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Verde 360 – Living Walls in Mexico

Living wall growth progression

Living wall growth progression

Verde 360 is a Mexican company founded in 2006 that builds and maintains living walls. They create custom living walls to green up an urban environment. They've done some stellar work for brands including Nike and Steve Madden using felt and custom steel irrigation trays/gutters as reservoirs. A few of their projects are below:

  • Arq. Jose Luis Cortez ?
  • 12 meters square
  • San Angel, Mexico
Verde 360

Verde 360

Verde 360 Mexico

Verde 360 Mexico

  • Steve Madden
  • 12 m sq each side
  • Sante Fe, Mexico
  • July 2008
Steven Madden Living Wall Mexico

Steven Madden Living Wall Mexico

Two sided Living Wall Mexico

Two sided living wall

  • Movil Module
  • 6 m2 Mexico
  • January 2008
Planting vertical garden designs

Planting vertical garden designs

Vertical garden with custom stainless steel reservoir

Vertical garden with custom stainless steel reservoir

Finished Movil Module

Finished Movil Module


LivingWallArt discusses various ways to build living walls and vertical gardens both indoors and outdoors. Link to original post