The living wall facade on the Eco Brooklyn Show House is the first living wall facade on a townhouse in the US. We think a living wall is a great alternative to brick, vinyl, wood, or stucco facades. If you want to check it out it’s at 22 2nd St. Brooklyn NY11231. Here is a …
As a New York living wall installer we are basically greening the concrete jungle. In a place where there is nowhere to build but up, our living walls are perfect for the NY environment. Putting plants on a wall requires a lot of technical skill. We are also very idealistic about how what we do …
Here is a series of connections that research has found that justifies the claim that living walls increase your sex life: Watching or being in nature increases ones self body image. Living walls are nature. A better self body image means you feel sexier. The sexier you feel the more likely you’ll have sex. These …
As a living wall installer we install two types of decorative living walls: indoor walls and outdoor walls. Indoor walls have tropical plants. Outdoor walls have plants that look good in the harsh NY winter. A third kind of wall we install, both indoor and outdoor, is an edible wall. Edible walls can have …
A lot of living wall installers in their zeal to sell living walls will tell you there is no maintenance once the living wall is installed. I’m guilty of this myself. And it has been true on some walls. But for the most part living walls need maintenance, and sometimes they need a lot of …
Living Walls provide several LEED points. They are: Sustainable Sites Credit 7.1: Landscape Design that Reduces Urban Heat Islands, Non-Roof (1 pt). Exterior green walls reduce the solar reflectance of a structure, thus reducing the urban heat island effect. Water Efficiency Credits 1.1, 1.2: Water Efficient Landscaping (1 to 2 pts). Buildings can incorporate a stormwater collection …
Unfortunately a lot of people have a fear of nature, and as a living wall installer we sometimes get asked by hesitant clients if living walls attract bugs. The short answer is no. Living walls do not attract bugs. However, a living wall is, well, alive and it does come with its own life forms. …
Living Walls bring us closer to our natural roots. The advent of urbanization and the built environment is a new phenomenon dating back only a few millennia, and our genes are still catching up. While our biology scrambles to adapt itself to this new (and polluted) artificial environment, urban centers have had an enormous and …
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As a local New York living wall installer we have known for years that New Yorkers are starved for nature and when they get it they are calmer, happier, more focused people. This is why we think every New York office should have a living wall. Every school should have a living wall. Every hospital …
As a Manhattan living wall installer we see a lot of apartments and they all share the same thing in common: they all have central heating and AC. This is nice because it keeps the apartments warm in the cold winters and cool in the hot muggy summers. However, that comes with a cost: low …
