Vertical Garden at Docklands Melbourne

October 14th, 2009 | Posted by Lushe in Lushe - (2 Comments)

I came across a great vertical garden at the ANZ building at Docklands in Melbourne. I have provided some close up photos so that you can see how it is constructed in case you want to build your own vertical garden.

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The photo was taken about midday so you can see that the plants are in full shade

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A vertical garden looks great against the timber and stainless steel

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Here you can see the grouping of plants

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Up close you can start to see the gaps appearing and the different panels

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Plenty of variety of plants being used (someone, may like to help me name them all)

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Up closer still, you can see that each row has shade cloth around it with holes cut out for each plant. Looks like a mix of inorganic and organic media. There is also a type of foam holding in each plant.

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Each panel sits on a flute board on top of some reinforced steel.

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Each row has a drip irrigation system running along it (each panel was very damp to touch)

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At the bottom is the drip tray for recycling.

This vertical garden can be yours for about $3,000 per square metre.