[Greenbuilding] Moss wall

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

May be possible to track down the company who did that wall...I would be
very interested if you find it. Also worth noting that it COULD be a dried
moss wall....no?

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231


On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:49 PM, UNSCHOOLER at LREC.ORG <unschooler at lrec.org>wrote:

> I did an image search on the photo--looks like it is from Hotel MOOD in
> Prague:
> http://www.hotelmoods.com/default-en.html
> http://www.hotelmoods.com/images/images-en.html
>
> Leslie Moyer
> unschooler at lrec.org
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote:
>
> I have experience with this. Patrick Blanc's system is the most widely
> used. I don't use it because it is purely hydroponics, thus requiring a
> constant source of electricity and chemicals in the water. Should there be
> a failure the plants die pretty quickly. I prefer a living wall with actual
> soil in the wall connected to a (gravity fed) gray water source (nearest
> bath sink). This offers a more forgiving environment that uses no new
> resources.
> But it is more work to set up.
> Moss is actually a lot trickier than low light plants in my experience.
>
> Where is that photo from?
>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Benjamin Pratt <
> benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Someone I know is keen on putting a moss wall in an coffee shop.
>> Anyone with experience in this area who can share thoughts on the
>> feasibility, cost, maintenance difficulty of this idea? My first
>> concern would be protecting the structure from moisture.  The existing
>> construction is (100 year old) wood framing, lath and plaster.
>>
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