Get Growing with Meristem
We were thrilled to be invited back to showcase our stunning living wall at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival (2-7 July).
Our team designed and installed this vibrant piece of living green art for the main bandstand stage - Get Growing - with over 540 plants making up the display.
Held annually, the Garden Festival takes place at Hampton Court Palace, a historic royal residence located in East Molesey, Surrey, England. Invited back to transform the main stage of the festival into a green vision, Meristem Design were given a brief to create a green wall with a splash of colour.
Vision inspired by our Living Wall Designer and Maintenance Manager, Nina Simoes
CONSTRUCTING AND DESIGNING THE LIVING WALL
Living walls, green walls, or plant walls are self-sufficient vertical gardens that are attached to a free-standing frame or to the exterior or interior of a building. Many types of plants will tolerate the high life in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns. Included in the RHS Hampton wall are the following plants:
The wall contained individual pocket-sized planters each filled with soil and one or more plants.
alchemilla mollis
polystichum setiferum
pachysandra terminalis
muehlenbeckia complexa
heuchera blondie in lime
asplenium scolopendrium
polistichum tsus-simens
carex oshimensis evergold
hedera helix
nepeta racemosa
REPURPOSING THE PLANTS
To ensure the green wall stayed lush and vibrant throughout the festival, we ensured the plants got plenty of water. We chose these plants because they are evergreen and hardy. Similar to our living wall at RHS Chelsea, we will be repurposing many of the plants to other schools sites. as part of our primary school project work to educate and engage children on the importance of nature.
What WAS on at the Get Growing Festival Stage?
Garden designer Adam Frost sharing his journey with our living wall as a vibrant green backdrop
The Get Growing main stage at the festival is the place to be to get garden inspiration, advice and entertainment.
From creative demonstrations to practical workshops, the stage was filled with experts and celebrities sharing their gardening tales.
For those with a love for music, the stage also included some a capella delights.
