After over a year inside, we recognize the importance of connecting with nature either outside or indoors (also known as biophilic design). Outside of the pandemic, studies have shown that we spend nearly 90% of our lives indoors! By bringing the outside inside through biophilic design, we can increase our mental health, productivity, and overall well-being.
Read MoreUrban Blooms is known for our work in public spaces such as restaurants, hospitals, and gyms. But, did you know that Urban Blooms also creates beautiful living walls for private residences? We have installed numerous custom private living walls across the midwest, and each one of these private residences presented their own unique stories and challenges.
Some of our favorite residential projects include a 25 foot-tall living wall through two stories, poolside series of 7 living walls, kitchen area right angled living walls, and walls that serve as backyard privacy screens.
Our custom approach to each and every project has dubbed us experts in overcoming any challenges any space might present. We can literally bring any wall to life! By building these walls in a variety of shapes and sizes, and incorporating a variety of different materials, every project is unique.
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One of the negative effects of living in urban areas is the air pollution from industry and transportation. Pollutants that are released frequently from cars and other carbon-burning technology are called particulate matter (PM). PM is a mixture of solid and liquid chemical particles that float in the air and are often less than 10 micrometers in diameter.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a seasonal form of depression that usually starts in the Fall and subsides around the springtime. SAD is a fairly common form of depression, affecting about 10 million American adults every year according to an article published by the Cleveland Clinic. SAD can cause behavioral changes, mood swings, weight gain or loss, and feelings of depression.
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Biophilic design is a multifaceted, environmentally-based approach to solving problems that exist in current architecture and interior design. For centuries we have been trying to escape the wilderness, and provide peace of mind to humans who inhabit spaces in which they live, work, and simply exist in. This has always been a double-edged sword. Humans have an innate and instinctive urge to feel connected to the natural world.
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If you look at how our healthcare systems have been trying to modernize themselves over the past 20 years you will find a growing trend of hospitals, doctor's offices, and other facilities incorporating plant life into their structures and interior design. Living walls and plant features have been slowly popping up across the US in various healthcare settings, but why?
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Biophilic design has been used in architecture and interior design for centuries. Elements of it can be found in houses, restaurants, community centers, government buildings, and religious structures all around the world. While biophilic design is not a new concept, it has become a hot topic in recent years due to the growing awareness that the design of the structures we spend the majority of our time in has a strong effect on us. The question remains as to what is biophilic design, and how does it benefit people and our environment?
Read MoreLiving Walls are one of the 21st century’s great new art forms, representing a future where nature, technology, and humanity thrive together. Over the past 10 years these living murals of plants, some covering entire walls, have been making an appearance in new developments, offices, and shopping centers around the world.
Read MoreStop by Braxton’s New Rooftop bar in Covington today to enjoy a cold beverage and our latest living wall installation. https://www.braxtonbrewing.com/locations/the-rooftop/
This living wall features over 700 living plants from over 30 species. Designed to attract pollinators and be a hub of biodiversity in Covington and along the Cincinnati Riverfront.
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Read MoreUrban Blooms is growing something beautiful in the heart of two Cincinnati neighborhoods. Last Friday, construction began on a 1,500-square-foot living wall at 4912 Reading Rd. in the Bond Hill business district. A similar project will begin in Corryville this fall.
Tyler Wolf, executive director of Urban Blooms, says the organization really wanted to connect its mission of sustainable green living to neighborhood development. The result is the Cincinnati Grows program, a $25,000 matching funds grant that gives neighborhoods the chance to apply for a living wall installation in their community.
Tyler Wolf and Lily Turner, co-founders of Urban Blooms, recently built the largest living wall in Ohio. The two Walnut Hills High School graduates started the nonprofit two years ago and have been amazed with the outpouring of support and interest they have seen from Cincinnati communities thus far. Urban Blooms specializes the design, installation and maintenance of indoor and outdoor living walls — functional vertical gardens
Read MoreIt’s creating a healthier living environment—in a physical sense, removing pollutants and particulate matter from your air, but also in a psychological sense,” says Wolf. “Humans perform better when they’re in environments with more plants.”
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We are very proud of this 115 Sqft Installation as it is our first chance to display our work in a public setting.
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The Style + Sustainability Gala (SSGALA). SSGALA was truly a one-of-a-kind experience that consisted of a “living” runway fashion show, 23 vendors, 60 models, 26 local professional and DAAP designers and an impressive planted robot.
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This event serves as an opportunity to educate our community about the issues related to food justice, food insecurity and food waste. Good Food offers an opportunity to gather together an influential group of people in our community to share ideas and build with one another.
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