Pure Yoga Green Wall NYC

Ive had taken the liberty to privy you to some of the informal pics of what was labeled by the General Contractor, to become one of the most photographed façades in NYC. Some of the pics were taken by one of our NYC maintenance technicians Tom Walsh at Parker Plants (http://www.parkerplants.com) and others either by myself or our award winning installer Steven Dubner Landscaping. (http://www.stevendubnerlandscaping.com/) The real credit goes to Tony Caggiano and Melissa Daniels from Plant Connections (www.myplantconnection.com) who took the concept of the architect (James Harb NYC) and brought it to life with a variety of the heartiest plants available to create a potpourri of texture, color and shapes. The plants were grown in their green house on Long Island to a mature state and then delivered and installed. The installation took 3 days with 8 workers. The hardest part is coordinating the trucking and the actual lifting of the panels to the 3 story elevation. Because it is NYC a full scaffold bridge was required and the easiest way to get the fully grown panels to the top was with a scissors lift. The key is trying not to handle the panels more then once. Once in place then it makes it easy for our NYC irrigation specialist Tony Dilluvio and his staff from Aqua Turf (www.aqua-turf.com) to install and retain the maintenance on the watering system.

The wall was installed at 85% maturity and it is expected to grow to 100% by the fall of 2008. The irrigation system is calibrated to the gallon alleviating wasted water. We know exactly how much water it will take to saturate our walls. The irrigation is complete with a rain and moisture sensor preventing operation if it’s not needed. The 1000 sf Green Living™ Wall is one of a series of projects that was being installed for the Equinox line of fitness centers and yoga facilities. The wall will provide what I coined as “Marketing Genius” in my last article as “The Green Wall Editor” for (www.greenroofs.com). I have yet to meet anyone who does not look our green wall projects and say something like “Cool, Neat….is that real?”……The great thing our walls provide to our clients is attention…….We also launched a rental site within our retail site (www.shop.agreenroof.com) that caters to persons and corporations that need or want something other then everyday signage……the pic attached was a “Freestanding” Green Living™ Wall we rented to Pangea Oragnics and Lexus to be used as a backdrop for the guest speaker. Created with wheat grass prtruding through a custom logo (we manufacture that too) with a variety of darker green foliage surround. Wheat Grass for Pangea We also created a custom centerpiece for the Go Green Gala NYC that contained herbs and wheat grass for a truly green event. In fact it has been so popular we are now offering it to wedding planners and party events.

DO you drink wheat grass? I dont not at 8.00 per shot but what if you can grow your own? Oh and did I mention the benefits of a green wall……cosmetics first function later (Outer Beauty, Inner Function www.greenroofs.com) as part of the Green Committee overseen by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, we have $50,000 available for research on green walls! This only helps make the data official, through in house testing we know that the Green Living™ Wall can reduce heating and air conditioning use, contribute to the urban heat island effect, absorb some storm water run off…..yada yada yada…….sound like an advertisement for a green roof, which we have too…..fact is green walls are very cool and functional…..I can be reached for comment at george@agreenroof.com hope all is well I look forward to your comments….

Also check out the launch of our retail site (www.shop.agreenroof.com) to purchase a few do it yourself panels and our do it yourself green roof!