You’ve seen some early photos from the installation of our three-story biowall. Now we have some exciting new photos to share (you can click on the images for a closer look).
The folks from Furbish Company will have to monitor the plants and the watering system closely in order to make sure the wall is thriving; some plants will inevitably fail and need to be replaced.
The first two are views from our reception area:
Here are some photos of our biowall being installed by the folks of Furbish Company. There are three layers of porous material to which the plants are attached: one layer of abrasive mat, one layer of coconut fiber mat, and another layer of abrasive mat. The abrasive mat, incidentally, is not unlike the typical abrasive material you find on a dish sponge. The plants’ roots grow downward between the layers.
The plants are watered through a pump system; water cascades down through the plants from the top of the wall, collecting in a trough at the bottom and is then pumped back to the top of the wall.
