PlantsOnWalls Showroom

PlantsOnWalls just finished their new showroom displays. The planted walls use Florafelt Vertical Garden Planters framed in their Floraframe Living Wall Systems. The large living wall on the right was created with the plants that were moved from the year old living wall that was in the main room. They were arranged differently because they were originally planted using Root Wrappers. The roots only grow out a little bit on the back of the felt diaper. They can be pulled away and placed in new panels to create an entirely new arrangement. As the plants grow in you can learn better ways to arrange the foliage. This makes it easier to explore and learn more about vertical gardening without having a degree in botany.

PlantsOnWalls Vertical Garden Systems. Floraframe Living Wall Kit 128" x 51" at PlantsOnWalls Showroom.

Tropical vertical garden living wall kit at PlantsOnWalls Showroom in San Francisco.

Neon pothos, bird-nest ferns, philodendrons and other tropical grace a PlantsOnWalls Living Wall Kit at their San Francisco Showroom.

PlantsOnWalls Showroom, 1190 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, Tel: (415) 658-5498.

Atrium Garden

David from Burlingame longed for a tropical garden. He lacked the large yard space so he used a vertical garden to create home to over 200 plants to fill his sun-filled atrium with life. PlantsOnWalls used their Floraframe Living Wall Kit system to create 3 custom copper framed living walls to fill the open wall space. The excessive bright light allowed for a wide variety of plants including herbs and strawberries. The entire installation is watered and fed by automatic irrigation and excess moisture neatly drains into a floor drain in the space.

Floraframe Recirc Roller-Base

The Floraframe Recirc now has a freestanding companion. Simply slide in your living wall unit into a wheeled box that includes a storage bin for the wires, timers, food, and pruners. The wheeled unit makes it possible to position your living wall where it will grow it's best. Two Recirc units can be placed back-to-back in the single roller base for a two-sided green divider. Mobile vertical gardening anywhere. See: Floraframe Recirc

Pacific Coast Building Conference

West Coast Green asked PlantsOnWalls to display five fully planted Floraframe Recirc-33's at their lounge and lecture area for the 2011 Pacific Coast Building Conference. The lighted panels demonstrate how green elements can become an essential element in buildings. Significant numbers of plants in a building not only look spectacular but also filter VOCs from the air and they absorb significant amounts of carbon, making them a carbon-negative building material. This and other topics will be covered at their presentation space over the course of the conference. See: West Coast Green Salon

Patio Paradise

A living wall was created for a patio garden in San Francisco. Ranging from shade to full sun, the plant design results in a varied mixture from end to end. From left to right (shade to sun): ferns, coral bells, coleus, day lilies, and daisies. A wide variety of plants including annuals can be used in the pockets because they can be changed out seasonally.

Population Hair Salon

Population Hair Salon spruced up their environment by adding some fresh foliage to their living wall. Salon owner, Brian, is a big-time plant lover whose clients delight in it green growing presence. The jungled salon is located at 537 Divisadero Street in San Francisco, TEL: (415) 440-7677. Swing by for a fresh new look.

Fern Wall for Urban Bistro. Burlingame, California.

Visit Urban Bistro in Burlingame, California to view their luscious living fern wall designed and installed by PlantsOnWalls. It's a delightful experience and their dining patio is fabulous. Urban Bistro, 270 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010, (650) 347-7687

Floraframe Recirc 24

The Floraframe Recirc 24 is an easy plug-and-play way to grow living walls anywhere. This display of philodendrons  photos, manterra, begonia and other tropicals automatically waters itself from it's 5 gallon tank. A pump and timer waters the framed living wall panel once a day for 30 minutes. The water basin can be topped off once a week. A light fertilizer solution keeps the plants fed and healthy.

Floraframe Recirc 24 at PlantsOnWalls Showroom.

Living Facade

A wild collection of sun-loving succulents, sedums, shrubs, perinnials, and California natives are growing like crazy on our Living Facade test garden at our PlantsOnWalls Showroom at 10th and Bryant in San Francisco. PlantsOnWalls.com

PlantsOnWalls Custom Floraframe Living Wall Kit 160" x 51" at PlantsOnWalls Showroom.

Floating Tropcial Garden

A year later, the floating tropical garden at PlantsOnWalls showroom is bursting with life. The tropical vertical garden has been watered and fed using an automatic drain-away system. Bright indirect light is the perfect setting for thriving tropicals. Come visit our showroom at 1190 Bryant Street in San Francisco to learn more about how we create these delightful low-maintenance ecosystems. PlantsOnWalls.com

Floraframe Living Wall Kit 128" x 51" at PlantOnWalls showroom, 1190 Bryant Street, San Francisco.

SFO Terminal 2

Designers at San Francisco Airport's new Terminal 2 used PlantsOnWalls Florfelt living wall panels to create sloping displays in their planter boxes. Full-pocket panels were trimmed to fit the odd shapes and filled with tropical plants. Decorative mosses were hot-glued to the felt to fill around the edges.

Learn more: Florafelt Living Wall Panels

Urban Bistro - Burlingame

Ferns float over delighted mom's and children on another beautiful day in Burlingame California. Urban Bistro's open front patio features a 14 foot wide living wall 10' above the floor. The vividly fresh ferns fill the space with natural delight.

The living fern wall was installed by Chris Bribach from Plants On Walls. 193 fully-grown Ferns were transplanted from 6" pots into felt wraps then fit into the felt pocket panels that cover the wall. Water wicks through the felt from the top to the bottom so each plant gets its moisture and nutrients.

Newly open for business, Urban Bistro is part of a larger chain from San Francisco called Soup Kitchen, a downtown popular lunch venue. Classy Burlingame now has an elegant Urban Bistro with excellent service and an incredibly tasty menu. Have a uniquely green experience with your salad.

Urban Bistro, 270 Lorton Ave Burlingame, CA 94010. Tel (650) 347-7687

Fern Wall Installation Slideshow

Chris Bribach from Plants On Walls installs a custom vertical garden (17' 9" x 8' 0") for the new Urban Bistro's buildout in the high-end shopping district of Burlingame.

Urban Bistro: Fern Planting

PlantsOnWalls began the fern wall planting of 320 ferns onto the Florafelt panels. Nine varieties of ferns were placed in the wall to determine the rough layout. Plants are pre-root-wrapped at the greenhouse before arriving on the installation site so we could focus solely on creating a masterpiece. In a half-day we had the entire wall planted including some re-arranging to get it just right. Come visit the fern wall at Urban Bistro's open air patio located off Burlingame Ave, at 270 Lorton in Burlingame, California map. Grand opening March 25th.

Urban Bistro: Living Wall

San Francisco Soup Kitchen opens a new Urban Bistro in the high-end shopping district of Burlingame just south of San Francisco. Their open air covered patio area is shaded with lots of bright light which is perfect for a living wall of ferns. The nearly completed build-out made us ready to install a living wall kit 17' 9" wide by 8' 0" high. The Florafelt full-pocket panels with black cover felt and painted black galvanized frame nearly cover the entire left wall of the space. Panels are made ready to receive the 320 root-wrapped ferns to be installed the next day.

Large Living Wall Irrigation

Providing water and nutrients for a large living wall requires some basic elements:

- A stable always-on water connection. One that will not ever be turned off by accident. Living walls need constant watering, sometimes daily. A washer connector hose will be connected to a 3/4" hose valve dedicated to the living wall. Consider housing the components in a utility locker.

- Relyable valve and timer. Use professional and simple systems. One valve is usually all that is needed to water the entire wall. Zones can be applied to various exposures over the face of a living wall.

- Water filter to remove chlorene and mineral deposits. Chlorene will kill natural microbiology in the soil necessary to break down complex molecules into food for the plant. Mineral buildup in the felt will affect pH levels and clog watering lines.

- Food Injectors provide a steady flow of nutrients to the plants. Organic based fertilizers are more gentle and encourage microbal growth near the roots that also absorb and break down toxins from the air. A specificly deluted plant food of any type is injected at a perscribed ratio. Accurate injectors operated by water flow are very relyable.

- Pressure Regulators are necessary to keep the water pressure even in the top and bottom rows of soaker hose in the living wall. Without them, more water will flow to the lower levels leaving the top level high and dry.

- Brackets to mount it to the wall.

Easy Container Combos

Great book that describes exactly how to combine vegetables and flowers to make beautiful combinations. She explains everything to make it easy. She describes how to plant in hanging baskets similar to growing in living wall panels. Amazon.com: Easy Container Combos

Population's Living Wall Update

It's been 6 months and Population Hair Salon's tropical living wall installation is looking great.

Wood-Framed Succulent Wall

Scott Saarheim of Vallejo, California posted this photo of his vertical gardening handy-work on our Facebook page. We congratulate him on his beautiful display of succulent varieties framed with a handsome crafted wood frame. The Florafelt panel neatly holds the colorful specimens in place.

Florafelt Full 12-Pocket Living Wall Panel by Scott Saarheim. Vallejo, California. PlantsOnWalls.com

Tomatomania at Cornerstone

Potter Green invited PlantsOnWalls to create living wall displays for the Tomatomania springtime festival event at Cornerstone in Sonoma, California.

Florafelt Full 24-Pocket Living Wall Panel at Potter Green. Cornerstone, Sonoma, California. PlantsOnWalls.com