[Greenbuilding] living wall

[Kathy Cochran]

What about rebar and bailing wire through the slightly angled crates  ??
I'd try it but don't know what I could plant in it that the deer wouldn't
eat.  Otherwise, wouldn't it make a fine herb garden ?

 

Kathy Cochran

San Andreas, California

 

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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Gennaro
Brooks-Church
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:57 AM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] living wall

 

I've seen those. The problem is that the living wall looks like a
hexagonal vertical hairnet made of used tires, which is a very strong
aesthetic that not everyone likes. And the tire wight adds up really
quickly. The best design I've seen is around the milk crate style,
similar to the Tournesol VGM.
You can source that on your own. Recycled, long lasting, modular and
once filled out the crates can't be seen. Those crates range from one
foot deep to three inches so you can make a vertical landscape of
different depths and root requirements.
But it still raises the question of how to structurally hold the crates.
Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231




On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:22 PM, nick pine <nick at early.com> wrote:
> Gennaro Brooks-Church writes:
>
>> I want a living wall with soil, not a climbing wall with climbers...
>
> How about a hexagonal vertical hairnet made of used tires?
>
> Nick
>
>
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