Living wall ideas – creative ways to plant a vertical garden
Looking for living wall ideas? Living, or green, walls, once the domain of temporary, designer installations and then pioneering commercial sites where tapestries of plants could be seen adorning the sides of prestigious hotels, shops and office buildings, have become the must-have decorative design solution for residential gardens. Colourful, verdant and providing aesthetic and ecological benefits, they make use of vertical surfaces for planting – particularly useful where space may be limited but worthy as an impactful design feature in their own right. In urban areas, green walls can help keep buildings cool, improve air quality and reduce noise pollution, as well as provide a habitat for wildlife. They also help keep rain water away from exterior walls and provide insulation. Public examples include the regeneration of Canal Walk in Swindon, where a vast green wall is suspended above the pedestrian walk, and the branch of Anthropologie on London’s Regent Street, where an impressive...