Vertical Gardens

In today's world pollution is damaging our earth severely and we need to realize its effects and prevent this damage. Indoor air pollution can increase a person’s chances of having flares of chronic lung problems, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

What is Vertical Gardening?

"A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil, water or a substrate. Most green walls include an integrated water delivery system. A green wall is also known as a living wall or vertical garden."

A vertical garden is a technique used to grow plants on a vertically suspended panel by using hydroponics. These unique structures can either be freestanding or attached to a wall. Vertical gardens have been used since ancient civilizations; many modern vertical gardens can last for decades and give a pop of nature into the modern day business. 

Vertical gardens are a wonderful alternative to potted plants in the office space. While potted plants have the advantage of being placed anywhere, they can take up space and require lots of maintenance. However, with vertical gardens there is only one large panel to maintain, and it will provide a lush pop of color to any professional environment.

Vertical gardens not only create a wonderful centerpiece to your interior space, but they help the natural airflow to your environment. These gardens can be made up of many different types of plants; ferns, ficus repens, pilea, and calathea being the most popular plant species used in green walls. Vertical gardens are also very space efficient and can fill up any empty space on a wall. 

Many employees in office environments are exposed to a lot of harmful air chemicals like formaldehyde and carbon monoxide. Vertical gardens work like a natural clean air system and promote a better breathing atmosphere and a healthier environment overall. Plants also help to reduce noise pollution which creates a quieter work environment for building occupants.

Many buildings around the country and world have vertical gardens installed on their exteriors. Many exterior gardens contain moss, vines, and other plants are often used on vertical gardens installed outdoors. Exterior vertical gardens have the advantage of having natural direct sunlight that makes them thrive. 

Exterior vertical gardens also give buildings great protection and insulation from temperature fluctuations, UV radiation and heavy rain. In the summer, exterior vertical gardens use a process called evaporate transpiration.

Vertical gardens help to reduce the carbon footprint of a building by filtering pollutants and carbon dioxide out of the air, which also benefits those living nearby as the quality of the air is improved. Exterior wall vertical gardens also help to The reduce heat absorption, which can result in significant energy savings in areas where people rely on air-conditioning during the warmer parts of the year. In addition to the vertical gardens planted for improving air quality (or even just for their aesthetic merit!).

Some of the benefits of vertical gardening are:

- Enrichinng the air with oxygen as all plants act as natural filters. - Reducing smog, toxins and other pollutants from the air.

- Reducing the impact of sound pollution.

- Reducing carbon footprint and so on. Creating your own vertical garden is actually easier than you might imagine.

Vertical gardens go by many different names: living green walls, live walls and moss walls just to name a few. Whatever you want to call them, these vertical structures of plant life can be as small as a picture frame or as massive as a 60 ft wide masterpiece. 

Vertical gardens can be placed in hotel lobbies, major corporation headquarters, or even a small residential backyard. Vertical gardens not only look impressive, but will also make you feel more comfortable in your environment by tapping into nature’s inherent calming powers.

You can use your vertical garden to define your living space and create partitions you can easily identify with. You can divide a section of your backyard or even indoor space to serve different purposes. For example, you can create a boundary around a secluded area or a corner where you can go to relax and meditate in isolation as you enjoy the flora around you. It will be like taking a nature walk to calm your nerves. You can also choose to create an entrance to your garden or backyard instead of building a costly permanent structure. This way, you can shift the entrance any time you feel like remodeling. If this is not possible, you can even use it as a backdrop on a boundary that, you feel, needs a little more character or is not well defined.

Research has revealed that plants improve both indoor and outdoor air quality by removing harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and absorbing pollutants. Houses have been found to have consistently poorer air quality indoors than out, even with external pollution.

So, growing plants vertically even in compact spaces like windowsills, balconies, front entrances and hanging in aerial space will make a BIG difference to your health.

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