For a long time it's been a dream of director Dave C to combine street art with living wall, & finally we're on our way to doing just that. Check out this newly installed beauty! We secured the funding for the wall, and
@anotherfinefest generated the quids for the art (shout outs & love to all the backers).
Imminently the art will be updated to tie in with these brand new beautiful plants! (with some fungal friends of course). We hope that this first for Ulverston will absolutely not be the last. We've not personally seen any living wall/art mashups happen anywhere else but please send us your pics if you have!
Our aim is to use this as a pilot & inspire/support others to do the same. How wonderful would it be to see lush green walls all over the place! They create habitat for our ailing insect population, are great for the climate, sucking co2 from the atmosphere, they insulate walls, and look extremely pleasant on the eye. Well at least we very much hope they do to yours!
Watch this space as the next phase will be executed imminently when the Cunning Craftsman
@chris_dorning returns to add his next level botanical artistry. We can't wait!
Thanks so much to Helen Allonby from Nirodhah for trusting us with your building and offering up your wall as a canvas, you have been fantastic & so accommodating throughout, it's been a pleasure, Walls of Plants for the stunning install (chosen for their green credentials using entirely recycled steel, biochar, creating the modules in house, and avoiding artificial plastic green walls), Christina
@nightshadefurness for helping find quotes, Westmorland and Furness Council for the Nature & Climate grant, and Ulverston BID for promising to look after the wall going forward (though being a self contained system, it should hopefully take minimal effort).
We know Ulverston BID is looking into installing one themselves which we applaud, & we hope to work with them create more of these in the future. Message us if you'd like to get involved!
Amongst a bit of a tough year, an artsy win from us for the planet, bugs, & the eyes too.
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