By Stephanie & Michael Miller, Owners of Great GrowIN's

Living walls, green walls, vertical gardens, plants on walls — the terminology is as diverse as the grow systems used to achieve the lush look of foliage increasingly being designed into the architecture of the built environment. Whether sprucing up the side of a building, providing privacy in a backyard, refreshing interiors of homes and offices or contributing to green building certification, this trend of transforming blank walls into canvases for living art is “growing” in popularity.

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Our latest report focusing on action in Offices, entitled Building the Business Case: Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Green Offices, was published in October 2016.

Many of us know the benefits of learning gardens!

Healthier students, better learning metrics, active engagement. Whether in a year-round Ceres Greenhouse or outside during the spring, summer and fall seasons...gardening is good for our children.

How can people living in apartments or senior living communities grow their own gardens? How can we grow 100% organic produce during the winter? How can we help people breath easier, stress less and be more content? How can we create private, creative spaces at home and in the workplace? The answers can be found in the diverse product line and creativity offered by Carmel-­based Great Growin’s company.

What is an Urban Heat Island?

Heat Islands are typically more densely populated urban areas lacking in natural vegetation. As a result of the concentration of concrete, glass, asphalt, and other modern building materials, these areas can experience increases in temperature of 2-5 degrees F during the day . . . and increases of as much as 20-25 degrees in the evenings, compared to surrounding non-urban areas in the immediate vicinity.

Extend your growing season and experience optimum conditions for lush plant life. Whether gardening is a hobby, or you wish to sustain your family with healthy, organic fruits and vegetables, a greenhouse can offer year-round possibilities to continue growing. Great GrowIN’s offers several solutions when shopping for a greenhouse. Whatever your budget, or dream, let’s work together to design the perfect greenhouse for your needs.

  Living wall refers to vertical planting systems which often cover entire walls with living plants. Of course, you can cover as much, or as little, of a wall as you like.

Grow rooms provide the optimum growing environment for sensitive plants or intense growth, as well as prime starting conditions. Grow rooms by Secret Jardin come in a variety of sizes to fit any space or capacity requirements. Equip your grow room with lighting, ventilation and environmental controls to suit any type of plant.

Patio umbrellas are great protection from the sun… when it’s high in the sky. As it sets, or earlier in the morning, umbrellas and awnings do little to shield your eyes from the intense light. Markilux Side Screens offer instant protection from low sunshine, wind and the prying eyes of neighbors as you try to enjoy your patio or deck.

We all like a little privacy, but why settle for boring wooden or chain link fences when you can build beautiful living partitions? Living fences not only offer privacy, but sound reduction and cleaner air.

When you are trying to make a difference and do good in the community by contributing resources, time and talent, providing for those less fortunate, occasionally there is a road block in the way. These human obstacles forget that in planting vegetables in a community garden is to harvest as much food as possible in an appropriate organic manner with the ultimate goal of feeding the hungry.

So you think you don't have enough space for a garden? Think again! In this day and age you can garden ANYWHERE in ANY SPACE. Grow UP!

Do you want a garden but don't have the time or tools to turn the soil, break of clods of hard dirts and work in nutrients to feed your plants? Gardening can be hard work. However, it doesn't have to be a challenge.

This strawberry planter holds 20 strawberry plants in limited space. Have strawberries year round indoors or out. Learn how to garden efficiently.

  Carefully engineered to perform in the harshest environments the 1.6mm profile aluminum frameprovides a stronger and more durable build than its competitors. The heavy-duty construction coupled with 6mm twin-wall polycarbonate panels results in outstanding thickness for winter insulation.

Engineered to perform in harsh environments, the Grandio Element's rugged durability makes it the most insulated of the greenhouses on the market and it's A-frame shape design is both elegant and functional allowing plenty of growing space.