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January 2011 - Vol 1, Issue 13
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| Greetings! | |
Green walls or vertical gardens are not new, but the fact that you can easily have one just about anywhere
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is new.
Read on below.
David Liu, Corporate President
info@foliagedesign.com
www.foliagedesign.com
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VERTICAL GARDENS
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While you may have seen a vertical planting, perhaps against a wall outdoors or within a botanical exhibit such as zoos or atriums, you can now obtain a system for areas taking up no more wall space than a piece of flat art.
Indoor green wall systems are modular, so shapes and sizes can be configured to meet your needs. On my pool deck, where containerized planters and furniture take up most of the floor space, and my daughter's pool toys take up the rest, I have a vertical herb garden. Fresh basil, thyme, oregano and chives can be plucked and added to the pan before the sizzling garlic burns.
The Greenwalls® Vertical Planting System is totally self-contained, automatically irrigated and about the size of a door. What an orchid collector's dream come true!
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The Woollypocket ™is a self-contained waterproof bag, so to speak. One can create practically any configuration on any wall where light levels are enough to keep the plants happy. More systems exist, and more are coming.
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Professional property managers are rapidly discovering the value of vertical gardening whether it be an office building, hotel, hospital or restaurant. With floor space at a premium, green walls may just be the perfect choice, allowing one to enjoy the continued benefit of live plants and flowers in our immediate environment. To find out how a vertical garden can work for you, please contact a Foliage Design Systems office nearest you. Find the FDS office closest to you on our website at www.foliagedesign.com. |
| PLANT BENEFIT: Flowers and Plants Inspire our Creativity | |
"We know the importance of learning, for example, how natural surroundings affect drivers, school children and hospital patients," said Dr. Roger S. Ulrich of Texas A&M University, who has conducted extensive research on the effects of environments on psychological well-being, stress and health. "To businesses, it should be equally as important to understand what features can improve performance at work and make employees more productive."
In an eight-month study, the Texas A&M University research team explored the link between flowers and plants and workplace productivity. Participants performed creative problem solving tasks in a variety of common office environments or conditions. The conditions included a workplace with flowers and plants, a setting with sculpture and an environment with no decorative embellishments.
During the study, both women and men demonstrated more innovative thinking, generating more ideas and original solutions to problems in the office environment that included flowers and plants. In these surroundings, men who participated in the study generated 15% more ideas. And while males generated a greater abundance of ideas, females generated more creative, flexible solutions to problems when flowers and plants were present.
Source: http://greenplantsforgreenbuildings.org/
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Keep it Green and Healthy!
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