Living Walls

On a slightly different note to what I  normally write about…

I had heard about this but yesterday went to see it. The Living Wall in the new Anthropolgie store on Regent Street is amazing. The shop itself is full of slightly odd things, but they have an amazing three-storey high wall of plants growing inside.

These photos don’t really do it justice – it is enormous! Apparently there are fourteen different types of plant in it.

I suppose it’s really not that different to having a load of pot plants, but it’s a great way to decorate and be green. It’s fed with rainwater from the roof, so is completely self-sustaining.

I’m thinking of trying the same thing one day at home. I suspect it’s more complicated than just attaching some pots to a wall. But a study from NASA has found that indoor plants can improve your air quality significantly. So what isn’t to like about a decorative feature that also improves your environment?

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1. “A partnership between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet unborn”
2. Living in the real world