Green Walls and Vertical Gardens

An ice storm notwithstanding, Lisa Delplace of Oehme van Sweden gave a spectacular program on the current technology for green walls and vertical gardens at the regular February 12 meeting. She started with an overview of green roofs and the structural challenges for planting green walls. She showed examples from Paris, the U.S. west coast and in Washington D.C., particularly the PEPCo installation on the Georgetown waterfront and the Finnish Embassy. Del Place also discussed plant selection. Depending upon soil condition, sunlight and irrigation, plants can range from sedum, to Alpine plants to native perennials.

For more information, she provided these weblinks:

http://www.greenroofplants.com/

http://greenroofs.wordpress.com/contact-us/

http://www.fytogreen.com.au/products/roofgarden/index.html

http://www.jeannouvel.fr/

http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/

http://gridskipper.com/travel/paris/vertical-gardens-in-paris-274014.php

http://www.asla.org/land/050205/greenroofcentral.html

http://www.asla.org/press/2007/release091907.html

http://www.igra-world.com/green-roof-worldwide/index.html

http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/12/08/vertical-garden-the-art-of-organic-architecture

Vice President E.J. Truax (below left) presided; Mary Weirich (below right) introduced the speaker:

Vira Sisolak (below left) introduced this month's garden volunteer; Wendy Blair (below) spoke about her work on the HILL GARDEN NEWS newsletter.