Every month we like to share some art for garden lovers. Our choice for October is, ironically a spring picture. We thought that due to the recent cold weather you might need a reminder of warmer seasons! So, this month's painting is some David Hockney spring flowers. It depicts flowers...
We brought you a post recently about the new trend in kitchen design for including interior living walls. Having just installed a green wall inside another domestic property, we feel this trend is an important one in interior design generally. We are absolutely delighted with this wall too, and wanted...
Amongst a host of other benefits, research points to the importance of living walls as a habitat and food source for urban wildlife. It goes without saying that nectar-rich flowers will attract insect pollinators like bees and butterflies. And of course the side-effect is that all those flowers smell great...
As you know, Rosewood likes to share art that garden-lovers will enjoy. Each month this year we've been looking at modern paintings of flowers. So, for September, we're showing you one of many Jonas Wood plant paintings. Wood is a contemporary American painter. His main works include large interiors or...
We've talked before about how a small amount of regular upkeep will make all the difference to a living wall. On a day-to-day basis, a well-designed vertical garden needs little or no attention apart from the admiring glances it's sure to receive. In terms of watering, it takes care of...
As a forward-looking company, we like to keep on top of new ideas in vertical gardening. One of the biggest current trends is the use of living walls in contemporary kitchen design. We recently worked on a job near Bedford where the client wanted an interior living wall in her...
It's nearly the end of August, so it's time for us to show you another twentieth-century flower painting. This month, we're sharing Black Flowers by Roy Lichtenstein. Lichtenstein is a Pop Art master. He's best known for his paintings in the style of magnified comic strip illustrations. These include very...
Today we want to share a recent job we did involving a living wall with a drainage gutter. It's not normally something that's necessary, but read on to find out why we needed a gutter for this green wall in Battersea. The PlantBox system At Rosewood, we use the PlantBox system to...
British birds are declining Sadly, there are nearly 70 bird species now on the UK conservation status red list. This means that the relevant organisations consider them under the greatest level of threat. Some of the red-list species are globally endangered. Others have suffered more than a 50% decline in the...
So you've had a vertical garden installed, and you're delighted with the way it has added something special to your outdoor seating area or your lush new interior design scheme. But is that it? How do you keep it looking good? The answer is simple. Regular living wall maintenance makes...