Hello,
A part of our combined projects is a Green Wall.
So far, I've considered 2 types of Living/Green Wall Planters, and they are listed belowl. i've sent the information to our Coordinator, Allison Winas-Carpenter, so hopefully she'll decide which one to buy and which plants to get for our experiement. Our goal is to inform and demonstrate to people how easy and beneficial keeping a green wall is, so this is our first setup and update. I\
This is a green wall, when everything is growing in it. I want to do this green wall as a sort of experiement, where if the second green wall (Link beneath) doesn't look too inspring, then maybe this one will. It's an in home green wall and it can be set up everywhere. green walls are based on the idea that instead of expanding horizontally, you can grow plants just as well, except vertically.
Having a green wall promotes a whole list of benefits, such as aesthetics, attracts pollinator insects, indoor air quality, property value (if large enough and maintained), saves energy by keeping heat, dampens noise pollution, plants have been known to reduce stress, it can receive LEED credits, if it's a whole wall, and it's sustainable.
More info in this link
This greenwall is more urban, instead of having specified holes and boxes for plants to be planted in, it actually has pockets, so yo can place in already potted plants or actually put soil in the pockets and plant seeds in it. It's made of 100% recycled plastic bottles and doesn't require much weeding or bending. It's sort of an easy inside garden that's on the wall. I want to do this one in juxtaposition to the other green wall to show that having a green wall doesn't always have to be such a fancy looking thing, that it can basically be pockets of soil on your wall to be grown in.
The point of greenwalls is the idea of sustainability, where instead of expanding out and creating urbanization, you expand up. Think skyscraper, except with plants, which bring added benefits to any place. It relates to the animals of our Zoo CREW by helping butterflies and other insects, as well as spread the word of Polar Bears and frogs because having one indirectly benefits them by using less energy, conserves water, and having even one aspect of sustainability helps to open up more windows of sustainability within a household.
Plants that attract butterflies that can be easily planted in the greenwalls.
Queen's anne lace (Daucos Carota)
Butterfly bush
Mint
Dill
fennel
Parsley
Black Eyed Susans
Aster
Coneflowers
Violet
spider flower
Snapdragon
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