Florida Living Walls and Green Roofs, Nature Designed

Florida Living Walls, Vertical Urban Core Green by Mother Nature, Daytona Beach Church

For most my adult life I've been fascinated with understanding how plants colonize, live and proliferate on urban core structure roofs and walls.

Florida Living Walls, Vertical Urban Core Green by Mother Nature, Daytona Beach Church

Here are a few pictures of ferns finding a home on a church in Daytona Beach.  The benefits of urban green are many, including; carbon sequestration, urban heat island effect mitigation, habitat and pest control, rainwater attenuation and purification, oxygen production, sense of place and beauty and much more.

Florida Living Walls, Vertical Urban Core Green by Mother Nature, Daytona Beach Church

Examining how nature adapts plants to masonry provides insight into successful living wall design.

Next time you see a building with plants adorning the walls, stop and take a look.  Think about porosity, surface texture, locale, sun exposure and other variables contributing to the successful vertical green.

Florida Living Walls, Vertical Urban Core Green by Mother Nature, Daytona Beach Church

So much to learn and so many walls to plant!