November 14, 2011 Vertical Gardens

CaliforniaMama · 11-14-2011, 07:31 AM

Artwork and Photography by Patrick Blanc

More vertical gardens at Twisted Sifter

glatt · 11-14-2011, 07:34 AM

Looks a lot better than an ugly concrete wall.

Undertoad · 11-14-2011, 07:41 AM

Ch-ch-ch-chia tunnel

infinite monkey · 11-14-2011, 07:44 AM

Is the grass greener on the other side, though?

Gravdigr · 11-14-2011, 03:11 PM

No way that's America. We don't believe in unnecessary beauty.

glatt · 11-14-2011, 03:24 PM

The most important part, for me, is how they do it:

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The Vertical Garden is composed of three parts: a metal frame, a PVC layer and a layer of felt. The metal frame is hung on a wall or can be self-standing. It provides an air layer acting as a very efficient thermic and phonic isolation system.

A 1 cm-thick PVC sheet is riveted to the metal frame. This layer brings rigidity to the whole structure and makes it waterproof. A felt layer, made of polyamide, is stapled on the PVC. This felt is rotproof and its high capillarity allow an homogeneous water distribution. The roots grow on this felt.

Plants are installed on this felt layer as seeds, cuttings or already grown plants. The density is about thirty plants per square meter.

The watering is provided from the top. Tap water must be supplemented with nutrients. Watering and fertilisation are automated.

The whole weight of the Vertical Garden , including plants and metal frame, is lower than 30 kg per square meter. Thus, the Vertical Garden can be implemented on any wall, without any size or height limitation.

SPUCK · 11-15-2011, 05:18 AM

Beats hell out of the inevitable graffiti.

Griff · 11-15-2011, 05:29 AM

Wonderful and it got Lil'Pete thinking this morning.

ZenGum · 11-15-2011, 06:14 AM

I love it. It might only have a small impact on air quality, but it would also have a big impact on noise, and would help reduce heat in summer.

CaliforniaMama · 11-15-2011, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

No way that's America. We don't believe in unnecessary beauty.

No worries. It is in France.

This is the way we do it in California.

Lamplighter · 11-15-2011, 09:33 AM

This is how it's done in Oregon...naturally
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classicman · 11-15-2011, 12:53 PM

very nice pic, lamp.

Wombat · 11-15-2011, 04:38 PM

Love it.

Spexxvet · 11-16-2011, 10:12 AM

In this political environment, people would ask "How will we pay for the water? How can we afford someone to water it?"

infinite monkey · 11-16-2011, 10:15 AM

I was thinking that too, Spexx. THE COST THE COST...are these shovel-ready jobs? Who's paying for it. Huh? Who?

Sigh...

I'm thinking of the trail trestle turned bike path in my town. This sure would pretty up that area.

11-14-2011, 07:31 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	November 14, 2011 Vertical Gardens Artwork and Photography by Patrick Blanc More vertical gardens at Twisted Sifter

11-14-2011, 03:11 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	No way that's America. We don't believe in unnecessary beauty. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-15-2011, 05:29 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wonderful and it got Lil'Pete thinking this morning. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-15-2011, 06:14 AM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I love it. It might only have a small impact on air quality, but it would also have a big impact on noise, and would help reduce heat in summer. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-15-2011, 09:33 AM	#11
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	This is how it's done in Oregon...naturally / Attached Images

11-14-2011, 07:34 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Looks a lot better than an ugly concrete wall.

11-14-2011, 07:41 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Ch-ch-ch-chia tunnel

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Is the grass greener on the other side, though?

11-15-2011, 05:18 AM	#7
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Beats hell out of the inevitable graffiti.

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classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	very nice pic, lamp. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-15-2011, 04:38 PM	#13
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Love it. __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

11-16-2011, 10:12 AM	#14
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	In this political environment, people would ask "How will we pay for the water? How can we afford someone to water it?" __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-16-2011, 10:15 AM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I was thinking that too, Spexx. THE COST THE COST...are these shovel-ready jobs? Who's paying for it. Huh? Who? Sigh... I'm thinking of the trail trestle turned bike path in my town. This sure would pretty up that area.

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