Comments on: Green Facade Ideas for South Facing Walls

By: believemesh

believemesh — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:33:53 +0000

The idea is very good.I agree with it.

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[...] similar approach would be to use wire mesh like we will be using on the green wall in the back of the homes. If we were really clever, we could train some vines to climb their way [...]

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By: lavardera

lavardera — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:10:41 +0000

You can order the welded wire mesh in flat sheets rather than rolls – unless you want to struggle with getting it to lay flat make sure you get the sheets.

By: May

May — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:54:37 +0000

For holding the screen off the wall we are looking at the possibility of extending the roof past the face of the building and using similar hardware to the http://www.fassadengruen.de/uw/drahtseil/wire_rope.htm website to hang cable that will hold the welded wire fencing. We will need to anchor it to the ground or post off the wall near grade. We will most likely post off the wall around windows and doors to keep the screen in place. To create the depth that the GreenScreen system has we may want to have two layers of screening a couple of inches apart, this seems to encourage growth.

As far as foilage we have also been looking at Virginia Creeper. this is supposedly a less invasive climbing plant that grows to 20-30 feet. See the About Garden website at http://www.about-garden.com/enc/en/ this allows you to select type of plant, soil conditions, quantity of sun/shade, mature height etc. then it lists the plants that fit into your parameters.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:28:55 +0000

Chad,

I have loved greenscreen since I was introduced to it about 3 years ago. I like, even more, your idea of a simplier “home made” version. I would love to see the details of how to stand it off of the facade. If you can do that well, and cheap, it could most certianly work.

What about the typically invasive nature of ivy? How do you plan to deal with that? Are there more building friendly varities? I hope the ivy does not hold back this great idea!