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In Seattle, Hunters Gather Under Pothos

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

We just got a scoop on a wild living wall up in Seattle! The Hunter Gatherer is a newly renovated bar featuring a 21 foot living wall with a twist: taxidermy animal heads peeking out from behind a green cascade of Pothos plants! The wall was designed and planted by Matt and Amoreena Herbage of Midnight Blossom, an amazing floral design studio in Seattle. They are a super creative husband and wife team with a strong sense of design and intention behind their work:

Our goal is to create the most unique and imaginative floral art, combining gorgeous, eye-catching and interesting flowers with the natural botanical elements native to our beautiful Pacific Northwest, such as hand collected stones, driftwood, and sand.

And, they also carry Woolly Pocket Living Walls!

Image via midnightblossom.com

Image via hglodge.com

If you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to stop by The Hunter Gatherer a sip a cocktail under the impala adorned living wall after checking out Midnight Blossom’s amazing looking shop!

Image via myballard.com

Midnight Blossom
1101 Northwest Ballard Way
Seattle, WA 98103
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Hunter Gatherer Lodge
722 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
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Vertically Farming with Homegirls and Homeboys

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Below the sweeping arch of an elevated train line, a bright, sun drenched wall in downtown Los Angeles isn’t the first place you would imagine finding lively tomatillos, peppers, strawberries and delicious sage thriving and growing. That just makes it all the more Woolly that we recently planted a vertical farm here with some amazing green thumbs!

Meg Glasser of Urban Farming & Meredith Hackleman of Metabolic Studio teamed up with us to give the Homegirl Cafe a new source of fresh veggies, fruits and herbs! Agromin threw in the soil and Rainbird supplied the drip irrigation system! Now that’s teamwork!

Father Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, kicked off the festivities with some inspirational words of wisdom.

The Woolly Pocket Vertical Farm is the fourth Urban Farming Food Chain location in Los Angeles. Urban Farming’s mission is to end hunger by planting gardens on unused land and spaces while greening the environment, educating people and uplifting communities. It seems we’re accomplishing these goals and more with this newest installation!

The Homegirl Cafe will harvest and use the edible goodies from this vertical farm in their cafe, serving hungry Angelenos while giving at-risk and former gang youths an opportunity to become positive and contributing members of society. I love how this solar powered cycle of life works so beautifully! Grow On Lovely Woollies!

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Dwell on Design 2010

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

We were super excited to share our Woolly love for plants and gardening with the thousands of inquisitive visitors we met at Dwell on Design this past weekend! Inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, we planted a living wall chock full of native grasses and yuccas, a perfect pairing for the start of summer!

Our booth was conveniently located next to the Wine Australia tasting garden! In the shade of an ancient olive tree, people perused pockets with their toes luxuriating on the realistic artificial grass! For so many people, it was their first time seeing pockets in person, and the first thing (just about) everyone did was reach out and feel the 100% recycled plastic felted wool.

It was a sheer joy to see their eyes light up as the proverbial lightbulb turn on in their heads and they realized a couple pockets can turn that ugly cinderblock wall into a green oasis! We spoke to so many amazing people with great ideas for pockets, from backyard restorations to Juvenile Halls to Recovery Centers for Injured Military Veterans.

The rest of the show was totally inspiring as well! Our Woolly friends at Potted in Atwater hung their new circular hanging pots all around the show!

A Chandelier Of Epiphytes!

An Ellipitcal Rocking Bed!

A bizarre rotating mirror machine!

The Heath Ceramics Truck brought a new line of tiles!

It wouldn’t be a Dwell event without Prefab Homes!

or Sheds

or Tents

or this Geometric Plywood Yurt by Gregg Fleishman!

After 3 days on my feet, I couldn’t keep my eyes off this piece of machinery, possibly the greatest hammock ever invented!

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NYC gets a Surprise! The Woolly Bunch Plants Pop-Up Gardens!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Woolly Pocket wants to give the city of New York a beautiful gift this summer – the gift of green. Woolly Pocket Volunteers (plant-loving New Yorkers knows as “The Woolly Bunch”) were out in selected areas of New York today creating surprise Pop-Up Gardens around town! The Woolly Bunch of gardeners is committed to showing everyone that they can bring life anywhere (a fence, a brick wall) and want to encourage others to do the same. The Woolly Bunch’s first gift to the Big Apple was planted today on Bleecker Street, amidst children playing and people enjoying a beautiful day!

Keep your eyes peeled, the Woolly Bunch will be planting more Pop-Up Vertical Gardens in unexpected places around the city tomorrow as well. Think chain link fences and scaffolding now covered in stunning succulents and gorgeous greens – all a gift from Woolly Pocket to make the city a bit healthier and all the more beautiful!

Anyone who wishes to join The Woolly Bunch and be a volunteer gardener can email iloveplants (at) woollypocket.com. For every four volunteers that sign up, another installation will be planted!

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Peacock Pockets Debut at the Picnic

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Earlier this week, Woolly Pocket had the honor of installing a living wall and living chandelier for New York Restoration Project‘s Spring Picnic! The fundraiser was in support of Bette Midler’s nonprofit dedicated to restoring and expanding green spaces in New York! It was the perfect opportunity to debut our newest color pocket, Peacock Blue!

A Living Chandelier floats above the stage!

The Living Wall looked amazing with flashes of blue peeking between the plants!

Even the podium was brought to life with Pockets!

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Gardening Sustainably at the Los Angeles Garden Show

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Photo Credit: Carlsbad Current Argus

Last weekend, gardeners from around Southern California and beyond gathered at the Los Angeles Arboretum for Living Green: Essentials for the Home Gardener, the latest edition of the L.A. Garden Show. Visitors were able to view a selection of beautiful gardens that incorporate sustainability and best practices for edible gardening.

Woolly Pocket was right at home as an ideal vertical garden system for a ”Habitat Wall” designed by Stephanie Barton & Mayita Dinos. Their design caught the eye of celebrated garden writer, Debra Prinzing, who recently wrote in her review of the show:

using the Woolly Pockets planting system, the installation overflowed with plants providing nectar, larval food, forage and nesting spots for local butterflies, bees and birds…

Photo Credit: Debra Prinzing

A successful garden will inevitably have multiple benefits. One we find particularly Woolly is providing nature’s critters with nourishment and sanctuary. In urban gardens, this is especially important. Another benefit of a vertical garden is the cooling effect that plants provide as they absorb the sun’s energy, instead of heating your home. In the winter, the living wall insulates the home, retaining heat where you need it, indoors.

We’ll be sharing more benefits of vertical gardens in future blog posts. For now, visit our website to learn more about the Wally Vertical Gardening System. Happy gardening!

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Getting Woolly with Barbara Bestor

Friday, May 7th, 2010

One of our favorite architects in L.A., Barbara Bestor, recently had us over to her home. When we were there, we obviously had to take photos!

If inspiration is what you seek, behold the photos below, including some amazing interior and exterior vertical gardens using the Wally Vertical Garden System, as well as some happy Islands stylishly adding greenery indoors!

Photo Credit: Suthi Picotte

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Earth Day 2010: Woolly Wall Grows In Union Square!

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Last week Woolly Pocket teamed up with New York Restoration Project to grow a Woolly Wall in Union Square to celebrate Earth Day!

With help from a team of expert pocketers, especially Billie Cohen who designed and planted this living gateway!

All Photos by Shannon Sturgis

The Living Wall remained on display for the NYC Grows event held last Sunday. Several New Yorkers signed up to become an NYRP member during the NYC Grows festival and received one of the 300 Wallys from the wall. In addition, Woolly Pocket and NYRP donated more than 100 Wallys to local schools!

Many bloggers couldn’t resist sharing the Living Wall with their readers! A Big Woolly Thank You to:

Gothamist

Design Milk

Interior Design

Local Everywhere

QueenieNYC

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New York gets a Woolly Living Wall for Earth Day!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

photo: David Shankbone

photo: Kate Romero

Celebrate Earth Day with Woolly Pocket at Union Square in New York! We’re planting a spectacular living wall (our largest ever!) made with 300 Wallys filled with edible plants and lush native species. The ninety six foot long Woolly wall will be on view until Sunday April 25th, when New York Restoration Project will host the NYC Grows Festival to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day!

Click here to RSVP on Facebook!

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A Living Backdrop

Monday, April 19th, 2010

One of the best things about Woolly Pockets are their versatility. It’s great to see people finding new and exciting uses to fit their needs and goals. Here’s a case in point:

In Historic Williamsburg, Virginia, a newly planted Vertical Garden now lives in an 85 year old boutique department store, Binns of Williamsburg! Tom writes to us:

“We have started to photograph customers in front of the wall in the gowns they are considering and buying. It makes a great backdrop.”

What a Woolly idea! Thanks Tom! If you find yourself in Williamsburg this spring, be sure to visit Binns and the outdoor farmers market taking place in front of their store!

http://binnsfashionshop.com/

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