http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/03/26/rana-creek-living-wall-panels/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:04:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/03/26/rana-creek-living-wall-panels/comment-page-1/#comment-3797 Inhabitat » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Paul Kephart of Rana Creek Part II Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:35:53 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=697#comment-3797 [...] SR And yet the reason I was drawn over to the Rana Creek booth in the first place was those beautiful bent metal, vertical succulent gardens, which would make such incredible ornamental additions to a landscape. But those are a rain catchment system, right? [...] [...] SR And yet the reason I was drawn over to the Rana Creek booth in the first place was those beautiful bent metal, vertical succulent gardens, which would make such incredible ornamental additions to a landscape. But those are a rain catchment system, right? [...]

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/03/26/rana-creek-living-wall-panels/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 sustainabledesignupdate.com » Blog Archive » Water Efficiency Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:39:34 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=697#comment-3073 [...] If you’re a regular reader, you know we take every opportunity to promote green roofs — which are a great way to utilize rain water and divert it from running off-site. Other rain catchment systems can be devised in the form of botanical facades, and modular permeable pavement. Whatever you can do to make use of rain and wastewater means you spare your city sewers from an overflow of contaminated water, and you end up with a more fertile, verdant garden. [...] [...] If you’re a regular reader, you know we take every opportunity to promote green roofs — which are a great way to utilize rain water and divert it from running off-site. Other rain catchment systems can be devised in the form of botanical facades, and modular permeable pavement. Whatever you can do to make use of rain and wastewater means you spare your city sewers from an overflow of contaminated water, and you end up with a more fertile, verdant garden. [...]

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/03/26/rana-creek-living-wall-panels/comment-page-1/#comment-3052 Inhabitat » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Paul Kephart of Rana Creek Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:45:18 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=697#comment-3052 [...] I discovered Rana Creek in March, when I attended CA Boom, the West Coast annual design show. Across a huge exhibition floor, I was drawn to Rana Creek’s living wall display, which they’d custom designed for the occasion as an example of a climate-appropriate botanical rain catchment system. Of course, the technical functions of the wall weren’t the main attractor; rather, it was the incredible artistry of the sculptural bent metal, though which succulents were penetrating by what seems like the sheer force of a plant’s irrepressible will to thrive. [...] [...] I discovered Rana Creek in March, when I attended CA Boom, the West Coast annual design show. Across a huge exhibition floor, I was drawn to Rana Creek’s living wall display, which they’d custom designed for the occasion as an example of a climate-appropriate botanical rain catchment system. Of course, the technical functions of the wall weren’t the main attractor; rather, it was the incredible artistry of the sculptural bent metal, though which succulents were penetrating by what seems like the sheer force of a plant’s irrepressible will to thrive. [...]

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