#Living Walls

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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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[planthoneybee]

here’s some living plant wall pictures to use as phone wallpapers 🌿 via envirogreenery.plants on insta

[webuiltthiscity]

Cool to see that after several years, the living wall at SFMOMA has grown into a little vertical forest

[atlantaartisticweddings]

Atlanta Wedding Photographers the Capture Adventurous Spirit of Bride and Groom

This week’s photo session is an Atlanta wedding photography classic.  The couple’s wedding is in October and they wanted their engagement photos to have that Atlanta flavor by shooting at city landmarks that give that urban feel.  Liz and Ben are international travelers and appreciate the energy a city can bring.

We started early at Piedmont Park at sunrise.  They brought their dog Archie, who was an energetic fun soul.  He brought so much personality and playfulness to the shoot.  

The weather and lighting were perfect.  When we got there the street lights of the park were still on.  We could take advantage of the dramatic lighting a lamp can bring to a couple.  It gave a very intimate and moody light. While it was still dawn and we had that low early light we moved over to the Greystone, where they have this grand arched entrance with large stone columns.  There it was dark enough to use a flash to backlight the couple.  

From there we moved on to capture the Atlanta Skyline.  In front of Greystone is the Active Oval Running Loop with a soccer field in the middle.  The entrance to the field is the original historic wall with the stone planters from when that area used to be the agricultural pavilion when the park was first built.  The wall lines up perfectly along Piedmont Road and Peachtree street.  That way you see the major buildings in midtown.  There our couple climbed the wall and played.  We even got Archie to get into the act.  Archie would pose for the camera and supervise the couple in love.

To take advantage of the park we continued  on to Lake Clara Meer, the center of the park.  There we went to the front of the Dockside Visitor Center where they have a beautiful row of corinthian columns.  It is a nice little area with great light.  We then wrapped around the building to the dock leading to Lake Clara Meer where the sun was coming up above the treeline.  

Liz also wanted to use some of the murals in Atlanta made by local artists.  There are several of them by Krog street which is known for their graffiti filled tunnel. Liz and Ben went to Liz’s favorite mural of butterflies.  There we took a few photos detailing Liz’s ring made from family heirloom stones. It is a beautiful ring with family history and deep meaning to the couple.  We went into the tunnel and admired the latest artwork painted on the walls.  We could still smell the fresh paint in the air.  

Liz noticed a large mural on the way to the Krog Street Tunnel.  As we got closer to the mural we noticed that in the center was a heart.  It was the perfect location to end the day.  What a great adventure in the city where we captured the adventurous spirit of Liz, Ben and Archie.

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[imgae-insertshockedgasps-16]

living walls.

hey, living walls.

l i v i n g. w a l l s.

living walls: natural air purification, flood reduction, water that flows through can be collected, natural insulation, heat reduction, increased rainfall, increased native bugs/birds/etc, increased native plants, ET FUCKING CETERA BC LIVING WALLS ARE AMAZING

they're beautiful, they're useful, you could plant perennial native foodstuffs, and other things, guys hello this is AMAZING WHY IS THIS NOT ON EVERY BUILDING

[starii-void]

going to chb must be crazy like imagine sharing a camp with

-one of the strongest demigods ever who's saved the world like at least 3 times, fought multiple gods & titans and WON (and is a tartarus survivor)

-the literal main architect of OLYMPUS who's also saved the world multiple times (also tartarus survivor)

-THE lord of the wild who's also close friends with the first two (and has helped save the world multiple times)

-an emo kid from the 1930s who again helped save the world and is also a tartarus survivor (TWICE)

-a son of apollo who survived tartarus with nothing but cargo shorts and sheer will (pun intended)

-the main designer and builder for the argo II, also the first hephaestus kid to have fire powers since hundreds of years ago (did i mention killed gaea? no? yeah he did that too)

-a girl who somehow charmspeak-ed gaea into falling back asleep (also side note daughter of super famous actor because why not)

-pretty much everybody is a two-time war veteran

-THE GOD APOLLO who just sometimes comes down to visit in the form of a teenage boy

-did i mention dionysus, god of wine madness and theatre

-also chiron, trainer of pretty much every greek hero ever

[chloesimaginationthings]

I can’t wait to see mangle in the FNAF 2 movie,,

[1001aus]

AU where Danny has spent a very long time in the Infinite Realms for one reason or another (time travel work for Clockwork, Ghost King business, fled Earth for some reason, decided he didn't jive with living under capitalism, realized he wasn't aging, whatever).

On his first trip out to the living world where he actually interacts with living people, he drops into a reality where the Justice League exists and gets curious about the Watchtower. It's definitely Earth technology, but it's way different than anything he's seen them build before. How cool! He has to check it out.

He gets intercepted. Danny's first introduction to the Justice League is Green Lantern, Superman, and Martian Manhunter. They're friendly enough when they realize he's just curious.

In the course of talking, his abilities come up. Danny talks about his ice and the time powers Clockwork started teaching him after AGIT.

Then one of them says something along the lines of "and you can fly."

Danny gives them a weird look.

"...and I can walk?"

Which is about the moment that they realize that, not only has Danny assumed that flight is normal for them (since all of the people he's met since showing up are capable of it), but he could have any number of abilities that he considers not worth mentioning.

[natureindoor]

EcoVibe Walls

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[marzipanandminutiae]

"most allegedly haunted houses turn out to have gas leaks!"

no they don't. you are merely skimming the surface of mundane shit that can be wrong with old houses with your one puny little explanation that only fits a very small number of cases. try harder

[classycookiexo]

This is literally so iconic

[an-established-butt-dent]

Soooooo after the new details that have been revealed about Veilguard, how do we all imagine a Solavellan reunion is going down? Trapped in the fade together? Lighthouse makeout sessions? A very sad mural dedicated to his Vhenan? My brain is infested with new headcanons.

[hotfattygirl]

Rooftop - Contemporary Deck

Small trendy rooftop water fountain deck photo with a pergola

[ricelily]

Pool Infinity

ideas for a small contemporary backyard remodel with a rectangular infinity hot tub