Restoration
Living wall restoration, when a wall has been left.
When a wall has thinned, dried out or been left, we find what failed and put it right. Replanting, repairs to the irrigation and improvements to the system, so an existing wall can grow well again.
Based in London. Working across the capital and the Home Counties.
01 — What restoration includes
Find what failed, then put the wall back.
A tired wall is rarely just a planting problem. We look at the system before we buy a single plant.
01
A survey of the failure
Plants, irrigation, substrate and fixings. We say which of them is actually the cause.
02
Irrigation put right
Dry zones, blocked drippers and controllers that have drifted are repaired before replanting.
03
Replanting
Gaps are filled with plants suited to the light the wall gets now, not to the scheme it started with if that no longer fits.
04
The system, improved
Where the build-up itself is the problem, we alter it rather than planting into a fault.
05
A wall we did not install
Most restoration is of someone else’s wall. We work to what is there.
06
A plan afterwards
Restoration without a way to look after the wall just resets the clock. We leave you with that plan.
02 — How it works
From a tired wall to one that can carry on.
01
Survey
We find out why the wall has declined, on site, not from a photograph alone.
02
Scope
Repair, replanting and anything the system itself needs, with a price before we start.
03
The work
Plants and the system are brought back together.
04
Aftercare
A schedule so it does not slip back to where it was.
03 — Key facts
Restoration facts.
We would rather tell you the wall can be saved, or that it cannot, before any work is booked.
- Typical cause
- Water, then planting, then access
- First step
- A survey of the wall and the system
- Replanting
- Only once the cause is dealt with
- Existing walls
- We did not have to install them
- After
- A maintenance plan, if you want the result to hold
- Area
- London and the Home Counties
04 — What we are putting right
A thin wall is a symptom.
Most walls we are asked to restore have been drying out in patches, or were planted for a light level the courtyard does not actually have. New plants on top of that fail in the same places.
We separate what can be replanted from what has to be repaired. Sometimes the kindest advice is a smaller scope than the one you arrived with.
When the work is done, the wall needs the same care as a new one. We can stay on for that, or leave you with a clear note of what it needs.
05 — Chosen by the wall
Two kinds of tired wall.
The photograph looks similar. The work does not.
The plants have gone
Gaps, leggy growth, a scheme that no longer matches the light. Replanting, once the water is honest.
The system has gone
Irrigation, substrate or fixings that no longer do their job. Repair first, or the new planting repeats the failure.
06 — Relevant projects
Designed, then built.
“The scheme was clear from the start, and the finished wall is exactly the one we talked through. It has changed the courtyard completely.”
Blake
Senior Architect, Studio 9 Architecture
07 — Straight answers
Restoration questions.
08 — Elsewhere on the site
The rest of what we do.
Next step
Book your consultation.
Whether you’re an architect, developer, interior designer or contractor, we’d love to hear about your project. Tell us a little about your space and what you’d like to achieve, and we’ll explore the possibilities together.
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- Call
- 07778 079141
- Studio
- 15 St Anns Court, NW4 4QY