Some of the things I wonder about green walls is how they will hold up over time, the degree of maintenance they require, and, in the case of really large expanses of vertical gardens, how that maintenance is accomplished. In the case of Tacoma's 800 square foot green wall designed by Patrick Blanc, pruning is done only twice a year from a cherry picker. You can see Loree's April 2013 post about the wall here. The wall was installed in September of 2009. Let's see what it looks like in January of 2015.
It's amazing to think that all of these plants are growing in felt, no soil at all.
In Val Easton's article about the newly-installed garden, she mentioned hellebores of which I noticed none. Perhaps they weren't happy with urban high rise living.
In the Seattle Times photo there was no roof, short wall in front or columns slicing the wall into thirds. I wonder why those were added?
So, urban plants growing in felt with irrigation and liquid fertilizer. Certainly not what one might consider sustainable gardening but surely an interesting installation
Moss has covered a lot of the blank spaces and looks very nice. I wish my garden looked this good right now!
Can't believe it's taken me this long to visit this green wall but I'll surely go back in the summer to see how it changes!
One of the lovely things about this vertical garden is it's visibility from the street and that the building's parking lot is adjacent so it's quite accessible.
Had to chuckle at this message over the doorway next to the vertical garden. Is this a message to the gardener?
