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                    Meyers Place Green Wall (Loop Bar)

                    City laneway with green growth on walls
                    Loop bar received a $50,000 matched-funding grant from the City of Melbourne to create a green wall that instantly brightens up Meyers Place and draws people in. The project was delivered in 2018 as a pilot project for the Urban Forest Fund and through the Green Your Laneway program.

                    ​​​​​​​​​​Visible from Bourke Street, the green wall at the Loop Space & Bar building is a beacon of greening for visitors and a welcome addition to the Meyers Place laneway. Additional greenery and a mural artwork was delivered through the City of Melbourne’s pilot Green Your Laneway​ projects to revitalise Meyers Place. The laneway now offers a range of hospitality venues where visitors can bask in the sunshine for long lunches in dappled green light, or continue to socialise at sunset and twilight in garden oasis rooftop bars. 

                    The green wall wraps around the north west heritage building façade, and extends up to within the Loop Roof three levels above, where a green haven awaits visitors. The green wall cover 40 square meters and showcases a unique combination of 80 plant species that have been carefully selected and arranged.

                    Project details

                    Completed in 2018, the green wall covers 40m2  and is made up of 92 green wall panels. Each panel contains growing media and 12 plants. The root ball of each plant sits within the growing media and the foliage of the plant protrudes out from the surface of the panel. Plants were grown in the panels offsite for a number of months prior to installation to ensure maximum visual impact at the time of installation.

                    A remotely controlled fertigation system provides water and nutrients to the plants several times a day, and is varied depending on climatic conditions. The green wall uses recycled rainwater when available, and potable water at other times.

                    A scissor lift was used to construct the wall. First, metal frames were securely fixed to the building structure and covered with overlapping colourbond sheets. The green wall modules were then attached to this structure. Plant modules are specially designed to integrate with the irrigation system. 

                    The vertical wall system also utilises a barrier that limits weed growth, protecting from future weeding maintenance.  As the wall is north facing and surrounded by buildings on 3 of its sides, it is protected from harsh wind whiles still allowing for adequate light requirements and more successful plant establishment. 

                    The total cost for this project was approximately $100,000. 

                    Maintenance

                    Ongoing maintenance will be required to ensure the wall continues to look its best.

                    Maintenance for the green wall will include: 

                    • monthly inspection of the drainage points and drip lines for the fertigation system to check and clean for debris and any other blockages in the draining system. 
                    • inspection of controllers, gauges and valves in the fertigation system
                    • monitoring leaks and overflow from the drainage trays 
                    • checking and replenishing fertiliser quantity levels  
                    • regular inspection of the panels for structural issues or damage
                    • inspection of growing media to ensure good water volume
                    • pest and disease management
                    • monitoring plant growth and health, removing and replacing as required
                    • pruning plants to maintain form.

                    Visit the green wall

                    Meyers Place is a publicly accessible laneway located between Bourke and Little Collins Streets at the Spring Street end of the Melbourne CBD. The green wall is a prominent feature in this lush green laneway.

                    Visitors might wish to relax at the local hospitality offerings in the laneway and admire the other laneway greenery and wall mural near to Bourke Street by Melbourne street artist Makatron, delivered through the City of Melbourne’s Green Your Laneway pilot project.​

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