Location: Inside and outside the building.
Irrigation: Automatic
Vegetation used: annual plant, perennials.
For professionals.
Many ready-made green container wall systems are now available on the market. These are whole pallets/systems of integrated containers in which individual plants or individual pots can be placed. This type of green walls can be also built with different types of gutter or trough.
The systems are integrated with automatic irrigation systems.
Useful links:
Examples of solutions for local communities:
An example from Paris.
Examples from Paris show how easy it is to create a green wall using only potted plants.
Buenos Aires
An interesting solution is the idea taken from Buenos Aires, where long PVC pipes were used to construct a green wall; 1/3 of the pipe was cut off to form a trough in which the soil substrate was placed and then the vegetation was planted.
Annual plants, which tend to fall in a cascade, work best in this system.. You can water them yourself with a garden hose, or use a simple irrigation system. You can also use these structures for planting vegetables.
An example of a simple green wall made from recycled materials.
It can normally be constructed using pots to which we attach handles, which can then be suspended on a specially prepared structure. It can be free-standing or attached to a wall that is previously protected from moisture.
Other inspiration can be found at:
https://www.instructables.com/living/howto/vertical+garden/?page=1
https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2019-04/How%20to%20build%20your%20edible%20green%20wall.pdf
Cost: low
Sample crop selection.
| Sunlit side | Partially shaded side | Shaded side |
| Begonia semperflorens – Begonia is constantly flowering | Lobelia erinus — Lobelia | Plectranthus— Spur-flower |
| Tagetes- Tagetes | Pelargonium – Ivy-leaved pelargonium | Oxalis – Wood sorrel
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| Petunia – Petunia | Coleus x hybridus – Koleus | Tropaeolum – Nasturtium |
| Salvia , Sage | Ipomoea – Ipomea | Impatiens – Impatients |