If you want plants growing on a wall and you want them to grow well Garden Beet still gives a number one vote to the Wally Pocket. Unfortunately the Wally Pocket is expensive – and that is a problem for some. I have seen approximately 10 copies of the Wally Pockets and really I would [...]
These planters caught my eye whilst waiting for fish and chips on St Georges Road in [...]
..ho hum ……….yet another garden designer stated that vertical gardens were a fad…AGAIN………. Well my plants are so happy with their wall planters that they are exploding with the most ridiculous colours – I never intended for yellow/pink/purple flowers to all come together – this garden was only ever temporary……(no not a fad, but a trial garden). [...]
Did I ever mention Woolly Pockets? Sorry to bang on with the same old drum. I have been experimenting on an even bigger scale with vertical gardens and wall planters today. I read all these living wall sceptics in the news and blogs etc – sometimes referring to the whole concept as garden bling. Well- it [...]
I gave the Westfield green wall planting a hard time a couple of months ago – it seemed bland and not varied enough for the size of the wall. I need to slightly amend my criticism. I returned to the Westfield living wall today and the planting design looked more varied now the plants have grown and some species are [...]
[wp_ad_camp_1] A frequent question from Garden Beet’s customers are: what plants can I use in my Woolly Pocket Wall Planter? Whilst the planter is suitable for many container plants I find that sometime people just want a bit more guidance on what plant species to use in their vertical garden. I have therefore [...]
Am playing around with Woolly Pocket Wall Planters at the moment and found a fabulous trailing plant that will work well in the planter to provide quick coverage. In this Woolly Pocket I have planted 2 x (trailing) Ajuga reptans ‘Atropurpurea’ (it is in flower but I wanted the plant to quickly fill out so [...]
I needed this photo 24 hours ago. Had an indoor planter enquiry yesterday that went like this – ‘Help we are in an office – we want a green wall to provide some division between our desks but we are not allowed to suspend anything from the roof – basically we need a wall planter [...]
[wp_ad_camp_1] The photos above are of the green wall display at Ecobuild in London (held this week ). Wall planters are changing and it is possible to wrap entire buildings with plants. Ecobuild is a London based expo that show cases latests advancements in green building technologies. The centre piece of the expo [...]
Woolly pockets are made from a felted type fabric that is woven from recycled plastic bottles. The Woolly Pockets enable vertical gardens (also referred to as green walls or living walls) to be created indoors and outdoors. The fabric allows a plant’s root system to breathe which in turn allows the root system to be [...]
