Hydroponics Today Latest articles from Hydroponics Today (http://www.hydroponics-today.com) http://www.hydroponics-today.com 2010-07-30T15:30:34+01:00 text/html 2008-05-28T05:30:07+01:00 http://www.hydroponics-today.com May 13, 2008<br /> <p>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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />It will be transformed as part of Ask Development's £750m Central Spine project, a 20-acre mixed-use scheme on the southern edge of the city centre. <br /> <br />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.<br /> <br />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.<br /> <br /> <strong>Hypodronics</strong> </p><p> Gavin Elliot, director at BDP Architects, said: "We plan to use a hydroponics system, with two layers of felt with recycled rainwater running in between. <br /> <br />"Various plants can be grown out of the top layer of felt, and fed with nutrition which is added to the water. <br /> <br />"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."</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049269_the_green_wonderwall" target="_blank">read more</a> ... </p> http://www.hydroponics-today.com/the-green-wonderwall-manchester-a12.html 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. 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. It will be transformed as part of Ask Development's £750m Central Spine project, a 20-acre mixed-use scheme on the southern edge of the city centre.