the net... amazing how companies throughout the world are taking on the mammoth task of revolutionising the green industry. Every little bit helps - you too could make a difference!
PROJECT GREEN LANDSCAPE STUDIO: Before and Afters I loved designing and installing this project. It still feels so unreal when seeing the initial photos taken of the site. The drop from the house to the boundary wall was a staggering 1.8 m over 13 meters. That's serious stuff- you would have needed a Land Cruiser to access the garden. With the innovative concept of building these 'wings', on various levels, ensured that not only would the garden become accessible, but perfectly level. That is the essence of design - at first glance it seemed impossible to come up with concrete solutions, yet thanks to careful thought and numerous calculations, the area reached its utmost potential, converting it to a perfect, livable setting. Footnote: not a single cube of soil had to be imported! Whatever came out from the foundations for the retaining walls, were used for the backfill! Had this not been the case, supplying top soil would have been a tedious job, at a massive expense, and ...
When it comes to home alterations of any kind, it's obvious that what sells them are the before and after photos. Why? because, I believe it's the true test of whether your contractor knows what his doing. I would not even consider using a contractor at my property if I have not seen any of his work. The failure of following thru this important step, has had many a client left in despair with work they had to pay for! With that said, I personally feed of these results! I just love the dramatic differences. The stark, dead and boring, revived into something spectacular! Almost poetic as death is brought back to life! The afters truly speak for themselves.... Before... And the Afters.....
G reen Walls, Living Walls, Vertical Gardens, call it what you may, they have arrived, and are here to stay! It is not surprising to see these living walls dominate the internet searches on modern contemporary garden design ideas. Modern, contemporary – yeah right!! Vertical gardens began as an experiment in 1988 by Patrick Blanc, a French botanist intent on creating a garden without soil. An experiment which might have altered the way we think about urban or domestic space as a whole. In theory, these green walls started off twenty three years ago, yet have taken years to make an appearance. Not just that, but has become so popular, that they now globally dominate landscape design as we see it. This is evident when you see most recent photos of the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show It makes sense that designer Patrick Blanc intended to make use of the limited space there was in the city of Paris, and therefore turned the average wall into something vibrant, yet living. The exact same...
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