As the wall was shared with the warehouse next door, it was hard to supply water and power to the site. The solution was to install a minimalist vertical garden.

The solution was simple. Mount 9 hidden-fixing floating shelves 23cm x 23cm in white. Each shelf has 1 square white pot with Pothos drapping between the pots.

The shelves are in 2 lines with a staggered, checker board layout. With the “white on white” approach, the single species selection of Pothos really stands out.

The clients are happy to maintain the hand watering regime & there is enough available natural light for the Pothos to thrive.

This wall was installed by Pete Shields.

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See the original here

More than 8,000 plants of 26 varieties have been used to create the artwork. The painting will remain through out the English Summer and Autum until October 2011

Installed by specialist horticulture and design company ANS, Each plant was selected to match the original painting.

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Photo Source: Where the Art Is

First plywood was installed on the wall to give support for the future vertical garden.

Next, waterproof sheets were attached to the plywood with duct tape used to seal the seams.

Metal spacers were then screwed into the wall which will allow for good air flow behind the vertical garden.

The individual panels were then lifted and screwed into the metal spacers and those felt pockets in the panels will be the future home of the plants!

Next, 320 ferns are placed into the pockets to create an instant living wall.

They describe their project below:

As urban dwellers, it can be difficult to find space to exercise our green thumbs. Urbio is a magnetic system that will help transform any wall or ferrous surface into a beautiful vertical garden.

Each pot is made of eco-plastic and is equipped with large neodymium magnets that are strong enough to hold almost anything to the wall. The wall plates are modular, and can easily be mounted to any wall.  Mount just one Urbio pot, or fill your wall with them.

Alternatively, each pot comes with its own individual puck that can be used to mount to the wall.  These pucks can also be used to attach pots together for a nice centerpiece.

They are here on kickstarter to raise the funds to complete the tooling portion of this project.

Each string ball takes about 30mins to crotchet, layering from inside out. Some of the string gardens are 3 months old.

As the roots of the plants grow, they act as natures string, helping to hold the root ball together. Air naturally prunes the roots as they reach the surface.

String gardens will last as long as you water them, Just dunk them in a bucket and they will drink all they need.

Lushe’s Technical Manager, Josh Engwerda described the project “It was great to be involved in the reconstruction effort and be able to provide of a centre piece for the school”.

The wall was completed using 12mm marine ply followed by a water proof coating. The felt material chosen was made of 100% recycled plastic bottles, PET, and won’t rot or degrade with time.

Pockets were cut into the felt just large enough to hold the plants while keeping them nice and close together to give the wall an instant dense look

The plants were arranged in horizontal layers to accentuate the contrasting colours, textures and sizes of the differing foliage and flowers.

The felt was stapled every 10-15cm to create the required plant density.

The lights used were three 150W metal halides, the bluish colour of the light is perfect for foliage growth in most plants.

OSA Architects are leading the design of the reconstruction effort at Kinglake Primary Schoo. Geoff Stanistreet, Director, wanted a living wall for not just aesthetic reasons but to also assist in providing better quality air by processing the Co2.

OSA uses many ESD initiatives in its projects mindful of reducing recurrent energy costs to clients whilst providing comfortable indoor environments. Passive cooling and heating is foremost in our designs using products such as Smartroof roof air management systems and good passive design principals.

The plant list includes Syngonium spp, Aglaonema spp, Pothos devils ivy and Anthurium Schirzrianum to name a few.

The water reservoir and pump ensure the plants are well watered and then that water is collected and reused.

Lushe wish the rest of the Kinglake and surrounding communities the best in continuing with their reconstruction effort and rebuilding their lives. Lushe would also like to thank the support provided by the City of Melbourne for assisting with a grant for business development and expansion.

Adelaide Zoo is home to over 1,800 animals and almost 300 species of exotic and native mammals, birds, reptiles and fish exhibited in 8 hectares of magnificent botanic surroundings.

Mainly native grasses were used in the 97sqm outdoor green wall and include 20-25 different species and over 4,600 plants.

The external green wall plant palette reflects a more dryland plant selection in line with the landscape of the forecourt located adjacent to the wall. Hardy native plants have been used including Enchylaena tomentosa or “Ruby Saltbush” which is native to the Adelaide plains. The patterning of the plants in the wall alludes to the proximity of first creek.

Species chosen for the external wall include:

• Dianella caerulea ‘Little Jess’ (native) “Dianella Little Jess”
• Dianella tasmanica ‘Tas Red’ (native) “Dianella Tas Red”
• Enchylaena tomentosa (endemic) “Ruby Saltbush”
• Lomandra confertifolia ssp. rubiginosa ‘Seascape’ (native) “Lomandra Seascape”

The plants were pre-grown off site for 20 weeks prior to installation. The green wall is automated with sensors that alerts maintenance crew for any system failure.

Spot fertiliser method was used extensively as a nutrient source. Slow release fertiliser is supplied behind the plants as well as fertigating the system through the whole wall.

The planting media is a melamine formaldehyde resin that is blown into a hard biodegradable foam slabs, wrapped and placed in frames for vertical gardens

Here you can see moss growing and also a hole caused by a removed plant. The brown irrigation lines run above each cell.

The vertical garden is irrigated for about 10 minutes per day. As you can see below the water is not recycled as only a small amount is leaked into the garden bed below.

The plant palette for the internal green wall is more lush in comparison to the external green wall. The intent was to use as many native plants as possible but due to availability from the nursery & suitability for the internal location this was not possible for the whole plant palette.

The 110 sqm indoor green wall has the following plant species:

• Adiantum sp. (native) “Spleenwort”
• Asplenium oblongifolium “Shining Spleenwort”
• Blechnum nudum (native) “Fishbone Waterfern”
• Crytomium sp. “Holly Fern”
• Davallia pyxidata (native) “Hare’s?Foot Fern”
• Dichondra repens ‘Emerald Falls’ (native) “Kidney Weed”
• Doodia aspera (native) “Prickly Rasp Fern”
• Liriope ‘Evergreen Giant’ “Lilyturf”
• Peperomia sp. “Ripple Plant”
• Polypodium ‘Blue Star’ “Rock Polypody”
• Pteris albo?liniata “Brake Fern”
• Pteris umbrosa (native) “Jungle Brake”
• Selaginella sp. “Spikemoss”
• Soleirolia soleirolii “Baby Tears”
• Streptocarpus caulescens “Nodding Violet”
• Tradescantia ‘Spiderwort’ “Spiderwort”
• Viola hederacea (native) “Native Violet”

There was a long growing?on time for the plants to create 100% plant coverage at the time of installation. The modules were transported from Victoria and installed on site along with the irrigation system.

References – www.ancr.com.au, www.hydroponics.com.au, www.zoossa.com.au

Indeed, the project utilized the services of over a dozen sponsors and volunteers, including donations by film producer Chase Bailey and Seacoast businessmen William Matos and John Forma. Four New Hampshire nurseries Van Berkum Nursery, Stonepost Nursery Pleasant View Gardens/Proven Winners and Rolling Green Nursery  plants and soil, Rainscape Lawn Sprinkler Systems supplied irrigation, and GroWalls donated the vertical wall system at a not-for-profit rate. Other generous donors included Rockingham Electric, FX Luminaire, electrician Sid Madore of Raymond, N.H. and Caswell Mechanical.

Felici-Gallant, who is also a garden and container designer and current marketing manager for Pleasant View Gardens, joined forces with Hugo and Travaglia to determine the ideal site for the garden.

Cava has a European feel to it, given the courtyard, outdoor seating, and location in Commercial Alley. Since vertical gardens originated in Paris, Cava felt like the appropriate spot. Because the garden would feature area woodland perennials, it also needed a wall with a lot of shade, and the Cava facade was ideal.

One of the reasons this vertical garden is unique, even on a national scale, is that it uses predominantly native New England plants, says Felici-Gallant. “To our knowledge, there isnt another native-plants vertical garden in the country.”

“When they approached us and offered to do the garden, it was a no-brainer to say yes, says John Akar, co-owner of Cava. Its a beautiful, beautiful piece of work. Chef and co-owner Gregg Sessler agrees. Its absolutely gorgeous, he says. It adds amazing atmosphere to the patio. Its pretty incredible, and were ecstatic and honored that its there.”

Hugo and Travaglia were both eager to be involved in this first-of-its-kind project. We were very excited to do something new, something cutting edge for the Seacoast, Travaglia enthuses. And something for the community too, Hugo adds. Its public art, really. We tried to choose plants that would look good, complement each other, and create an interesting design. The perennial plants are evergreen or semi-evergreen, so the wall will transform with the seasons.

Photos supplied with permission from Lynn Felici-Gallant

In this project the support structure was built using aluminum, which was very practical solution for its lightness and speed. The photo below shows the plastic modules with the plants growing in a nursery.

An ingenious part of the installation is that 80% of water used for irrigation comes from the effect of condensation of A / C, which stores and drip irrigation is used in the wall. Below is a photo of the transportation to site.

Plants installed with the drip irrigation being laid in between modules

Does quite look like a vertical garden on the first day.

After 10 weeks the wall looks amazing

AREA: 62.50 m2

ALTURA: 3.00 metros HEIGHT: 3.00 meters

LONGITUD:  21.00 metros LENGTH: 21.00 meters

PLANTAS:  3000 PLANT: 3000

MÓDULOS:  250 MODULES: 250

ESPECIES:  Jasminum spp, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Plectranthus australis, Nephrolepis exaltata, Chlorophytum comosum ‘Variegatum’., Zoysia japonica, Lamiestrón, Salvia farinacea, Trasdecantia sillamontana. SPECIES: Jasminum spp, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Plectranthus australis, Nephrolepis exaltata, Chlorophytum comosum ‘Variegatum’., Zoysia japonica, Lamiestrón, Salvia farinacea, Trasdecantia sillamontana.

FECHA DE INSTALACIÓN:  Mayo 2010. INSTALLATION DATE: May 2010.