Some of you may have noticed the green wall in Rodney Walker home and wondered how you could achieve something similar. It may be easier than you think.
I discovered a video on the Design Within Reach website that explains how to create your own living wall with a product called a Wally from a company interestingly named Wooly Pocket. (Unfortunately, after watching the video, I realized that DWR doesn't have the product in stock right now. However, I found that Amazon has it cheaper than DWR or Wooly Pocket, and it's in stock there.)
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| Outdoor vertical garden ecolandscaping.com |
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| Succulent wall art cactusjungle.com |
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| Embassy Suites - Chicago, Illinois gsky.com |
Although the Embassy Suites wall is a large commercial installation, it demonstrates how the well-planned application of plant color and height can be used to create a real work of art.
Another inexpensive option is vertical gardening using air plant (tillandsia) which requires no soil and very little care other than a weekly misting. Several Etsy stores sell pieces to mount on the wall.
Another inexpensive option is vertical gardening using air plant (tillandsia) which requires no soil and very little care other than a weekly misting. Several Etsy stores sell pieces to mount on the wall.
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| Tillandsia wall art etsy.com - plantzilla |
love it! maybe someday when I'm in a bigger home with better lighting I'll give this a try :) succulents are so cool! and for a girl from the midwest feel so exotic!
ReplyDelete@Bandita: I'm thinking about making mine out of air plant...that needs no soil or much more than a weekly misting.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, I would love to try this.
ReplyDeleteFor lots of ideas on how to make a vertical garden and where to buy the frameworks to make it happen check out http:/verticalgardeningsystems.com
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I always enjoy looking at well kept gardens (vertical or otherwise) but I have no patience.
ReplyDelete@gardenpather: Great site! Thanks for sharing the information.
ReplyDelete@Mid Mod Mom: I watched a video about growing lettuce in a vertical garden, and I know I wouldn't have the patience for that at all, because you have to harvest the leaves every day or so and change the plants every month. I much prefer something I can just put together and almost forget about, like ivy or air plant.
ReplyDeleteVisit Longwood Gardens in PA. They have the largest garden wall in North America with only 47,000 plants!
ReplyDeleteThose green walls look nifty! I remember a trading spaces episode with a moss bedroom wall, ages ago. These look much cooler (and more practical).
ReplyDelete@Tanya: I must have missed the moss wall episode. I think I'd like something with a little more texture.
ReplyDelete@John Bachman: I just went to their site, and the wall is amazing! So is their topiary garden.
ReplyDeleteAnother idea to add to my "someday" list! So cool.
ReplyDeleteyeah air plants are awesome! i have some resting in a glittered skull on my bookshelf. haha!
ReplyDelete@Jenny: It's on my to-do list too. I just can't decide what to take off my walls to make room for it.
ReplyDelete@Bandita: A skull planter on a bookshelf is one thing...but my daughter received Ed Hardy baby shower gifts for the first grandson. Putting those on an infant seemed just a bit too creepy to someone old and pathetically uncool like me. haha!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Thought I would share this site, just because the garden wall is so impressive. I walked past this museum in Paris last year while visiting, and thought readers also might be interested to see how incredible a wall garden can be on a large scale.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.frenchgardening.com/visitez.html?pid=1140712820340395
@John Carmichael: Thanks so much for sharing that link with everyone. The garden wall is spectacular!
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