shipping palette green wall

So, I have been particularly interested in green walls these days... over the past year or so, i have been pondering the idea of making a DIY upcycled green wall or green roof using egg cartons for the structure (styrofoam or plastic so they don't degrade, i hope). But that has yet to manifest... Today, Kira Appelhans, of Working Earth, shared this link from Life On The Balcony with me-- a green wall made out of a shipping palette!




This post is the perfect marriage of my personal and professional interests! Jennifer, my business partner, and I (Studio Balcones) will be embarking on the landscape design for the Pecan Street Project's Home Research Lab. It includes a green wall! If it is built, it will be the second living/green wall/vertical garden (that I am aware of) in all of Texas! -- if you know of others, please share with me! Many thanks to Michael Hsu Office of Architecture for inviting us to be part of the project.