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A German Vertical Garden System

Green wall planter

Green wall planter

Here's a vertical garden design from Germany. You can see that there are five planters in each module. Their website indicates you can keep the planters straight or angle them depending on what you want to grow. The PLANT-ED WALL ™ is 228.5 cm tall and 112 cm long.

My first thought upon seeing this design is it looks similar to eavestrouphs. You can get PVC eavestrophs from your local hardware store and purchase end caps. They're about 5? long and 4? deep I believe, so you couldn't grow plants that needed a super large root base, but there are many plants that could do fine in with a 4? root depth. If you're into welding, you could make a planter similar to this using aluminum eaves potentially, though it'd be quite the construction project.

The Plant-Ed Wall is an interesting concept anyway that could maybe inspire some design ideas for vertical gardens. It looks like this one has wheels attached at the base which would make them work well as office dividers.

Google translator gave this from their site:

"Lush vegetation, exotic shapes and leaves in a thousand different shades of green give your rooms a healthy living environment and an amazing atmosphere. The plant wall is literally revitalizing and all this space-saving, attractive interior decoration is healthy.

Specially designed columns support Planters in straight or inclined position. Be planted in the boxes with sturdy plants watered hydroponically. At sites with minimal natural light, energy-efficient lighting systems are installed."

Found at http://www.insideurbangreen.org

The German website: http://www.dieraumbegruener.de

Wall planter

Wall planter

Planted Wall

Planted Wall

Green wall

Green wall


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