HomeBeautiful GardensThe Google Garden Wayward Plants is the way forward for landscape architecture. They designed this amazing garden for the Google Campus in London. The courtyard is wrapped with a handmade moss wall, watered by clever funnels collecting rainwater. And the moss continues, tagging spaces in the walls as Moss Graffiti. Water saving and measuring is a key element in the garden. It’s not just those rainwater collectors, but also the solar-powered plant thirst detectors that work out how dry the soil is. It’s a technologically-clever garden for a space that serves technologically-clever start-ups. The garden itself is made of concrete planters filled with woodland plants such as ferns and hellebores. They are perfect in the shady setting, and against the white walls. This isn’t the only super-cool project that Wayward Plants have designed. Visit their website to see more. All images copyright Wayward Plants. You may not use these images without prior permission. Share this:Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Online treasuresCasino Not On GamstopCasino Sites Not On GamstopCasino Sites Not On GamstopUK Casinos Not On GamstopCasino Sites Not On GamstopUK Online Casinos Not On GamstopNon Gamstop Casino UKBest Non Gamstop CasinosNon Gamstop Casino UKNon Gamstop Casino UKBest Casinos Not On GamstopUK Casinos Not On GamstopUK Casino Sites Not On Gamstop 5 Responses Gaz@AlternativeEden April 8, 2012 Intersting, and it does look sort of cool. However the actual planting in the beds leaves a lot to be desired, and the water funnels wont exactly catch much rain up, as they are rather small and up against a wall. Chipboard isnt exactly a great outdoor material either. Nice concept, and could have been fantastic but seems to have been put together without much real thought into how it will actually do in practice. Reply charlie b April 9, 2012 This is an amazing garden. Wow! Thanks for posting it. Never heard of Wayward plants before this, but I sure will investigate now. Reply Leila April 9, 2012 I LOVE it! But do you think the moss will survive? Reply F&F April 9, 2012 Thanks Leila and Charlie. Wayward plants seem to have got the nurturing thing sorted with their clever rainwater harvesting system and those plant thirst sensors too. But I will ask them if they’ve had to replace any parts of the living wall Reply Ben Lannoy June 6, 2013 Nice design. I love the woodland planting too. Really seems to bring some life to ugly concrete walls. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Gaz@AlternativeEden April 8, 2012 Intersting, and it does look sort of cool. However the actual planting in the beds leaves a lot to be desired, and the water funnels wont exactly catch much rain up, as they are rather small and up against a wall. Chipboard isnt exactly a great outdoor material either. Nice concept, and could have been fantastic but seems to have been put together without much real thought into how it will actually do in practice. Reply
charlie b April 9, 2012 This is an amazing garden. Wow! Thanks for posting it. Never heard of Wayward plants before this, but I sure will investigate now. Reply
F&F April 9, 2012 Thanks Leila and Charlie. Wayward plants seem to have got the nurturing thing sorted with their clever rainwater harvesting system and those plant thirst sensors too. But I will ask them if they’ve had to replace any parts of the living wall Reply
Ben Lannoy June 6, 2013 Nice design. I love the woodland planting too. Really seems to bring some life to ugly concrete walls. Reply
