Comments on: Living wall installation http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210 Gardening, politics & more Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:22:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Living Wall Installation « Living Walls and Vertical Gardens http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-814621 Living Wall Installation « Living Walls and Vertical Gardens Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:45:42 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-814621 [...] The original story can be found here: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210 [...] [...] The original story can be found here: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210 [...]

]]> By: Living wall artist http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-800627 Living wall artist Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:18:58 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-800627 I like this type of living wall system. Just the fact that it can withstand the winter more easily because of the dirt makes it a huge plus. I'm sure that wall looks great now as it must be filled in since it was planted in 2007 I like this type of living wall system. Just the fact that it can withstand the winter more easily because of the dirt makes it a huge plus. I’m sure that wall looks great now as it must be filled in since it was planted in 2007

]]> By: john whitehead http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-724362 john whitehead Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:12:45 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-724362 I have been looking everywhere to find slatted planters for a living wall. Any idea where to buy them? I have been looking everywhere to find slatted planters for a living wall. Any idea where to buy them?

]]> By: Ellis Hollow » 2007 Year in Review http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-118741 Ellis Hollow » 2007 Year in Review Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:01:02 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-118741 [...] roses. Verbascum. More great weeds. Sunsets. From Idiocracy, Brawndo’s got what plants crave. A Living Wall Installation. Lots of bees, despite CCD. Pink [...] [...] roses. Verbascum. More great weeds. Sunsets. From Idiocracy, Brawndo’s got what plants crave. A Living Wall Installation. Lots of bees, despite CCD. Pink [...]

]]> By: Craig http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-31155 Craig Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:09:25 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-31155 Pam J.: Answering for Marguerite, who I suspect doesn't visit here often unless I let her know. Those units are different from flats in that the cells are angled so that when they are hung they tip back toward the wall, helping to hold the soil and plants inside. They are also built to last, i.e. they are much heavier than your typical disposable flat. MotherPlants buys them in quantity for living wall installations, and I’m sure that if you email Marguerite, she can tell you the supplier. As far as I know, they didn't plant the framing as it is hidden by the planting units. Pam J.: Answering for Marguerite, who I suspect doesn’t visit here often unless I let her know. Those units are different from flats in that the cells are angled so that when they are hung they tip back toward the wall, helping to hold the soil and plants inside. They are also built to last, i.e. they are much heavier than your typical disposable flat. MotherPlants buys them in quantity for living wall installations, and I’m sure that if you email Marguerite, she can tell you the supplier. As far as I know, they didn’t plant the framing as it is hidden by the planting units.

]]> By: Pam J. http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-30919 Pam J. Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:49:06 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-30919 Marguerite: This wall is just what I need to block out one small view from my back yard. I think I understand how you did this, but could you describe the "plastic wall hanging units" a little more precisely? How do they differ from the flats? And did you paint the wooden frame? Great idea! Marguerite: This wall is just what I need to block out one small view from my back yard. I think I understand how you did this, but could you describe the “plastic wall hanging units” a little more precisely? How do they differ from the flats? And did you paint the wooden frame? Great idea!

]]> By: Craig http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-29091 Craig Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:51:20 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-29091 fyi: Marguerite is *the* Marguerite from MotherPlants. fyi: Marguerite is *the* Marguerite from MotherPlants.

]]> By: Marguerite http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28928 Marguerite Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:26:44 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28928 the most famous living walls, by Patrick Blanc, look amazing, but because they are hydroponic, they don't overwinter well at all. This one is soil-based, and uses hardy species, so the plants just go dormant for the winter like anything in a planter box. Since the sedums spread, they don't need much tending- if one dies, another will take its place. In terms of function, a green roof cools a building, extends roof membrane longevity, and catches stormwater, among other things. In the case of this wall, it too is cooling the building by shading the sunny western face, and catching runoff from the roof. Retrofitting for a green roof can be hard, but most buildings can take the lightest roofs, which are 8lbs psf, without much retrofit. This building was an old warehouse with no loading capacity on the roof at all, and with an ugly parking lot to boot. The parking lot is soon to turn into a green building center, so it was handy to use the living wall to green up an otherwise unattractive neighboring building. the most famous living walls, by Patrick Blanc, look amazing, but because they are hydroponic, they don’t overwinter well at all. This one is soil-based, and uses hardy species, so the plants just go dormant for the winter like anything in a planter box. Since the sedums spread, they don’t need much tending- if one dies, another will take its place.
In terms of function, a green roof cools a building, extends roof membrane longevity, and catches stormwater, among other things. In the case of this wall, it too is cooling the building by shading the sunny western face, and catching runoff from the roof.
Retrofitting for a green roof can be hard, but most buildings can take the lightest roofs, which are 8lbs psf, without much retrofit. This building was an old warehouse with no loading capacity on the roof at all, and with an ugly parking lot to boot. The parking lot is soon to turn into a green building center, so it was handy to use the living wall to green up an otherwise unattractive neighboring building.

]]> By: lisa http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28555 lisa Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:36:50 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28555 That's a really neat idea, and even if it serves no other function than beauty, that's good enough for me. Think I'll conquer my "living wreath" project first, though! :) That’s a really neat idea, and even if it serves no other function than beauty, that’s good enough for me. Think I’ll conquer my “living wreath” project first, though! :)

]]> By: Kim http://remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28368 Kim Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:41:53 +0000 http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=210#comment-28368 I love the idea of green roofs myself, and would like to put one on the little (1.5ft by about 10 ft) roof area that covers the part of the dining room that juts out. As Hank noted, the retrofit for existing structures is hard... and frankly this is something that I and many other people might try to DYI but there's really no directions, networking, products to buy at your local hardware store, etc., for that. I like the wall, but I wish they would have used a few other colors in there. Like blue sedum cauticola or red hens 'n chicks. (That's just me, though, I'm sure--I'm in a color phase over here.) I love the idea of green roofs myself, and would like to put one on the little (1.5ft by about 10 ft) roof area that covers the part of the dining room that juts out. As Hank noted, the retrofit for existing structures is hard… and frankly this is something that I and many other people might try to DYI but there’s really no directions, networking, products to buy at your local hardware store, etc., for that.

I like the wall, but I wish they would have used a few other colors in there. Like blue sedum cauticola or red hens ‘n chicks. (That’s just me, though, I’m sure–I’m in a color phase over here.)

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