Living Wall In 2 Weeks

The living wall at 10th and Bryant is already growing in after 2 weeks and gets a sign. Swing by and have a look.. 1190 Bryant Street in San Francisco.

Plant Food Injector

Living walls need to be fed because they have very little soil. Eventually the roots will reach into the felt for moisture and this is where we can offer them nuturents too.

We've devised a simple plant food injector that adds a bit of dissolved nutrient into the watering system with each ebb and flow of the automatic watering system. We've done this by clipping the hose from a standard pressure sprayer and added a simple 1/4" barbed splice connector. This is then connected to the water source hose. When the water system comes on its pressure adds water into the canister where it combines with the plant food concentrate. When the system turns off the pressure in the tank forces water into the hose where it waits for the next irrigation cycle. In time the water will become clear and you will know to add more plant food to the container. Be sure to use water solluable fertilizers so you don't clog your emitters.

Here's the pressure tank we like to use: Roundup 1gal Garden Sprayer (Amazon) ($20)

This is one we installed for Population Hair Salon in San Francisco. Stop by and have a look. They love to show off their lovely living wall. See: Population Hair Salon Living Wall Installation

Environmental Charter High School

La Loma Development installed a 21' x 4' living wall kit for Environmental Charter Highschool in Los Angeles. The school hosts numerous eco projects mingled amongst their classroom and learning areas. The students are to begin planting the vertical garden panels in the coming weeks. http://www.echsonline.org/

Raphael Restaurant

Raphael Restaurant on Ventura Blvd in Studio City, Los Angeles doubled the size of it's street front living walls during their current expansion. There are now over 60 feet of living walls that face the street. The partitions are double sided to create a living wall experience for their outdoor eating areas. The felt panels absorb sounds from the busy street nearby. Raphael Restaurant, 11616 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA (818) 505-3337

James Snidle Gallery

A custom Living Wall was installed on the facade of James Snidle Gallery. The custom living wall measures 15'-6" x 3'-9" and uses the Full-pockets panels. A wide variety of drought-tolerant full-sun type plants were placed into the 126 pockets. Plant choices include succulents, grasses, woody shrubs, herbs, and california native plants. Come and visit the living wall to see how it grows in. James Snidle Gallery, 1190 Bryant (at 10th Street in SOMA district), San Francisco, CA 94103.

Shippan Show House

A Plants On Walls living wall was installed at the Shippan Show House in Stamford, Connecticut. Victoria Lyon, an Old Greenwich designer, and Robin Horton, an Old Greenwich resident who runs a creative consultation and design firm and writes the blog “Urban Gardens,” teamed up to design the greenhouse and two garden rooms off of the garage. One of the features includes a vertical growing wall by Plants On Walls.

West Coast Green Convergence

Plants On Walls shows a 20' x 7' tall tropical vertical garden display for the 2010 West Coast Green Convergence in the main lecture hall. Also revealed, the Plant Habit, a compact self-watering garden. The display will remain for the duration of the event from Sept 30 to Oct 2 in the Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason, San Francisco's waterfront convention center. http://westcoastgreen.com/

3x3 Mini-Pocket Living Wall Kit

After 3 Months the succulents have bloomed and are beginning to complete fill the living wall.

Original Installation on June 18th:
Large Succulent Wall - Planted
Large Succulent Wall Installation

Sustainable Industries Forum

The living 4 wall panels that were growing at Snidle Gallery in San Francisco were transported to the Saint Regis Hotel 5 blocks away to be displayed for the Sustainable Industries Forum. The mature living wall has been growing for 9 months. The 30 pound panels were supported by pipe frames to create a living backdrop for Buro Happold Consulting Engineers. After the one day exhibition the panels were returned to the sunny windows of the gallery.

Population Hair Salon

Population Hair Salon in San Francisco has a 3x2 Full-Pocket Living Wall that measures 8 feet wide by 8 feet high behind their hair washing stations. It is filled with lush tropicals and is automatically watered by a hose timer located outside. The felt panels wick water to the plants and excess water drains into the bottom metal tray. A small copper pipe channels water outside to a floor drain. The living work of art is a focal point for the business and conversation topic for customers. Visit Population Hair Salon which is located at 537 Divisadero Street in San Francisco NOPA district. (415) 440-7677 www.populationsalon.com

LED Lighting

We used a FEIT Performance LED 16w flood bulb (Replaces 75w) to provide lighting for this interior Floraframe Full-24 Pocket Panel filled with Tropical Varieties. We are testing to see if the light provided by the bulb will be sufficient to allow them to continue to thrive. This wall has been growing under a 50W hallogen bulb for 9 months up to this time.

Gilman Succlent/Sedum Living Wall Panel

Laura Gilman sent in this photo of their Mini-pocket panel with galvanized frame. After 4 months the succulents and sedums have gone wild. See original planting: http://plantsonwalls.blogspot.com/2010/07/gilman-succulent-garden-1-month-later.html

Blue Field

This photo was sent in by Lee Tearney of Alameda California. He has created a minimalist vertical garden masterpiece using Plants On Walls Full-pocket Panels. This is a stunning use of Lobelia erinus ‘Laguna Tm Sky Blue’ to create a beautiful display of color.

Population Hair Salon

Population Hair Salon on Divisadero Street in San Francisco (NOPA area) asked Plants On Walls to create a lush green jungle experience for their hair washing area. As the clients lean their heads back they will be enveloped in the tropics. Owner, Brian approves of the installation that was completed in one day prior to their soft opening. The entire system is on self-watering drip and drains to a floor drain on the back patio. Visit Population Hair Salon at 537 Divisadero St (between Fell St & Hayes St) San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 440-7677 www.populationsalon.com

Floraframe in Los Angeles

Lianne Gold of Neptuna Gallery hosted the display of our newest Floraframe 36-Pocket at her store front on Abbot Kenny Blvd, in Venice Beach (Los Angeles) California. The streets were flooded with visitors for the First Friday where shops are open late and the latest trend of gourmet food trucks line the sidewalks. The living wall display of colorful tropicals made it's short appearance at Neptuna before being transported to LA Tropicals greenhouse showroom where it will be on view for designers and interior-scapers in the Los Angeles Area. LA Tropicals, 9919 Springland Drive, Whittier, CA 90601. Tel: (562) 695-6698

Modern Eden: The Garden Show

The living wall will be on display at Modern Eden Gallery at 403 Francisco Street, San Francisco in North Beach until August 14.

The Garden Show at Modern Eden

A Floraframe was installed at Modern Eden Gallery for the upcoming show entitled The Garden Show. This vertical garden features a mini aquarium housing a small beta named Dew Drop. Come visit the installation and art opening on Saturday, July 17th from 6-9pm. Modern Eden, 403 Francisco St.,San Francisco, CA 94133, (415) 420-2898, www.moderneden.com

4-Pocket Herb Panel

It's wonderful to have the convenience of fresh herbs on my patio, especially by the grill. They like to be watered every 3 days or so and I use a little MaxSea fertilizer in the watering can. MaxSea is a natural seaweed based fertilizer that is gentle, easy to use, and very inexpensive, and you only need just a little. The herbs are in root wrappers so I can change them out when I need to. You get used to the watering so it doesn't drip off the bottom too much. Mostly the felt absorbs the water they need and herbs tend to like dryer soil. Growing here from top to bottom: Rosemarry, Sage, Oregeno, and Thyme.

Full 4-Pocket Panel with Cedar Frame

It's wonderful to have the flowers on my deck. I get direct sun on them so they are doing great. I water them about every 2 days and use a little MaxSea fertilizer in the water. It will drip on the deck if I water too much, but after a while you get used to just adding a little water and it will rarely drip. Because it is outside I don't worry too much. I used root wrappers to plant the pockets so I can easily change out the arrangement as I like and the cedar frame makes a nice finish. It's nice to have flowers without all the messy dirt and pots on my patio.

Floraframe: After 5 months

This Full-24 Pocket Floraframe has been thriving and evolving over the last 5 months. It's only light source is a 50-watt halogen flood bulb about 3 feet from the panel that is on a timer on daily for 8 hours. It's water is sourced and drained into a toilet's fresh water holding tank (in the room just behind the panel). A small fountain pump connected to a plug in timer waters the panel twice a week for 15 minutes. All of the plants are using root wrappers and the plants are fed with MaxSea fertilizer once a month, manually added by watering can. You can definitely notice when food is added how the plants burst out with new growth. It has been a delight to watch the panel grow and add and occasionally change plants around.