A Handy Map of Bay Area Living Walls & Designs!
Staying true to our promise to “bring greenery into urban areas and into the everyday lives of city inhabitants”, we’ve designed and installed vertical gardens throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Now it’s time to map out our favorites so you could take a self-guided tour or simply drop by any one at your convenience.
Below is a list. If you’ve enjoyed our living walls feel free to send a note and/or a photo to hello@habitathorticulture.com! We’d love to hear from you!
1. Living Murals at Mckesson’s Corporate Headquarters
The two 11×7 living murals illuminate the lobby in a flourishing three-dimensional collage. The chartreuse leaves of Neon Pothos energetically dash through a fine textured backdrop of dark rich Ficus repens. Jubilant Sword Ferns nestle among elegant white Peace Lilies and ornate orchids dapple with magenta.
2. Living Columns at New Resource Bank
The 4×8 living column has transformed what was a stark concrete pillar into a verdant living column that helps purify the air and provide a relaxing indoor environment for New Resource Bank’s employees and customers.
3. A Lush Backdrop in a Private Residence at Blu
Nestled in a private playhouse in the heart of South of Market lies a lush living composition that compliments a meeting place for Bay Area entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. A flash of greenery greets guests against a beautiful backdrop of dark charred wood sitting atop a space to prepare food and drinks.
4. “The Great Barrier” Living Partitions at Westfield’s Metreon Center
The living mobile partitions were designed to break up San Francisco’s largest outdoor patio space and create smaller and more intimate outdoor rooms. The coral-like forms of the contrasting light blue and chartreuse sedums and succulents collectively resemble an underwater scene inspired by the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
5. “City of Green” Living Wall at The Luggage Store Gallery
The “City of Green” is designed to help beautify and bring vegetation into San Francisco’s mid market street area. Drought tolerant grasses and sedums snake through this long and narrow site to help give the illusion that the space is wider than it really is. Thanks to San Francisco Art Commission and Artery Project for helping fund this project.
6. “Spring to Life” Living Stage at California Academy of Sciences
The piazza living stage is designed to provide an aesthetic backdrop for the main stage in the museum The plant palette was chosen to express the essence of spring in California. Most are native to California and can be found in mixed evergreen forest and woodland plant communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The range of flower colors and forms set against a variety of foliage textures and hues have been carefully arranged to create an installation that will incorporate seasonal change within the piazza.
7. The Moss Room Living Wall at California Academy of Sciences
Emulating a lush California forest environment, the Moss Room living wall is comprised of 7 different types of ferns that naturally flow over the wet slate cladding. Swathes of lush ferns and exposed slate highlight the interplay of hard and soft textures. Shadows of Japanese river fish are projected onto the wall as the fish swim by.
8. “Mt. Tam” Living Wall at Corte Madera Town Center
Marin County’s most endearing icon, Mount Tamalpais, comes alive indoors as a local combination of natural features emulates the surrounding mixed evergreen forest in a living wall. This multi sensory experience includes a rich contrast in color and fragrances, from a striking magenta ‘Red robin’ begonia to a refreshing mint-scented Yerba buena.
A Handy Map to Habitat Horticulture’s Living Walls: http://bit.ly/LivingWallsMap
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