CABLE TRELLIS – THE PERFECT GREEN WALL SOLUTION
10 Sep 2014
Ronstan X-Tend® stainless steel mesh is the cable trellis system that encourages a uniform blanket of green coverage to form a cost effective and attractive green wall.
Cable trellis systems provide essential structure for vertical climbing plants. With the right support, plants can be encouraged along cables or wires to form attractive espalier patterns or architectural green wall features. Cables can be arranged in any density across a wall space to facilitate the required level of plant mass or a specific growth aesthetic, ranging from open geometric espalier patterns to solutions that deliver cost effective and homogeneous plant cover over large green wall spaces. If a consistent green wall of plant growth is required, Ronstan X-Tend® Stainless Steel Mesh delivers the perfect growth platform at a fraction of the cost of living green walls.
At Our Lady of Mercy College in Parramatta, Landscape Architect, James Mather Delaney Design and Architect, Tzannes Assoc, delivered an ethereal “wall of green” that utilises Ronstan AGS4c X-Tend® mesh for plant structural support. The 470m² eastern facing green wall facade works with louvers above to provide morning shade and natural ventilation to the building interior. Mesh apertures of 120mm and 240mm were matched with plant species in alternate panels to create a natural variation in growth and green aesthetic across the facade; both meshes chosen for their ability to encourage consistent plant coverage across the full panel.
This and many other projects are detailed along with Ronstan’s most popular Cable Trellis Systems in the new Ronstan Cable Trellis Catalogue, which will sit well on any coffee table and is packed full of inspirational green walls and arbour ideas as well as technical advice.
Ronstan provides a total solution in landscape trellis systems with wall mounts and components designed to hold cables from the building face optimising growth conditions for climbing plants.
For awe-inspiring cable trellis ideas download the Cable Trellis Catalogue or a copy of our full X-Tend Mesh Catalogue.
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