Living Wall Installations, Lafayette, Colorado

The installation of three Living Walls at the Prana Clubhouse and Leasing Office in Lafayette, Colorado was completed July 14th & 15th, 2010. The living walls were installed by Lively Elements, LLC .

The official opening of the Prana Clubhouse and Leasing Office is scheduled for July 23rd, please call Michelle Zvitt for a tour of the facilities, 303-460-0500.

Photos of the installation:
The Leasing Office Wall is 10'-4" high x 3' wide. The wall has 180 living plants.

The Entry Walls are both 11'-4" x 2' wide. Each wall has 132 plants.

Close up view of the nine varieties of plants on the living walls.

Benefits of Living Walls

This is a great blog about the Benefits of Living Walls, besides that they are beautiful when properly cared for. http://gardenjunkiesblog.com/2010/02/12/benefits-of-living-walls/

There is a similar list on L.E.'s website. http://lively-elements.com/gardening-facts.html

An article posted recently in the NY Times discusses the pros and cons of living walls. There are many design factors to take into account for a successful living wall. There are certain types and styles that work best for the appropriate areas. For the past three years I have been researching living walls and trying out several systems as well as taking classes by other companies to learn how to install them correctly. I built my own prototype that was very similar to the one in the article built by Matthew McGregor-Mento. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/garden/06vertical.html?pagewanted=1&ref=garden

Living Murals for Interiors

One of my new favorite living wall design firms is Green Over Grey.
They are a leading design firm based out of Vancouver, Canada. "By taking an artistic approach to living walls we “paint” with plants and transform grey to green."

The rooms with living walls by Green Over Grey come to life with a mural of texture, color and lines that please the eye and senses. Take a look at some of their work...

A New Year Brings Some New Changes...

The location of the 2'x2' living wall sample has moved design showrooms.
You can now see the living wall at Terrace Views in Centennial, Colorado.
http://terraceviews.com/
Terrace Views is an outdoor living design company. Give them a call before visiting the showroom. (303) 727-1000











More changes...
The small 1'x1' sample living wall has been taken down at Ellie's Eco Home store in Boulder.

A new merge of the Vancouver-area Streamline Enterprises and New York-based Plant Connection are thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership, which promises to become the standard in the burgeoning green roof and living wall industry: GRO₂ GroRoofs^TM & GroWalls^TM

Lively Elements is a certified agent and installer for GRO₂ GroRoofs^TM and GroWalls^TM .
The innovative products are sustainable, eco-friendly, and environmentally sound.
Visit http://www.myplantconnection.com/index.php and http://www.gro2.ca/

Interior Decorating with Houseplants

Enjoy some green indoors when it's cold and gray outside.
Visit Ellies Eco Home Store and Invironments Design store in Boulder, Colorado to see wall samples of the green living wall. Just imagine a wall of living green plants in your home or office.

"Plants are a beautiful accessory to any room in the home or office. They clean the air, add color and texture, and are a nice way to bring the outdoors in. Although not as needy as pets, they are living, breathing creatures and will thrive if given the right love and attention." Issue #21, The Emerald Leaf Newsletter. Oct. 2009

Indoor Air Quality Articles

The following articles emphasize the importance of indoor air quality.

http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/blog/atmospheric-pressures-preventing-indoor-air-pollution-home#

http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2008/10/purify-your-indoor-air-on-a-budget/

15 plants to help improve indoor air quality takes up a lot of space that many of us do not have, so go vertical!
www.lively-elements.com

Lively Elements is now a certified agent and green wall installer for Plant Connections.
GRO₂ GroRoofs^TM and GroWalls^TM
http://www.myplantconnection.com/index.php
http://www.gro2.ca/

Follow this link www.lively-elements.com
Lively Elements designs unique gardens for diverse environments.

Hello and welcome to the first full posting for Lively Elements.

It's a cool June here in Colorado and a good time to put in new plants so they have a chance to get established to their new environment before the hot, dry summer rolls in.
Make sure your soil has had a day to dry out a bit from all the rain. Adding compost or new amendments when the soil is too wet can make it clumpy and hard to till correctly.

Remember gardens grow so don't feel like you have to fill your entire garden now with flowering plants, unless you are only planting annuals, one life cycle plants. A perennial garden that returns each year can be easily added to...planting in spring and fall. Then next year if you see or read about a plant that would do well in your yard, you can add it if you have room.

My own personal rock garden is a work in progress. It receives full sun and is south facing, so the plants I choose to use there have to be very hardy and drought tolerant. Each year I find a few new plants to fill in next to the survivors. I also mulch around the plants and move the rocks and pebbles away so that the extra heat they produce does not fry the tips of the plant leaves.

Check out the Colorado Master Gardener website for helpful links on gardening.
http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/index.htm

Happy planting!

Heather @ Lively Elements, LLC