow fine with little to no dirt on cliffs), but often other hydroponic mediums such as clay pellets or perlite can be more helpful due to their water retention capabilities. That means you have to run the pump less often, using less power, and you’ll lose less to evaporation. (there’s a few more pictures below the solar panel living wall that are from treehugger as well)