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from Pritchard & Pritchard

Use the Green Wall Dr for your living wall remedial works.

We can restore green walls to their former glory, treating pests, replacing plants, checking irrigation systems and ensuring living walls function well again so you can enjoy their benefits!

World Wildlife Day

‘Each year, on World Wildlife Day, we celebrate the beauty and wonder of our planet’s wild plants and animals. Why do we care about wildlife? Beyond a moral duty to sustain the Earth, humanity depends on the essential products and services that nature provides, from food and freshwater to pollution control and carbon storage. By damaging the natural world, we threaten our own well-being.

Read our guest blog penned by steel wire trellis specialists MMA Architectural 

Expert advice on planning a successful green wall,.

‘NBS, the data and specification platform for the construction industry, has announced its partnership with the Green Roofing Organisation (GRO) in its latest move to provide best practice advice around sustainable topics to NBS users.

In preparation for International Green Wall Day on Monday February 15^th, we are sharing ten record breaking and ground breaking living walls from around the world. #GreenWallDay.

International Green Wall Day on February 15^th 2022 celebrates and highlights the beauty and environmental benefits of living walls, green walls, vertical gardens and vertical forests. The date marks the anniversary of the birth of the living wall inventor and visionary landscape architect Stanley Hart White in 1891.

#GreenWallDay on February 15^th celebrates the birth of the inventor of the living wall / green wall and constructer of the first green wall Stanley Hart White, born this day in 1891.

The acquisition this week of green-wall-specialist Biotecture by Mitie, one of the UK’s largest facilities management companies, shows how hot the living wall business has become in the UK.

February 15^th is the second annual #GreenWallDay, when living wall specialists from around the world will share inspiring images and information about the living wall revolution, the benefits, the installations, the plants – follow the Pritchard and Pritchard team on #GreenWallDay to see a window into this global, growing industry.

You may just be starting out in the property development industry or be a seasoned business developing property assets throughout the UK. Either way you need to understand the Urban Greening Factor and why it is good news for your development and for the planet.

We couldn’t help but notice that the word ‘biophilia’ – once an exclusive catchphrase of design led sustainability gang – even popped up in Waitrose Magazine last week.  Encouraging all of us to incorporate plants into our homes and offices to boost productivity and well-being. Its great news that the understanding of the power of nature and plants is now so mainstream that incorporating nature indoors or in the built-environment is a ‘must have’ rather than a ‘would like’.  Install Green Roofs and Living Walls at your home or business for a greener 2022.

The Pritchard and Pritchard team carry out the living wall maintenance of this stunning installation at the University of Plymouth which uses the Fytotextile living wall system from Scotscape.

This green wall has been part of an exciting research program, undertaken at the University of Plymouth at their Sustainability Hub to assess the insulation properties of vertical gardens when retrofitted onto existing buildings.