WOOHOO! WE DID IT! Congratulations are in order. Yesterday we stayed late in order to finish building our new Living Wall. And now it’s done! Doesn’t it look great? Yeah… Now, wouldn’t you like to have one in your own home? If the answer to that question is approaching yes, you really should give us a shout and have us quote you on a job. For the first few lucky customers, we will be building living walls at a discounted rate. So if you’re sincerely interested, don’t dally, take advantage of this awesome opportunity. Either way, you are more than welcome to drop in at any time to say hi and see what the Living Wall looks and feels like! [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: living walls, office
YEAH, YEAH! USUALLY, it’s a bummer for us when it rains outside, because it puts us behind schedule, since we aren’t able to get any outdoor work done. But when it started to precipitate late night, none of us were very upset — just the opposite — because it meant that we could move forward on the indoor Living Wall project, which is very near and dear to our hearts. Today, Victor and I went to pick up the 120 individual plants, six score from 16 different varieties. And wouldn’t you know it, just when we’re loading up to transport the tropical plants across town, it starts to snow outside! Well, no matter; instead of laying them in the back of the flatbed truck, we packed the plants with us into the crowded cabin, and hightailed it back to Green Apple HQ. Big thanks to Musa, plant prophet, for all of the help picking and choosing the plants that are most appropriate. Stay tuned to see what we did with them… [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: greenhouse, living walls, tropical plants, Victor
IT RAINED BUCKETS ON FRIDAY, so we finally had a chance to work on our own living wall here at Green Apple headquarters on Northwestern Avenue. It took us far less time to construct than we had originally anticipated, a testament to the skill level of our team. We’re all really excited to be a part of this, something big, something important. Right now, I’m looking at the wall directly in front of me, and it’s good to go; all it needs now is some of the green stuff. Here are a few photos of the guys in action, putting the structure together. [...] Continue Reading…
WORK HARD, PLAY HARD: that’s our motto. When Halloween falls on a weekend, there’s absolutely no excuse not to let your hair down and put out your freak flag. Dressing up and acting up is fun, it lets us try on different ideas of being, unencumbering ourselves from expectations. Look, Peter’s baby boy Caiden is only a month old, and even he got into the action… he’s even rocking a pose! Hope you all had a happy Halloween… [...] Continue Reading…
WE SURE LEARNED A LOT at the Cities Alive Conference two weeks ago, but part of the problem was that there were so many speakers all presenting simultaneously, that it was impossible for any one person to take in all of the interesting information. So as a service to the community of green infrastructure designers and builders, I’m uploading this ten-minute video of one of the panels that Peter and I attended. The speaker in question is George Irwin, principal of Green Living Technologies, a company out of Rochester, New York, that has developed a pre-fabricated tray system for embedding soil on roofs and walls. George is a very emotionally engaging speaker, and he makes a very convincing case for building living walls. Well, we’re convinced, anyways! [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cities Alive, living walls, video
