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Green walls

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Modular living walls deliver immediate total coverage, transforming eyesores such as shopping centres and multi-story carparks into natural wonders. These walls are a cornucopia of small plants – e.g. ferns, euphorbia, heuchera, herbs – planted in modules or troughs exactly where they are needed on the wall. Living Walls transform the built environment and enable specification of plants where underground services prohibit traditional planting.

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Modular living walls – commercial transformation

Living Walls in the Built Environment

It is a fact of life that office blocks, shopping centres, distribution centres and car parks have to be built. Living walls mitigate the visual and environmental impact of commercial developments. They mask eyesores, while helping to reduce noise, water and air pollution and reducing the Urban Heat Island effect.

Modular green walls deliver immediate total coverage, rapidly transforming and masking commercial buildings into aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly living walls.

A great example is the (pictured) 1,400m2 network of green walls, planted with 35,000 plants by Pritchard & Pritchard at Westfield Shopping Centre to disguise the facility from its residential neighbours in Shepherds Bush.

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Image shows a huge double-sided modular green wall installed by Prichard & Prichard at Westfield Shopping Centre Shepherds Bush, that creates a green barrier between the shopping centre and the local houses.

Living walls – gorgeous and great for buildings and the environment

Boosting Biodiversity with Living Walls

Modular green walls incorporate a multitude of small plants – which could include ferns, euphorbia, heuchera and herbs, planted into a framework of modules or troughs, housing the plants exactly where they are needed on the wall to create maximum coverage following a planting plan.
Green walls aren’t just about fabulous looks. Green walls can help to reduce a building’s heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, saving on energy costs; and protect the wall from extreme weather and ultraviolet light.

See: the Living walls FAQ for more benefits of living walls

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Irrigation systems for large green walls

Irrigating Green Walls

All vertical gardens require irrigation, usually fed via dripper pipes which are integrated into the construction of the system.

Large installations require bespoke irrigation systems to create sufficient water pressure and volume to feed large wall landscapes.

This 650 litre irrigation system (pictured) was installed in 2019 by Prichard & Pritchard to service a 400m2 green wall, we constructed at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Village at Cheshire Oaks.

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Image shows the high-pressure 650 litre irrigation system installed by Prichard & Prichard that waters the green wall at the largest Designer Outlet Village in the UK, McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Cheshire Oaks.

Living walls – planning and environmental impact

Living Walls and Green Walls for Property Developers

Local authorities – including the Mayor of London – encourage developers to include living walls for the positive environmental impact on:

  • The building, through saving energy for heating and cooling.
  • The wider environment, through reducing the Urban Heat Island effect, pollution, light pollution, run-off.
  • Helping to mitigate the impact of construction on the environment and local flora and fauna.

BREEAM states that green walls can be included for credits in the ‘Enhancing site ecology’ assessment only where there is evidence that a comprehensive on-going maintenance strategy will be in place.

The Urban Greening Factor has been introduced in by the London Mayor and is guiding and influencing the incorporation of meaningful greening projects for new property developments and renovation projects.

The Pritchard and Pritchard team can advise you on maximising your Urban Greening Factor application using a variety of solutions.  Before you complete your plans get in touch for a discussion with Niall McEvoy at: niall@pritchardandpritchard.co.uk

See: the Living walls FAQ for more benefits of green walls.

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Green wall maintenance

Green Wall Maintenance

Maintenance programs are highly recommended for modular green walls.

Maintenance regimes for living walls require the following tasks:

  • Inspection and functional testing of irrigation systems
  • Feeding and fertilizing
  • Removing weeds
  • Pruning plants
  • Replacement planting
  • Pest control
  • Removal of refuse
  • Plant protection
  • Inspection of the drainage system

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All your green wall questions answered by the living wall gurus:

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The Pritchard and Pritchard team have been revitalising the living wall and planted landscapes at this fantastic mixed use space in Old Street. Remedial works…

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The Pritchard and Pritchard team have worked with MMA Architectural to install wire trellis at this multi-storey car park in Winchester.  

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Living Wall at The Anglers

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The Pritchard and Pritchard team installed this neat living wall at The Anglers – a landmark pub on the River Thames in Teddington.

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