That is just lovely. Thanks for this post. posted by lazaruslong at 9:55 PM on September 6
It's a cool idea if you can manage it with low maintenance, but for a hotel they'd be able to work in the cost for grounds(walls?)keepers.
I'd imagine there are several ground covers would work well for creating vertical gardens that don't need weeding or mowing. Anything that catches a breeze would potentially get weedy. posted by Salmonberry at 9:58 PM on September 6
As a boy he grew plants up his bedroom wall.
Dude, I could have made a living from that? Duuuuude! posted by rokusan at 10:50 PM on September 6
Many of the plants he uses are species he brought back himself from across Asia.
Why does that not seem like such a great idea? posted by octothorpe at 11:02 PM on September 6
That's really cool, and I bet it cuts down a lot on their heating/cooling costs.... but I have to wonder how environmentally friendly it really is if they are having to irrigate it so often.
Not that I would be complaining if this guy busted up in my room and plastered plants all over my walls. Quite the opposite, really. posted by WidgetAlley at 1:31 AM on September 7
neat! ...also, it reminds me of this (quite nutty) girl i knew in art school...she used to staple-gun her leftovers to the wall and plant seeds in them (surprisingly, it didnt smell bad at all...but still, i doubt she got her security deposit back) posted by sexyrobot at 2:26 AM on September 7 [1 favorite]
It's not ivy!! It's a vertical garden. posted by billysumday at 3:51 AM on September 7
See also: The wall was the first of its type to be installed in the UK and, as with anything new, carried a certain element of risk.
Seems a bit crass everyone getting excited about this when a very similar project* a few miles away just failed catastrophically.
I wonder if Wired will publish an awe retraction when the eight storey one goes the same way?
(* which I cycle past every day. They've cleaned out all the dead plants now - and the living ones - so it's too late to get a photo) posted by cillit bang at 6:10 AM on September 7
Darn Cilit bang I wish you did have pics - I've been hearing about these vertical gardens for a couple of years now, typically from moderately impractical-but-stylish places like Wallpaper or Dwell - and I suspected they don't really work in the long term. But they are pretty for a few weeks. posted by pomegranate at 6:15 AM on September 7
and I suspected they don't really work in the long term. But they are pretty for a few weeks.
This isn't his first garden. The one on Musee du quai Branly in Paris for example is doing fine. posted by vacapinta at 6:34 AM on September 7
pomegranate: The article effbot linked to has some good pictures, although they don't quite capture how vast the expanse of dead plants was. posted by cillit bang at 7:07 AM on September 7
This is really cool. I had an office filled with plants, some of which climbed the walls. It was a bear to take down when I got laid off. My coworkers were a little freaked when they came in and the 'green' office was gone.
I'd love to do this to the outside of the next house I own. posted by shoesietart at 9:29 AM on September 7
Brilliant! Absolutely lovely!
I wonder how some of those plants cope with pollution though... posted by jonesor at 9:29 AM on September 7
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