Apartment Therapy looks at 4 options for creating Vertical Gardens
If you want to go a more dramatic route, you can look into Woolly Pockets which have larger pockets for planting bigger plants like ferns and begonias (Image #3). They’re made of fabric that breathes so you won’t get mold or mildew building up in the pockets or on your walls. Plus you can hang them as a partition in a large space like a loft!
Be sure to catch tomorrow’s episode of The Martha Stewart Show where she’ll discover how easy it is to create a vertical garden using Woolly Pockets! We’re thrilled to be sharing our innovative products with Martha and her audience! Go to www.marthastewart.com for showtimes in your area!
Grizzly Bear Modern shows just how easy it is to add beautiful plants to any space with Woolly Wallys, even Bear Caves!
The pocket is stupid easy to install. If you know how to put in a screw, you can put up one of these babies. The bathroom was the natural choice for us because, 1) we spend a lot of our time in there and 2) it has a great southern facing window. The window is frosted, so succulents (mi amor!) would not have been too happy. No matter, these lush jungle plants are perfect and I’m sure they appreciate the Mrs.’s steamy morning showers.
Their installation looks great! Good Job Guys! www.grizzlybearmodern.com
Be sure to pickup the March issue of Sunset Magazine on newsstands now. There’s a great article all about gardening in nontraditional spaces that includes the Wally Living Wall System! Thanks to Digs Inside and Out for the heads up!
Woolly Pockets is proud to sponsor Vertical Gardens, an exhibition opening today at the San Franciso chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
The past decade has seen an overwhelming emergence of green roofs and vertical gardens, designed to combat the lack of flora in the city. Buildings around the world—from the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco—have embraced green walls or roofs for their economical, environmental, and aesthetic values. Vertical farms and gardens are also being envisioned as new ways to feed local and organic foods to city dwellers. Largely based on the principles of hydro-ponics, vertical gardens are mostly self-sustaining because they capture large amounts of natural sunlight and water, and use wind as an energy source. In a country where cities are suffocated by high rises, cement and industrial materials, where can green space exist? As this exhibition demonstrates, one possible answer is “up.”
Vertical Gardens features over two dozen projects, both imaginary and real by an international array of artists and architectural practitioners, including local studios Rael San Fratello Architects, Min Day, Boor Bridges Architecture, GLS Landscape | Architecture, environmental designer Lisa Lee Benjamin, and local nursery Flora Grubb Gardens.
February 18 - April 30, 2010
Opening Reception February 25, 6:00-7:15 pm | Lecture 7:15-8:00 pm
AIA San Francisco | Center for Architecture + Design Gallery
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600, San Francisco
Nando's use of luxurious ferns creates a jungle-like living wall inside his home.
Click on the image to see the entire Fresh Dirt blog post in Sunset Magazine.
Approximately 25 x Wally Ones lined black ring the perimeter of the store window and entry door. The pockets are filled with cactus, succulents, and ferns amongst other plants.
Photo shown just two days after planting - instant living store!
This installation consists of 7 rows by 8 columns of Wallys (14 x Wally Threes lined brown + 14 Wally Ones lined brown) filled with sub-tropicals including ferns, mosses, and philodendrons
Click on image to see Woolly Pocket Garden Company segment