As New York living wall installers we sometimes get asked to install moss walls. A moss wall, as it sounds, is moss on the wall. They can be very beautiful. But we didn’t use to install moss walls. We felt there were several ecological and aesthetic problems with moss walls. We had two main issues …
Green wall installations are becoming more common in New York. More people are realizing the potential of these living systems. In most cases, the systems aim to improve the quality of the built environment to provide social, aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits. Green wall systems differ in their design and construction from DIY projects to …
As more people move to urban areas and the effects of climate change increase steadily, it is not surprising that global warming is expected to worsen in the future. Translation: Urban Heat Island Effect is just going to get worse. As living wall installers in New York, our main interest is in how living living …
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Green roofs and living walls were developed by modern architecture to find sustainable solutions for modern construction. We know green roofs and living walls have many economic, ecological and social benefits. So we thought we’d compare the two using data from green roof studies. As New York living wall installers, our primary interest is in …
Here is a great article by W42nd Magazine. Check out the magazine. It’s $4 for full access but well worth it.Picture, if you can, a New York in which towering glass and steel could be replaced by living walls teeming with plant life. The results were not only look better, it would counteract the choking …
Living walls оr green walls аrе bеаutіful structures thаt аllоw рlаntѕ to bе grоwn vеrtісаllу bоth іnѕіdе and out. Whіlе thеrе аrе mаnу dіffеrеnt ѕуѕtеmѕ and рrоduсtѕ out in thе mаrkеt today, оnlу a handful аrе trulу designed fоr lоng-tеrm plant grоwth and health. As living wall installers we are constantly researching the best way …
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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 …
