Our friends at Lushe from ‘down under’ recently blogged about a little project we had a woolly hand in:
On 21 May 2010 the Hanging Gardens of Detroit team joined the University Cultural Center Association and Greening of Detroit to create the city’s first vertical garden.
Read all about it and see more amazing photographs on their comprehensive blog dedicated to vertical gardens:
http://www.lushe.com.au/2010/08/17/hanging-gardens-of-detroit/
Last week, Wally put on his “tiki shirt” and went to San Diego for the CalScape Expo. Installed on several moving walls, Wally created instant, lush backdrops blooming with bromeliads, colorful crotons, and other healthy beauties from our friends at Olive Hill Greenhouses!
One Wally wall shared the Woollypockets booth with Lil’ Meadow triplets (in matching tropical regalia) and our new “Woolly Bar” – a place for Pockets to hang out at Garden Centers and Nurseries while they wait for you to take them home!
Wally dressed all in white (and green) to grace the stage and hang with the speakers and the beautiful competition arrangements.
A third tropical wall hung out in the show lobby, waiting for Honorees, Award Winners, and Special Guests to take pictures with him! Here’s a few of our faves…
Floral Design Superstar, René van Rems, and his inspiring new book René’s Bouquets
Wally was especially thrilled to stand behind his hero, Bill Wolverton, the scientist who’s pioneering work for NASA started the indoor plant revolution. Loved his speech, especially this part; “Modern high efficiency buildings need plants & soil microbes for indoor air quality!” A lifetime of achievements, indeed! And we are all anxiously awaiting his new book Plants: Why We Can’t Live Without Them, available in October.
Congrats also to Dick Ott, 2010 PIA Professional Hall of Fame Inductee! He won over the crowded room of professional plantscapers, when he said “We’re very fortunate to be in our industry, making others smile!” Couldn’t agree more!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi! And look for Wallys full of beautiful and well cared-for plants in lobbys, restaurants and stores near you!
Stephanie, our Resident Expert On All Things Woolly, sends us this dispatch from Washington DC where she is attending the ASLA 2010 Annual Meeting & EXPO!
We are super thrilled to be included in Garden Design Magazine’s “Ultimate Outdoor Home” at this year’s ASLA EXPO. Landscape Architects, if you haven’t seen Woolly Pockets in action yet, this is your chance! Just look up and keep an eye out for the giant living chandelier (off to the right when you walk in). We’ve also crafted a double-sided living wall in the “Lounge” area, adding a bit of privacy under the shady pergola.
AND our Pockets (along with the rest of the UOH) are brimming with beautiful Monrovia plants. Be sure and check out the first crop of their fab new blueberry in the garden!
In case you’re curious, here are the plant lists for the walls. On the Lounge side, we wanted to create a soothing, shade tolerant meadow of grasses and grass-like perennials. On the Hedge side, a sunnier habitat garden – an excellent backdrop for your vegetable plot perhaps! Almost everything is appropriate for Washington DC’s Zone 7, a good thing as we’re sending these walls to nearby schools and parks after the show (recycling is kinda our thing)!
| LOUNGE
SILVER DRAGON LILYTURF/ Liriope spicata ‘Silver Dragon’ (zone 6-11) |
HABITAT GARDEN
CREEPING LILYTURF/ Liriope spicata (z. 5-11) |
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