Plants On Walls Installs: At the CBRE Tower, Downtown San Francisco
Plants On Walls Installs - 128" x 123" vertical garden, living wall. 100 Pine Street. San Francisco.
today completed a stunning 100 square foot living wall, tucked beneath CBRE's corporate towers at
100 Pine Street in downtown San Francisco
. The massive wall uses 240 plants as the finishing touch on a redesign of the company's street signage, bringing a distintive, eco-friendly flair to the entrance.
Chris Bribach, organic architect and founder of
, directed a team of installers from Gachina Landcape Management to arrange the ficus decora (rubber-tree), birdsnest fern, mother fern, and bear-paw fern on the stainless steel-framed
Florafelt vertical planter system
, installed by R.N.Feild Construction.
The frame collects water at the base, which drains into the planter below. The wall is irrigated with a 1/4" soaker hose tucked into the top row of pockets, so that water wicks down the inside layer to the bottom tray. The plants draw water from the moist back layer and the roots will grow into the felt permanantly, locking themselves into the internal felt layers.
The visual design is intended to create the feeling of a window into the woods. The birdnest ferns hover in the upper region to create a tree-like canopy as they grow, and recessed lighting from above will give them an ethereal glow. Below, horizontal columns of ficus decora create the impression of tree trunks, and will drop long roots to the ground. The bear-paw and mother fern frame the other imagry to create a jungle-scape of shade loving ferns.
Special thanks to Alan Trinh, Asst. Real Estate Manager, CBRE and his vision for a greener downtown San Francisco.
Chris Briabch, ceo
Plants On Walls Installs
chris@plantsonwalls.com
Installation Day Photos,
June 20, 2012
Plants On Walls Installs - 128" x 123" vertical garden, living wall. 100 Pine Street. San Francisco.
Plants On Walls Installs - 128" x 123" vertical garden, living wall. 100 Pine Street. San Francisco.
Davis Dalbok's Succulent Room
Davis Dalbok of Living Green San Francisco transforms this wasted space into an incredible room of succulents. First wood framing is built. Then Florafelt vertical garden planters are installed wtih custom galvanized frames. Followed by a beautiful epay deck and finish framing.
http://livinggreen.com
Copper Framed Fern Wall
Fern Wall Vertical Garden Installation by PlantsOnWalls.com
Chris Bribach from PlantsOnWalls installed 72 ferns for a private residence in Woodside, Calfornia. The 3 F24 vertical garden planters were framed with a copper frame. Automatic watering waters the walls every 6 hours. A brightly lit North facing wall is the perfect location for this collection of ruggged ferns.
Fern Wall Vertical Garden Installation by PlantsOnWalls.com
Fern Wall Vertical Garden Installation by PlantsOnWalls.com
Fern Wall Vertical Garden Installation by PlantsOnWalls.com
San Francisco Designer Showcase 2012
How can an elegant, traditional entrance to a stately San Francisco home, be re-imagined to be greener and more welcoming, if not otherworldly? Living Green, partnering with Plants On Walls to create a southern exposed vertical melange of succulents and coppery oxalis that morphs into a private shady fern grotto, was part of the solution. Add the pristine white marble floors that one would find in a rajah's palace or in the fabled Moroccan Casbah Tamador, that the late and great maestro, Luciano tempo, so skillfully restored. Throw in fantastical light fixtures, created by non other than the Luciano himself, and a pair of stunningly beautiful elephants to welcome the weary traveler.
Enter The Casbah!
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Living Green Design 2012 Decorator Showcase Living Wall
How can an elegant, traditional entrance to a stately San Francisco home, be re-imagined to be greener and more welcoming, if not otherworldly? Living Green, partnering with Plants On Walls to create a southern exposed vertical melange of succulents and coppery oxalis that morphs into a private shady fern grotto, was part of the solution.
Florafelt Pocket Panel living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Add the pristine white marble floors that one would find in a rajah's palace or in the fabled Moroccan Casbah Tamador, that the late and great maestro, Luciano tempo, so skillfully restored. Throw in fantastical light fixtures, created by non other than the Luciano himself, and a pair of stunningly beautiful elephants to welcome the weary traveler. Enter The Casbah!
Beside the main entry. 504 pockets await the array of succulents and ferns that will be installed over the next days. The living wall is a temporary display that will host the plant life for the month.
Florafelt Pocket Panel living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
Pipe clamps were used 'lightly' connect to the existing historic structure. Drip trays at the base neatly collect all the moisture and lead it by hoses to a drain.
San Francisco Decorator Showhouse 2012 - Vertical Garden Installation - PlantsOnWalls.com
Florafelt Pocket Panel living wall by Davis Dalbok of Living Green Design for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2012.
The San Francisco Decorator Showhouse is located at 2020 Jackson Street and will be open to the public from April 28th to May 28th.
Fern Filled Window Well
Plants On Walls created a stunning custom living wall installation for a private home on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The clients wanted an exciting and fresh way to mask the bare retaining walls of their master suite's sub-level patio. The open-air indirect light was perfect for a variety of ferns. 234 root-wrapped ferns were planted into the felt pockets, transforming a utilitarian patio into a vibrant space bursting with lush greenery. The client was delighted and remarked on how it recalled childhood forest memories.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall of ferns for a private residence in San Francisco.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall of ferns for a private residence in San Francisco.
Florafelt Pocket Panels living wall of ferns for a private residence in San Francisco.
Window well before the living wall installation.
Marcée Cretarolo of SFO Landscaping
I was excited to see the photo of my Terminal 2 installation on your gallery. ( page 2) I have had good success with your product and would recommend it to others. People are curious and interested about how it works.
Best Regards,
Marcée Cretarolo
SFO Landscape
Students learn vertical gardening at Sycamore Elementary in Danville, California
Planting the Living Wall: What a fun time the 5th grade gardeners and I had this week planting this vertical garden of live color outside the Multipurpose Room on the Sycamore Valley Elementary school campus.
wrapping up pansy roots with a black, felt "diaper"
The smiles on the kids faces were priceless as they wrapped up their pansies and climbing jenny into these black felt squares that we laughingly called “black diapers.”
plants "diapered" and ready to plant
The felt holds the roots securely together and holds in moisture when the plant is tucked into it’s pouch on the vertical wall.
The kids tucked their plants into the 48 felt pouches on the wall and learned how to water them with hose using the “shower” setting on the nozzle. Each pouch needs a drink to the count of three. All members of the club will take turns watering the living wall as well as the Earthboxes according to a schedule set up by Mrs. Lawrence, our 4-5th grade science teacher and my partner on this wonderful project.
School garden outside MPR
As we hung the living wall units, we realized we can also water the Earthboxes with the water that drips out of the bottom row of pouches. This is an excellent lesson of water conservation which Mrs. Lawrence and I will discuss next week!
Along with planting our vertical garden, the kids also fed the worms in the Worm Cafe with their apple cores and banana peels from lunch and checked on their radishes and spinach growing in the Earthboxes.
The green radish tops are in full view, but the spinach is not quite as far along. Just a few sprigs of green have poked their heads through the soil so far.
A big shout out to Plants On Walls in San Francisco for their generous support with our Living Wall project.
Hi PlantsOnWalls;
I am following up on my promise to give a shout out to PlantsOnWalls on my blog for your help with starting our school garden at Sycamore Elementary in Danville. Check it out.
www.vitalandwell.com/blog
It was a very successful 7 week program that will repeat in the spring. The kids had a great time learning and the parents, teachers and principals love the beautiful living art of plants on the wall outside the multi-purpose room.
Please feel free to link our blog to yours or make mention of it on your website on how our Elementary School is using your products. I am happy to be a reference to any callers you get on how we implemented the living wall at our school.
- Best wishes, Angela Stanford