Green Wall - Living Wall - Vertical Garden

[A Living Wall]

Hi

I am British and currently live in China - I am doing some research into this topic.

My findings so far have been a little mixed but the one issue that is cropping up - Cost

Does any member have any experience of any of the above. Construction, maintenance, living with or just plain ol' opinion.

[David Hare-Scott]

What do mean by 'vertical garden'? If you mean growing climbers on a trellis that is done all the time without great expense. It saves space, allows use of some spaces that would not otherwise be so useful (eg along a stucture) and allows higher planting density.

How high are you intending to make this "wall"? What do you want to grow on/in it? If you want to grow non-climbers, why is that? Where does the cost come in?

David

[FarmI]

I've only ever seen pictures of such walls. They look great but given that they were always on either office buildings or posh houses I would imagine that the establishment and maintenance costs would be more than I'd be prepared to cough up for my normal domestic situation.