Comments on: GREEN YOUR WALLS with Schiavello Vertical Gardens

By: Red Icculus

Red Icculus — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:47:06 +0000

This is a great idea, but how are these watered? This could be automated by hydroponics:
http://red-icculus.com

By: sethcollins

sethcollins — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:30:05 +0000

if it had a string than was threaded through each pot drain hole from the top doen the water would follow down the string and not splash.
sldo they look like pothos which can grow in just water, even in low light. i think that after a few months the pots whould be obscured by the foilage.

By: Paul Balez

Paul Balez — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:41:21 +0000

I think this is really nice.
A good tool for growing many plants in a no-garden flat
But too much symetrical…
Why not using various plants species ?
And please : more space for leafs !!!! Pots are nice but plants need as mush aerial volume as earth.

By: Alphi

Alphi — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:27:05 +0000

Looks to me like the plants are watered by gravity.. with each pot being watered by the drainage of the pot above it. So you really only need to water the top row..

By: Erik van Lennep

Erik van Lennep — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:10:44 +0000

well…I hate it. Almost everything about it. Don’t often feel that way, less often say it, but this is the epitome of disconnected thinking trying to “go green”; it is the same old thinking of plants-as-wallpaper, which dooms countless living creatures (yes, plants are that) to a quick death, countless would-be gardeners to immediate discouragement, and keeps the bins filled, the houseplant industry ticking over, and the designers smug. Start over, ask yourself what you really want to accomplish, and look into the principles of horticulture if this is going to involve living plants. Next!!!

By: david

david — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:11:25 +0000

can’t really see them very well but they look like silver vine plants. in which case florescent lighting would be able to sustain it (it wont grow very fast, but it’ll survive) re-potting would not be much of a problem, and after they have had some time to grow it would look like just a solid green wall, as plants make long vines, and just use the roots to pull in water and anchor it. you would need to re-pot every 2 years tho just because the soil integrity would get bad, but i can only imagine that this would improve the environment of the place as they are very good at removing toxins from the air and whatnot, however the main problem would be cleaning all the dust off the leaves. well, and as previously mentioned, they would be hard to water. I don’t see any problems with the plants surviving though, as they are a vine that grows in the undergrowth of the rain forests naturally, so they are quite at home in a low light low nutrient environment.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:04:11 +0000

Some plants don’t need a lot of light to grow. I’m sure the base will catch water. Just water the top plant and it will drain down to the plant below.

As an avid houseplant gardener this would work rather well providing that the water can drip down thoroughly

I’d like to see a pic where the growth is more abundant and actually covers the frame.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:43:15 +0000

it looks more like a “terra cotta pot” wall than a “green wall” — look at the images that show it from a distance…the green blurs out and all you see is clay pots…

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:03:48 +0000

Greenfortune did it better last year anyway:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/10/16/streamgardens-plantwall/

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:14:43 +0000

Looks like a plant version of “battery housing” for chickens. I’m a botanist who worked at a florist for years and still can’t believe how many designers view living things as furniture..

By: Clara

Clara — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:26:12 +0000

We are all very practical people. :-)

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:13:03 +0000

Never mind the actual task of watering…there is no catch basin for each pot, which means the runoff from the pot above is going to hit leaves, deflect and splash on that nice, hardwood floor… If the pots don’t have a drain hole, you have dead plants quickly from everyday minerals and salts in the water that build up as the water evaporates.

By: meme

meme — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:10:03 +0000

Dont plants GROW dont you have to repot them when they do? unless ofcourse they’re plastic, which would look great in any poncy apartment!

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:32:15 +0000

I think it would be better for outdoor use.

Great for courtyards!

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:02:18 +0000

I’ve got to chime in on the watering thing too. It’s a cool look, and if there is enough light then it would be a neat thing to have around. That said, if there isn’t some sort of watering system, it will be rather high maintenance.