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    <outline type="rss"  title="May 13, 2008&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A GARDNER with a head for heights is going to be needed for an  amazing vertical garden of tropical plants being planned for the side  of a Manchester building. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The 100ft green wall - the first of its kind in  Britain and the largest in Europe - is to be laid out up the side of  the former BT building and will be visible from the Mancunian Way. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It will be transformed as part of Ask  Development's &amp;amp;pound;750m Central Spine project, a 20-acre mixed-use scheme  on the southern edge of the city centre. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;This new computer-generated image shows the  scale of the vertical garden, which will cover 1,000sq ft, be 100ft  high and feature up to 150 different species of plants.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Manchester  architects BDP have redesigned the BT building and hope to recruit  French botanist Patrick Blanc. He planted a similar, but smaller green  wall at the controversial Quai Branly Museum in Paris.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Hypodronics&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;      &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;      Gavin  Elliot, director at BDP Architects, said: &amp;amp;quot;We plan to use a hydroponics  system, with two layers of felt with recycled rainwater running in  between. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;Various plants can be grown out of the top layer of felt, and fed with nutrition which is added to the water.         &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;The  green wall will be visually stunning and will also change the micro  climate in the surrounding square. It will scrub the air in a way,  catching pollution and converting carbon dioxide to oxygen.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049269_the_green_wonderwall&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;read more&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; ...&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" text="May 13, 2008&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A GARDNER with a head for heights is going to be needed for an  amazing vertical garden of tropical plants being planned for the side  of a Manchester building. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The 100ft green wall - the first of its kind in  Britain and the largest in Europe - is to be laid out up the side of  the former BT building and will be visible from the Mancunian Way. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;It will be transformed as part of Ask  Development's &amp;amp;pound;750m Central Spine project, a 20-acre mixed-use scheme  on the southern edge of the city centre. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;This new computer-generated image shows the  scale of the vertical garden, which will cover 1,000sq ft, be 100ft  high and feature up to 150 different species of plants.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Manchester  architects BDP have redesigned the BT building and hope to recruit  French botanist Patrick Blanc. He planted a similar, but smaller green  wall at the controversial Quai Branly Museum in Paris.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Hypodronics&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;      &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;      Gavin  Elliot, director at BDP Architects, said: &amp;amp;quot;We plan to use a hydroponics  system, with two layers of felt with recycled rainwater running in  between. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;Various plants can be grown out of the top layer of felt, and fed with nutrition which is added to the water.         &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;        &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;The  green wall will be visually stunning and will also change the micro  climate in the surrounding square. It will scrub the air in a way,  catching pollution and converting carbon dioxide to oxygen.&amp;amp;quot;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049269_the_green_wonderwall&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;read more&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; ...&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" url="http://www.hydroponics-today.com/the-green-wonderwall-manchester-a12.html"/>
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