Living Walls for Low Impact Development - Vine Structure Thunbergia grandiflora

Living walls come in a number of different forms, shapes, costs and functions.

Living Walls clean stormwater, sequester and fix carbon while reducing CO2, they pump oxygen back into the atmosphere, provide habitat to pollinators, birds, butterflies and more and create a sense of beauty.

Not only do living walls bring colors with flowers and greenery with a variety of leaves, but they also can provide structure.

Take for instance the Thunbergia vine growing here.  A two year old vine, this plant sends shoots up the trellis from it's base.

Florida Living Walls Thunbergia Vine Structure

During North Florida's cold winters Thunbergia dies back.

The next spring the vine reappears even thicker.  Thunbergia is not considered invasive and is a great larval food plant.

Pollinators love the flowers.

Living Wall Flowers, Thunbergia grandiflora

The next time you are designing a site - consider a living wall instead of a fence.

Visit the Florida Green Roof Blog and Resource Webpage for more Volumetric Green for the Urban Core.

Living Walls Remove NItrogen and Phosphorous, Provide Beauty & O2

RJ and I built and installed these two living walls for a downtown Jacksonville, Florida restaurant - Indochine.

Based upon Atlantis technology ACF's Green and Sustainability team has developed systems that can remove nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus from stormwater.  Integrating plants into available structural Atlantis components and incorporating geosynthetic fabrics, sorptive media, organic carbon sources and other components.

Volumetric Green for the Urban Core!

Cleaning Stormwater, Providing Habitat and Creating a Sense of Place!

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Living Walls Remove NItrogen and Phosphorous

Living Walls are a great way to; Clean site runoff and site roof runoff, create vertical green habitat for lizards, frogs and other green - height dependent species, and are beautiful.  The hydroponic systems can incorporate sorptive media - a variety of medias are available - some attracting N, others P - these systems are built around the Atlantis 52mm cell panel.  CallRJ or I today!

Atlantis Gro-Wall!

A beautiful way to clean stormwater, create wildlife habitat in the urban core and provide a sense of place for humans, the Atlantis Gro-Wall is the best living wall system available today!  Call Kevin or RJ for more information! 904-294-2656

Cellular Confinement Systems for Pervious Roadways, Parks, Streets, Parking Lots and Sustainability

Cellular Confinement Systems were refined by the U.S. Corps of Engineers and today offer an option of creating structural, pervious Green Roads, Parking Lots, Fire Access Lanes and more.

The Cellular Confinement System Design Guideline Brochure found at the link to the right (pdf file) provides information on how these systems can be used.

I was fortunate to spend the day recently with Hadas Levin of PRS, a cellular systems manufacturer.

Importantly, cellular confine systems can be used to produce pervious surfaces using the native soil - crushed and recycled asphalt - recycled concrete - fill from the site. In other words, there is usually no need to haul away excavated material - even though the excavated material may have a lower quality.

Furthermore, the system may be used to build tall, vertical living walls with a very small footprint.

Check out the attached design guideline for additional sustainable ideas!

Atlantis Green City Video Clip - Great Green and Sustainable BMP and Site-Building Design Video

Though the above video is longer, the information contained within on Green Cities and what I call volumetric and vertical green - make it well worth the time taken to view the information.

You can call 800-448-3636 for additional information on all of Atlantis' products.

Living Walls by Atlantis Corp of Australia - Vertical Green

Here is an interesting video of Atlantis Water Management System's Living Wall Concept. The design is solid, especially as the frame is made from 95% Post-Consumer recycled material - good LEED Compliant stats.

There are a few options I'd recommend - such as setting the living wall frame off from the stucco wall by at least 4 - 6 inches and seal any penetrations for anchors with a good low VOC sealant. Add a moisture/water barrier such as a HDPE sheet to the back of the vegetated frame.

Irrigation concept is good too, however I'd certainly add the irrigation water capture and recycling option - or connect directly to the gutter downspout.

The extra width will serve to provide stability - especially on free standing walls.

Any ideas how they could be used to treat stormwater? Remember - the more vertical green we restore to the Urban Core - the more we treat stormwater, provide wildlife habitat and create a sense of place. In addition - living walls are the missing links from horizontal green up to green and vegetated roofs. Call ACF Environmental if you are interested in the Living Wall by Atlantis concepts...

Kevin