The landscape designers chosen different kinds of species for the two walls given that they experience varying exposure to the sun. The two-storey storefront vertical garden features mostly ferns and begonias, while the outside wall, which is exposed to sunlight at the top but shaded at the bottom, was fitted with Mediterranean species such as Lavandula, Rosmarinus, and Artemisia that are accustomed to the heat. Both, however, mimic nature’s own vertical gardens: the plants and trees that sprout up near waterfalls, and have been designed to grow mostly wild and free. Can you tell that we’re quite chuffed with these?
+ Vertical Garden Design
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We’re noticing a new trend here at Inhabitat, and it’s one we really like: vertical gardens on both the inside and outside of buildings. And why not? Maybe that’s what Vertical Garden Design told the folks at Replay on Passeig de GrĂ cia in Barcelona to
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Replay in Barcelona got a spruce up with not one but two new vertical gardens
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Created by Vertical Garden Design, the two living walls are populated with different species of plants
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Giving varying degrees of sun exposure
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The two-storey storefront wall has begonias and ferns
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While the courtyard wall – which sees a lot of sun on top and is shaded at the bottom – has hardier Mediterranean species
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Not only do these vertical gardens look fantastic
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But they also produce plenty of life-sustaining oxygen!