#living wall

[bumblebeeappletree]

As urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, façade engineer Alistair Law has discovered a new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces for us all within cities – by turning the walls of buildings into meadows.

Alistair has developed his “Vertical Meadows” as a way to combat biodiversity loss in the heart of cities like London. To do it, he’s targeting the vertical surfaces of buildings and installing seasonal living walls of plants that are native to the region, grown directly on-site. The engineering builds on existing systems so the plants thrive year-round with limited need for water, and installation remains simple and cheap. He gets his seeds from Donald Macintyre, who grows a wild array of native plants with the help of his daughter (and some Shire horses). Together, they hand-harvest each flower to provide a biodiverse mix of 50 different native species.

Alistair is joined by Scarlett Weston of BugLife at a vertical meadow in full bloom in downtown London. She’s monitoring bees visiting the meadow, and hopes more pollinators will use these sites as stepping stones across the city, helping to bridge gaps along larger corridors she’s establishing across the UK.

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#nature on pbs #wild hope #solarpunk #Alistair Law #vertical garden #Vertical Meadows #living wall #native plants #plants #meadow #london #England #living walls #Donald Macintyre #Scarlett Weston #BugLife #uk #united kingdom #britain #Youtube

[zip001]

#succulents #living wall #getty center

[monster-every-day]

day 31 - 1/31/24 - living wall

and that officially marks one full month of monsters every day! that's so exciting! i never could have imagined i'd make it this far at the beginning of the year. not a particularly impressive one to end off the month but i don't care 👍

this one's name is wallace.

maybe i will draw Tasty with its new blankie and plushie tomorrow. maybe i won't. who knows!!

#living wall #january 2024 #monster every day #1/31 #january #2024 #type: stone #type: mimic

[briefbestiary]

Sometimes, this invisible impediment is attributed to a tanuki's prank. An unseen obstruction that often gets in the way of people walking alone at night.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #yokai #youkai #nurikabe #invisible wall #japanese folklore #japanese legend #beast #monster #invisible monster #living wall

[garrickserano]

Green Walls in Commercial Spaces: A Sustainable Trend

Green walls have emerged as a sustainable trend in commercial spaces, transforming the way businesses approach interior and exterior design. Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these living walls offer a range of benefits that align with contemporary environmental and corporate responsibility goals.

In offices and retail environments, green walls contribute to a healthier and more enjoyable workspace. The lush vegetation not only improves air quality by filtering out pollutants but also creates a visually pleasing ambience that fosters employee well-being. Numerous studies highlight the positive impact of greenery on mental health and productivity, making green walls a strategic investment for companies aiming to enhance the overall work environment.

Moreover, the incorporation of green walls in commercial spaces aligns with broader sustainability initiatives. As businesses increasingly recognise the importance of reducing their ecological footprint, green walls offer a tangible way to promote sustainability. These indoor vertical gardens contribute to energy efficiency by providing additional insulation, reducing the heat island effect in urban areas, and even lowering overall energy consumption within buildings. As a result, green walls serve as a visible testament to a company’s commitment to environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility.

The trend of integrating green walls into commercial spaces is not merely an aesthetic choice but a strategic and sustainable one. As businesses strive to create more Eco-friendly and employee-centric environments, green walls stand out as a versatile and impactful solution that aligns with the ethos of modern, socially responsible enterprises.

#green walls #green wall #living wall #vertical garden #indoor vertical garden #indoor plants

[flowerishness]

Echinacea (coneflower) and Apis mellifera (Western honeybee)

The Living Wall

Living walls are a common sight in modern cities and my local community is no exception. We’ve had drought-like conditions in Vancouver this summer (for the second year in a row) and it must be quite a job to keep this one looking green.

I understand that you can get indoor versions too but they don’t come cheap. Depending upon the system, they run about $70 to $150 per vertical square foot. Then there’s that other issue - bumblebees in the bedroom. I don’t think I’m quite ready for that.

#flowers #photographers on tumblr #echinacea #living wall #honeybee #fleurs #flores #fiori #blumen #bloemen #White Rock #Vancouver

[surr0unds]

details of david brenner’s living wall @ sfmoma

#living wall #green #plants #nature #ferns #clover #sfmoma #san francisco

[lordsothofsithicus]

Lord Soth Reviews Monsters: Living Wall

Horror Factor: 👻 👻 👻 👻 👻 The living wall is many things.  One thing it is not, however, is living.  It is in fact an undead creature.  Actually it’s more of an undead gestalt.  This makes it one of the most complex encounters in all of D&D, and (potentially) one of the most powerful.  In second edition terms, its XP award ranges from 2,000 to 100,000 *and up* with no real upward limit. At first glance the Living Wall appears to be an ordinary patch of wall, with only the moans and cries of the creatures that compose the gestalt giving away the wall’s presence to those who come within 5 yards (that’s 15 feet) of it.  The wall can also be detected by Detect Magic and Detect Evil spells, but otherwise resists identification.  Only when attacked or otherwise agitated does the wall reveal its true form.

It’s also a bitch to paper over them.  Ask Azrael, he’ll tell you. The seed of a Living Wall is laid when someone is immured, which is a nasty and hilarious way of getting rid of somebody you don’t like.  I don’t consider a room finished unless I’ve immured someone in at least one of the walls.  Their horror, agony, hatred for their immurer and anguish soaks into the walls, and upon their demise the living wall is born.  Once the wall exists, the corpse of any being that dies within 100 yards of the wall will physically drag itself to the wall and be absorbed into it.  The bodies of those creatures and anything they were carrying are added to the cancerous mass of the wall, causing it to spread and increasing its power.

The Living Wall is also a uniquely passive monster.  If not interacted with the most it will do is weakly clutch and grasp at those who get too close to it.  Its moans and wails are quite disturbing, constant, and cannot be suppressed through the use of Silence spells. The only times the wall turns aggressive are when it is attacked, someone attempts to pull an entombed victim out of the wall, or in the presence of the wall’s original creator.

If attacked, the wall immediately counterattacks once for every being entombed in the wall.  An attack on a living wall with 12 beings entombed in it invites 12 counterattacks.  Since the Living Wall retains all the powers of beings entombed within, including spells, psionics, and other powers, this can be devastating.  The Wall can also use magic weapons possessed by beings entombed within the wall, granting it additional options or improving its Armor Class. If an individual attempts to grip a hand or other limb and pull it free from the wall, the Wall immediately tries to absorb them into itself.  If they fail to pull free, they are instantly absorbed into the wall and become part of it.  Only a Wish spell can extricate beings from the Living Wall once they have been absorbed.

In the presence of its creator, that is the individual responsible for the immurement that created the wall, the Living Wall becomes aggressive, attempting to kill its creator.  If its creator dies within 100 yards of the wall, the wall will absorb their corpse and then cease to be, releasing all its other victims to the peace of the grave.  

Subjectively speaking, the Living Wall is a... complex encounter, one which the DM had best plan out carefully and completely.  You need to know exactly which creatures are entombed in the wall, and the wall makes its individual attacks based on the statistics of its component parts.  So if the wall includes a 1st level and a 10th level fighter, it attacks using the statistics and capabilities of both.

The wall’s reactive nature also means it’s as much a puzzle or an obstacle as it is a dangerous monster.  Its obvious intent is to be put between the party and an important goal, requiring them to defeat or otherwise circumvent the thing in order to get to where you need to be.  The fact that every creature in the wall counterattacks at once, and counterattacks for every attack made against the wall means that its response to any attack can be CRUSHING and only a foolish party of player characters fights one cavalierly.

One of the saving graces of the Living Walls are that while they do grow, they don’t move beyond the confines of the wall they are part of.  They cannot take over a floor or ceiling or whole building, so they can’t turn into a Living House. Yet.  The Living House is my project for this year’s Necro-Expo.  I think if I can pull it off I’ll make Azalin whip off his big iron hat and jump up and down on it. As an experiment one time I fed a Kender to a Living Wall and it spat the little gremlin back out.  Even made a Ptoo!  noise.  I really thought the thing had a future as a Kender disposal unit.  Oh well, back to the drawing board I guess.

Some of you who played the version of Strahd’s Possession with the bonus dungeon will remember it was full of these things, and if you tangled with them cavalierly they’d tear you apart.  You needed the enchanted throwing knife and throwing axe in order to kill them safely. Anyway, this is an awesome monster.  It’s atmospheric, super-creepy, and incredibly dangerous.  It’s as much a puzzle as it is anything else, as PCs need to figure out how to get by it without getting killed by it.  The downside of it is, it’s a technically complex monster, and that can make it difficult to implement.  The Living Wall is best suited as a major obstacle or even the centerpiece of an adventure, such as interposing itself between the PCs and their goal, or that an item the PCs need  has been absorbed by a victim of the wall and they need to destroy it in order to retrieve their whatsit.

Also, a word of advice: If you must hang something on your Living Wall, use mounting putty.  DO NOT use a hammer and nail.

#Dungeons and Dragons #ravenloft #monsters #living wall

[josiahcarr]

Roofing Metal Richmond Mid-sized modern multicolored two-story wood house exterior idea with a shed roof and a metal roof

#living wall #modern garage door #arbor #cable rail #steel

[ghostsinmyramen]

Modern Deck in London Deck - large, open-air rooftop deck design idea

#city view #living wall #nest of tables #roof garden #coffee table

[designercasket]

Orange County Pool Example of a large minimalist backyard stone and custom-shaped infinity pool fountain design

#stacked stone #living wall #landscape #custom landscape #accent lighting #custom spa #outdoor lighting

[paulinecroze]

Flat in New York Example of a large mountain style multicolored two-story wood exterior home design with a metal roof

#blue green exterior #living wall #slanted roofing #sliding glass door #backyard landscaping #metal railing #natural stone pavers

[justgetclosertome]

Vertical Garden Landscape London Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard stone landscaping.

#olive trees #terrace #living wall #fake grass #garden design #lateral trellis #landscape

[pulpcomedy]

Design ideas for a small tropical partial sun courtyard stone formal garden. Design suggestions for a tiny formal tropical courtyard garden.

#green wall #landscape #japanese garde #tropical garden #contemporary garden #living wall

[hollywoodumc]

Deck London Deck - small contemporary courtyard second story glass railing deck idea with no cover

#concrete tiles #living wall #deck #courtyard #terrace

[kreasecock]

Landscape Vertical Garden London Photo of a small contemporary partial sun courtyard formal garden with decking.

#rhs gold medal winning #vertical planting #garden design #living wall #rhs people choice award #pebbles #decking