Best of the Week: 28 Indoor Vertical Gardens and Green Walls
Whether you have a garden outdoors or not, these vertical pockets of green let you bring the verdant freshness indoors
Want to incorporate plants in your interiors, but keen to take on more than just pot plants? Then make that statement with a vertical garden (also known as a green wall), as these homes show.
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Remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on the photo.
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Location: Los Angeles
Designer: Gavin Green Home Design LLC
Features: A living, green wall in the kitchen – whether it’s planted with edibles or not – is sure to encourage those who dwell here to cook and eat healthy.
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Location: Los Angeles
Designer: Gavin Green Home Design LLC
Features: A living, green wall in the kitchen – whether it’s planted with edibles or not – is sure to encourage those who dwell here to cook and eat healthy.
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Location: Seattle, USA
Designer: Brio Interior Design
Features: Here’s another vertical planter that will encourage healthy eating.
Location: Seattle, USA
Designer: Brio Interior Design
Features: Here’s another vertical planter that will encourage healthy eating.
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Location: New York, USA
Features: If you’ve got the double-volume space, why not plant a green wall spanning the double height and rest your eyes on the lush view (instead of on a TV screen)?
Location: New York, USA
Features: If you’ve got the double-volume space, why not plant a green wall spanning the double height and rest your eyes on the lush view (instead of on a TV screen)?
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Location: Singapore
Designer: Architology and A_Collective Architects
Features: Enjoy alfresco dining indoors, with this thriving vertical garden.
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Location: Singapore
Designer: Architology and A_Collective Architects
Features: Enjoy alfresco dining indoors, with this thriving vertical garden.
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Location: London
Designer: Chris Snook
Features: A niche built within the kitchen’s wall becomes an extension of the garden outside when it features the same plants.
Location: London
Designer: Chris Snook
Features: A niche built within the kitchen’s wall becomes an extension of the garden outside when it features the same plants.
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Designer: Jeppe Bjørnberg Hansen
Features: Homeowner Jeppe Bjørnberg Hansen is an interior designer himself, and decorated his own home with a mix of flea-market finds and high-end icons. For his dining room’s green wall, he upcycled copper gutters into vertical planters.
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Designer: Jeppe Bjørnberg Hansen
Features: Homeowner Jeppe Bjørnberg Hansen is an interior designer himself, and decorated his own home with a mix of flea-market finds and high-end icons. For his dining room’s green wall, he upcycled copper gutters into vertical planters.
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Location: Moscow, Russia
Designer: “Смарт-360”
Features: These vertical planters put a green spin on the honeycomb pattern of the bookshelves along the hallway (far left), and provide a refreshing view for a reader to rest their eyes on.
Location: Moscow, Russia
Designer: “Смарт-360”
Features: These vertical planters put a green spin on the honeycomb pattern of the bookshelves along the hallway (far left), and provide a refreshing view for a reader to rest their eyes on.
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Location: Singapore
Designer: Ace Space Design
Features: Replace a wall panel with artificial turf (or even a green rug) to create a contemporary tropical-resort ambience in your open-plan apartment.
Location: Singapore
Designer: Ace Space Design
Features: Replace a wall panel with artificial turf (or even a green rug) to create a contemporary tropical-resort ambience in your open-plan apartment.
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Location: Madrid, Spain
Designer: Egue y Seta
Features: Wooden slats backing some bamboo in a planter creates the illusion of a bamboo forest in the living room.
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Location: Madrid, Spain
Designer: Egue y Seta
Features: Wooden slats backing some bamboo in a planter creates the illusion of a bamboo forest in the living room.
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Location: Napa Valley, USA
Designer: Holder Parlette Architecture
Features: The semi-open foyer in between two wings of this home is decked in green walls to make that indoor-outdoor transition seamless.
Location: Napa Valley, USA
Designer: Holder Parlette Architecture
Features: The semi-open foyer in between two wings of this home is decked in green walls to make that indoor-outdoor transition seamless.
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Location: Victoria, Australia
Designer: Adenbrook Homes
Features: Metal frames allow for pot plants to create a green wall as the upper half of this dividing wall between this lounge space and the hallway.
Container Plants for the Tropics
Location: Victoria, Australia
Designer: Adenbrook Homes
Features: Metal frames allow for pot plants to create a green wall as the upper half of this dividing wall between this lounge space and the hallway.
Container Plants for the Tropics
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Designer: Von Sturmer’s
Features: Feel like you’re bathing alfresco in an exotic spa with a green wall next to the bathtub – without sacrificing privacy and the comforts of home.
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Designer: Von Sturmer’s
Features: Feel like you’re bathing alfresco in an exotic spa with a green wall next to the bathtub – without sacrificing privacy and the comforts of home.
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Location: London, UK
Designer: Stephen Fletcher Architects
Features: Here’s the second one in this series of green wall-bathtub pairing. The moss divider frames the freestanding tub beautifully.
Location: London, UK
Designer: Stephen Fletcher Architects
Features: Here’s the second one in this series of green wall-bathtub pairing. The moss divider frames the freestanding tub beautifully.
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Location: Verona, Italy
Designer: Michele Perlini | ARCStudio Perlini
Features: This last of the green wall-bathtub pairs helps the low-ceilinged attic space feel less claustrophobic with its freshness.
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Location: Verona, Italy
Designer: Michele Perlini | ARCStudio Perlini
Features: This last of the green wall-bathtub pairs helps the low-ceilinged attic space feel less claustrophobic with its freshness.
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Location: New York, USA
Designer: Joel Sanders Architect
Features: The vanity mirror surrounded by a vertical garden shows that bathrooms can be a good place for green walls (even if you don’t have the luxury of a bathtub, as #14-16 show) because of the humidity.
Location: New York, USA
Designer: Joel Sanders Architect
Features: The vanity mirror surrounded by a vertical garden shows that bathrooms can be a good place for green walls (even if you don’t have the luxury of a bathtub, as #14-16 show) because of the humidity.
18.
Location: Delhi, India
Designer: Studio An-V-Thot Architects Pvt. Ltd.
Features: Need a little escape from the pressures of daily urban living? Lounge in front of a lush green wall.
Location: Delhi, India
Designer: Studio An-V-Thot Architects Pvt. Ltd.
Features: Need a little escape from the pressures of daily urban living? Lounge in front of a lush green wall.
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Location: Singapore
Features: Designed by its owner, Houzz user Charlene O, the green wall spans all four floors of this industrial-style house, and adds a soft, living contrast to the Tadao Ando-inspired concrete walls.
Location: Singapore
Features: Designed by its owner, Houzz user Charlene O, the green wall spans all four floors of this industrial-style house, and adds a soft, living contrast to the Tadao Ando-inspired concrete walls.
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
Designer: Portico Design Group
Features: Jars of herbs hung on wood panels on the wall make up this vertical pocket garden, and keep fresh herbs within easy reach in the kitchen.
Simple Kitchen Herb Gardening, Indoors!
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Designer: Portico Design Group
Features: Jars of herbs hung on wood panels on the wall make up this vertical pocket garden, and keep fresh herbs within easy reach in the kitchen.
Simple Kitchen Herb Gardening, Indoors!
21.
Location: Paris, France
Designer: Atelier Germain
Features: Under a skylight is a good spot to plant a green wall so it can grow as abundantly as this one, which enlivens this study and family space.
Location: Paris, France
Designer: Atelier Germain
Features: Under a skylight is a good spot to plant a green wall so it can grow as abundantly as this one, which enlivens this study and family space.
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Location: Mumbai, India
Designer: Shabnam Gupta
Features: Further on the subject of skylights, internal courtyards are also good for green walls, especially when they have outdoor decking for flooring – so you don’t have to be too careful watering the plants.
Location: Mumbai, India
Designer: Shabnam Gupta
Features: Further on the subject of skylights, internal courtyards are also good for green walls, especially when they have outdoor decking for flooring – so you don’t have to be too careful watering the plants.
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Location: Venice, Italy
Features: A green wall makes for a good burst of vibrant colour in a mostly-white interior. In this small kitchen-dining area, it softens the slim, clean lines of the furniture.
Location: Venice, Italy
Features: A green wall makes for a good burst of vibrant colour in a mostly-white interior. In this small kitchen-dining area, it softens the slim, clean lines of the furniture.
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Location: Barcelona, Spain
Designer: TheHallStudio
Features: Near-invisible metalwork on the wall allows hanging plants and creeping vines to climb up and down the wall. It also allows the owner to alter the mix and amount of plants whenever they want.
More Container Plants for the Tropics
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Designer: TheHallStudio
Features: Near-invisible metalwork on the wall allows hanging plants and creeping vines to climb up and down the wall. It also allows the owner to alter the mix and amount of plants whenever they want.
More Container Plants for the Tropics
25.
Location: Gothenberg, Sweden
Designer: Entrance Fastighetsmäkleri
Features: Wall-hung planters mimic a little vertical pocket garden in this living room.
Location: Gothenberg, Sweden
Designer: Entrance Fastighetsmäkleri
Features: Wall-hung planters mimic a little vertical pocket garden in this living room.
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Location: New York, USA
Designer: Susan Strauss Design
Features: The moss feature wall makes working-from-home feel less tedious as it refreshes this home office.
Location: New York, USA
Designer: Susan Strauss Design
Features: The moss feature wall makes working-from-home feel less tedious as it refreshes this home office.
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Location: Delhi, India
Designer: Spaces Architects@ka
Features: A green wall and water feature optimise the height of the airwell in this home, and provide a relaxing Zen experience for those using the stairs.
Location: Delhi, India
Designer: Spaces Architects@ka
Features: A green wall and water feature optimise the height of the airwell in this home, and provide a relaxing Zen experience for those using the stairs.
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Location: New York, USA
Designer: Red Hook Design LLC
Features: Here’s another green wall that enhances the double-height ceiling of this multi-level dwelling, and brings the fresh outdoors inside.
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Location: New York, USA
Designer: Red Hook Design LLC
Features: Here’s another green wall that enhances the double-height ceiling of this multi-level dwelling, and brings the fresh outdoors inside.
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Location: Singapore
Designer: Envelope Architects
Features: Add a green wall and a water feature next to and under the stairs and this usually-wasted space becomes a sought-after spot of relaxation.