BcBUsiness.ca may 2015 BCBusiness 27
verdant in vernon
GSky Plant Systems used its soil-based Versa Wall system to build a
vertical garden in the atrium of Kal Tire's headquarters in Vernon. Founded
in 2004, GSky has done more than 100 living walls, both interior and
exterior, all over the world, from the Oprah Winfrey Network in California
and international West Elm locations to the Uptown Centre in Victoria,
Vancouver International Airport and Whole Foods in Vancouver.
Botanical Branding
As a brand based on
an organic material,
Icebreaker Merino
Clothing wanted a strong
presence of greenery with
a lush, artistic look for the
employee spaces of its
Vancouver office. Heather
May of Greenstems, a
Gastown floral shop that
focuses on small-scale
indoor living walls, used a
soil-based Woolly Pocket
system for a wall in the
kitchen/lounge and also
provided terrariums and
spatial planting.
living tapestry
The living wall in
Lululemon's Vancouver
headquarters is designed
to evoke wood grain
with a knot in the middle.
"Normally I do more
abstract art pieces," says
Green over Grey co-founder
Mike Weinmaster, who
combines plants ranging
from flowering perennials
and ground covers to shrubs
and small trees. Using a
lightweight hydroponic
system, Green over Grey
has created interior and
exterior vertical gardens
for offices, banks, airports,
shopping centres and
residences throughout
North America.
