[Felicity Waters]

In north London a series of demostration walls are being built to test the various systems that are currently available in the UK.

 

An irrigation firm (Watermatic) is testing the performance of each product over a 12 mnth period.All the walls will be irrigated using their watering systems.

The idea is to allow designers and other interested people to compare the various systems side by side.

 

Construction has commenced  and they hope to have 10 installed over the next 4 weeks. To date 3 walls have been built, one of which is Easiwall Living Wall – which is a rigid system made from recycled plastics. It is soil based rather than the felt systems described above. 

 

Another issue to be aware is that some systems tend to produce a different aesthetic. I have used Woolly Pockets and they are great for creating a shag pile carpet affect whereas the Easiwall system allows plants to have a flatter sharper appearance. Of course there is heaps of experimenting to be done.

 

 

 

 

[Felicity Waters]

hi there – i keep a few blogs and write about green walls as well – check out the following articles – part of your critique should include the maintenance issues – there is a famous green wall here in London that died in Islington at Paradise Park- it looked fab when it first opened and it is now dead!- its often referred to as the ‘living wall is dead’ – I do a little review on this in the following article – however do a goggle search for more info

vertical gardens

also many shopping centers in the UK are now catching onto the green wall trend and I discuss this in the following article as well as give a host of other bogs that have more information on green walls

Like Gavin I also sell the Woolly Pocket system (me in the UK – he is in Canada) which is great for allowing people to create their own green wall system at home. The Pockets are made from recycled plastic and hold pockets of soil to the wall. They are lined thereby preventing moisture transferring to the wall.

When doing a google search on green walls also use the follwoing terms: vertical gardens, living walls, bio-walls (slightly different)

[Felicity Waters]

for those interested in my observations in the UK visit

http://gardenbeet.wordpress.com/

I am a retailer so just skip my product reviews – they are not intended for you lot

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