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| Posted: 10 Jan 2011 20:31 | |
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| Who out there is doing it? Is it something you want to get into? Is it worth Getting in to? | |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2011 00:45 Last Edited By: Clem | |
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Not yet for us. The systems are all very new and in the "guinea pig" stages, IMHO. Barb Helfman and Joe Byles are looking to bring their system for green walls to market based on the success of the Freedom Gardens/Joey Pouch technology currently being used for green roofs and container plants. Stay tuned, but do some research online into the various "flavors" of green wall and green roof systems.
We have trialed the Freedom Squares, and they work great with a wide range of herbaceous and woody plants. Their main advantage is light weight and portability. A 2" thick layer of the Joey Pouch foam growing substrate glued to a waterproof poly tray with an irrigation fitting for hooking up to water lines makes it a nice package for the green roof newbie. Clem |
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| Posted: 12 Jan 2011 15:53 | |
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| McRae Anderson from McCaren Designs has a lot of experience with green walls. | |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 16:59 | |
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McRae has a new free standing wall that looks great.
Check them out. Barb B |
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 23:33 | |
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| I am already hearing from designers that living walls are 'so yesterday.' I suspect this is a trend that will have a short shelf life. Time will tell. | |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2011 04:55 | |
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| don't know what 'designers' you have been talking to will, but here in CA living walls are just taking off and are all the rage. we just sold our third one yesterday. | |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2011 15:45 | |
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| interesting debat, thanks guys! | |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2011 17:11 | |
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There are certainly lots of potential applications for interior living walls. That being said, the systems currently available have their pluses and minuses, and it's difficult for most of us who have not yet worked with these products to commit to any of them without some up-close-and-personal contact with the systems before ordering. Otherwise, our high anxiety level about new technology that involves automated watering in accounts while we're not there to monitor the process will surely discourage us from trying!
Let me give you an example. We just purchased a seeding machine for our production greenhouses. The company shipped us the machine on approval, and the owner traveled here to give us a full-bore demo and training session before we committed to the purchase. Otherwise, that thing might become the world's largest and most expensive doorstop in a few weeks! That's the kind of up-front support, pre-purchase, that we desire. Any thoughts from the vendors of living wall systems on that? Clem |
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