Comments on: GREEN YOUR WALLS with Schiavello Vertical Gardens http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tyler520 http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-261455 Tyler520 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:28:46 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-261455 This looks great, but doesn't seem very utilitarian. However, it would probably work VERY well as an outside partition hooked up to an aquarium or fountain pump This looks great, but doesn’t seem very utilitarian.

However, it would probably work VERY well as an outside partition hooked up to an aquarium or fountain pump

]]> By: Red Icculus http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-118904 Red Icculus Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:47:06 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-118904 This is a great idea, but how are these watered? This could be automated by hydroponics: http://red-icculus.com This is a great idea, but how are these watered? This could be automated by hydroponics:
http://red-icculus.com

]]> By: sethcollins http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-62872 sethcollins Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:30:05 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-62872 if it had a string than was threaded through each pot drain hole from the top doen the water would follow down the string and not splash. sldo they look like pothos which can grow in just water, even in low light. i think that after a few months the pots whould be obscured by the foilage. if it had a string than was threaded through each pot drain hole from the top doen the water would follow down the string and not splash.
sldo they look like pothos which can grow in just water, even in low light. i think that after a few months the pots whould be obscured by the foilage.

]]> By: Paul Balez http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-49562 Paul Balez Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:41:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-49562 I think this is really nice. A good tool for growing many plants in a no-garden flat But too much symetrical... Why not using various plants species ? And please : more space for leafs !!!! Pots are nice but plants need as mush aerial volume as earth. I think this is really nice.
A good tool for growing many plants in a no-garden flat
But too much symetrical…
Why not using various plants species ?
And please : more space for leafs !!!! Pots are nice but plants need as mush aerial volume as earth.

]]> By: Alphi http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-49269 Alphi Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:27:05 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-49269 Looks to me like the plants are watered by gravity.. with each pot being watered by the drainage of the pot above it. So you really only need to water the top row.. Looks to me like the plants are watered by gravity.. with each pot being watered by the drainage of the pot above it. So you really only need to water the top row..

]]> By: Erik van Lennep http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48340 Erik van Lennep Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48340 well...I hate it. Almost everything about it. Don't often feel that way, less often say it, but this is the epitome of disconnected thinking trying to "go green"; it is the same old thinking of plants-as-wallpaper, which dooms countless living creatures (yes, plants are that) to a quick death, countless would-be gardeners to immediate discouragement, and keeps the bins filled, the houseplant industry ticking over, and the designers smug. Start over, ask yourself what you really want to accomplish, and look into the principles of horticulture if this is going to involve living plants. Next!!! well…I hate it. Almost everything about it. Don’t often feel that way, less often say it, but this is the epitome of disconnected thinking trying to “go green”; it is the same old thinking of plants-as-wallpaper, which dooms countless living creatures (yes, plants are that) to a quick death, countless would-be gardeners to immediate discouragement, and keeps the bins filled, the houseplant industry ticking over, and the designers smug. Start over, ask yourself what you really want to accomplish, and look into the principles of horticulture if this is going to involve living plants. Next!!!

]]> By: david http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48223 david Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48223 can't really see them very well but they look like silver vine plants. in which case florescent lighting would be able to sustain it (it wont grow very fast, but it'll survive) re-potting would not be much of a problem, and after they have had some time to grow it would look like just a solid green wall, as plants make long vines, and just use the roots to pull in water and anchor it. you would need to re-pot every 2 years tho just because the soil integrity would get bad, but i can only imagine that this would improve the environment of the place as they are very good at removing toxins from the air and whatnot, however the main problem would be cleaning all the dust off the leaves. well, and as previously mentioned, they would be hard to water. I don't see any problems with the plants surviving though, as they are a vine that grows in the undergrowth of the rain forests naturally, so they are quite at home in a low light low nutrient environment. can’t really see them very well but they look like silver vine plants. in which case florescent lighting would be able to sustain it (it wont grow very fast, but it’ll survive) re-potting would not be much of a problem, and after they have had some time to grow it would look like just a solid green wall, as plants make long vines, and just use the roots to pull in water and anchor it. you would need to re-pot every 2 years tho just because the soil integrity would get bad, but i can only imagine that this would improve the environment of the place as they are very good at removing toxins from the air and whatnot, however the main problem would be cleaning all the dust off the leaves. well, and as previously mentioned, they would be hard to water. I don’t see any problems with the plants surviving though, as they are a vine that grows in the undergrowth of the rain forests naturally, so they are quite at home in a low light low nutrient environment.

]]> By: Peter http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48202 Peter Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:04:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48202 Some plants don't need a lot of light to grow. I'm sure the base will catch water. Just water the top plant and it will drain down to the plant below. As an avid houseplant gardener this would work rather well providing that the water can drip down thoroughly I'd like to see a pic where the growth is more abundant and actually covers the frame. Some plants don’t need a lot of light to grow. I’m sure the base will catch water. Just water the top plant and it will drain down to the plant below.

As an avid houseplant gardener this would work rather well providing that the water can drip down thoroughly

I’d like to see a pic where the growth is more abundant and actually covers the frame.

]]> By: anonymous http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48157 anonymous Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:43:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48157 it looks more like a "terra cotta pot" wall than a "green wall" -- look at the images that show it from a distance...the green blurs out and all you see is clay pots... it looks more like a “terra cotta pot” wall than a “green wall” — look at the images that show it from a distance…the green blurs out and all you see is clay pots…

]]> By: Donna http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48152 Donna Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:03:48 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48152 Greenfortune did it better last year anyway: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/10/16/streamgardens-plantwall/ Greenfortune did it better last year anyway:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/10/16/streamgardens-plantwall/

]]> By: Sue http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48147 Sue Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:14:43 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48147 Looks like a plant version of "battery housing" for chickens. I'm a botanist who worked at a florist for years and still can't believe how many designers view living things as furniture.. Looks like a plant version of “battery housing” for chickens. I’m a botanist who worked at a florist for years and still can’t believe how many designers view living things as furniture..

]]> By: Clara http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48142 Clara Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:26:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48142 We are all very practical people. :-) We are all very practical people. :-)

]]> By: Donna http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48140 Donna Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:13:03 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48140 Never mind the actual task of watering...there is no catch basin for each pot, which means the runoff from the pot above is going to hit leaves, deflect and splash on that nice, hardwood floor... If the pots don't have a drain hole, you have dead plants quickly from everyday minerals and salts in the water that build up as the water evaporates. Never mind the actual task of watering…there is no catch basin for each pot, which means the runoff from the pot above is going to hit leaves, deflect and splash on that nice, hardwood floor… If the pots don’t have a drain hole, you have dead plants quickly from everyday minerals and salts in the water that build up as the water evaporates.

]]> By: meme http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48127 meme Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:10:03 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48127 Dont plants GROW dont you have to repot them when they do? unless ofcourse they're plastic, which would look great in any poncy apartment! Dont plants GROW dont you have to repot them when they do? unless ofcourse they’re plastic, which would look great in any poncy apartment!

]]> By: Jo http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48120 Jo Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:32:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48120 I think it would be better for outdoor use. Great for courtyards! I think it would be better for outdoor use.

Great for courtyards!

]]> By: Bryce http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48107 Bryce Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:02:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48107 I've got to chime in on the watering thing too. It's a cool look, and if there is enough light then it would be a neat thing to have around. That said, if there isn't some sort of watering system, it will be rather high maintenance. I’ve got to chime in on the watering thing too. It’s a cool look, and if there is enough light then it would be a neat thing to have around. That said, if there isn’t some sort of watering system, it will be rather high maintenance.

]]> By: metis http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48090 metis Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:10:47 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48090 tell me there's an integrated watering mechanism.... even an intern is gonna start to balk at watering all those buggers every day or two.... tell me there’s an integrated watering mechanism…. even an intern is gonna start to balk at watering all those buggers every day or two….

]]> By: meaghan http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48078 meaghan Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:34:40 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48078 talk about a waste of energy, not sure how this qualifies as sustainable? those plants will require massive amounts of light and water and they will probably still die... talk about a waste of energy, not sure how this qualifies as sustainable? those plants will require massive amounts of light and water and they will probably still die…

]]> By: Aggie Pete http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48076 Aggie Pete Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:20:20 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48076 i wouldnt want to be the guy who has to water them all i wouldnt want to be the guy who has to water them all

]]> By: J http://inhabitat.com/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-48070 J Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:43:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/27/green-your-walls-with-schiavello-vertical-gardens/#comment-48070 I think it would look better with cooler pots. must be tough to clean too. but it does look awesome :) I think it would look better with cooler pots. must be tough to clean too. but it does look awesome :)

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