Total Landscape Care Digital Magazine
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/85694
foot vertical garden, found in Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown Lakefront, is the largest in- door green wall in Chicago. Installed by Ambius, a division of Rentokil Initial, the wall is composed of 3,840 plants that represent six species. Featured This 720-square- plants include rabbit foot fern, neon and golden pothos, rex begonia and arboricola. "This green wall provides clean oxygen indoors, equivalent to planting 16, 14-foot-tall trees," says Denise Eichmann, Ambius project development North American senior project manager. How far did your ornamental rock or stone travel to get to your project site? What environmental impact did harvesting that rock have? As transporta- tion costs are on the rise, source materials locally and recycle when possible. Source: Yardfairy.com 10 TOTAL LANDSCAPE CARE / January 2012