Vertical Gardens

The idea of designing vertical gardens came from French designer Patrick Blanc and has been gaining followers all over the world.

Lack of space is no longer a constraint for those who have always dreamed of having a garden. In small spaces, such as balconies, small terraces or even indoors, plants can “defy gravity” by growing vertically.

Vertical gardens are a creative and functional solution for making the most of small areas and are adaptable to both indoor and outdoor environments, making environments more “alive” and inviting, a way of making a space stand out for its differences and innovation. The installation of green roofs or facades on a building has been proven to help the building’s thermal and acoustic performance, softening temperatures and attenuating outside noise.

As this is a living system, the design and execution of the garden must be carried out by a specialised team.

Horto do Campo Grande’s technical team offers the client a careful selection of plant species, depending on the sun exposure, incidence of wind and desired volume, as well as the design and stereotomy of colours and textures obtained by the combination of plant species used, which is suggested to the client before execution.

The choice of plants should fall on perennial species, with low vigorous roots, of a hanging or semi-hanging nature, that don’t create a lot of dirt and absorb noise. The effect of a plant panel, which is intended to be continuous and covered in greenery, is not immediate, since the species are planted with stalks so that they can grow on the plant wall itself, thus promoting a better environment and longevity.

Over the last few decades, Horto do Campo Grande has created various types of vertical gardens, with different solutions and different types of structures. It was therefore possible to perfect a structure and system of our own, which we believe is optimised in several aspects – technical, aesthetic, economic and sustainable – as well as in terms of maintenance.

This system consists of a metal structure, which is fixed to a wall or structure, and contains a built-in irrigation system, which is then filled with a substrate suitable for planting the species. For the system to function properly, there must be a water point and drainage for excess water.

NB: Horto do Campo Grande also carries out Vertical Gardens covered with artificial plants.