February 10, 2012   1-877-631-2845

7 Vertical Gardens From Around The World

a wall of the Sylvia Hotel, overgrown with green life.

As things here in many locales of North America are beginning to retire for the winter, and as foliage around many of us is turning to gold, and to fiery orange and red, I thought I'd add a bit of green to the proceedings. More to the point, I thought I'd scour the Internet and find some of the most impressive vertical gardens in the world. Vertical gardens, or living walls,  have been looked upon as a means to add greenery to urban locations, as well as to model future sustainability where natural … [Read more...]

More About Green Walls For Green Building

green-wall

This post is kind of an addendum to the post I wrote about the green wall in the Vancouver INGDirect offices.  I suppose I'm still kind of thinking about this simple means of providing good air quality and overall humanity and comfort in spaces that are perhaps not known for either - like banks, and office spaces. In any case, here's another link to a blog post about green walls. This post goes into a bit more detail about different styles of green wall, or living wall.  One such style is a … [Read more...]