You may have get a line that Amazon ’s headquarters in Seattle includes a serial publication of enormous greenhouses hollo The Spheres that are pack with an incredible collection of tropical plants . Frequent GPOD contributor Cherry Ong had the chance to visit and is taking us all on a duty tour of The Spheres today !
I ’ve wait a long clock time to be able to tour The Spheres , and I lastly did so in early February . I had heard from horticulture friends that garden tours are now opened to the populace on the first and third Saturdays of each month . I got to visit The Understory last yr , but of course it only made me desire to see the interior even more .
The picture talk for themselves , and you will be astound by the Living Wall when you enter and will remain to be astounded as you climb up to The Skydeck and seem down at the entire wall . There are docents throughout who will answer your questions .
I monish that you may have an uncontrollable impulse to corrupt a vast lot of houseplant after your visit . Kudos to Amazon , Siteworkshop , and Amazon Horticulture for this amazing garden . I hope to visit again , and I hope you all can visit someday presently .
receive to The Spheres !
The Living Wall is entirely cover with a various mix of tropical plants .
The structure of the spheres themselves is beautiful and complements the natural forms of the plants growing within .
A tropical carnivorous plant in the genusNepenthes . Of all the carnivorous plants , this is credibly the genus that is promiscuous to grow indoors as a houseplant .
Big bluff parting mixed with ferns always bet great .
A smaller living wall growing with supplementary unreal light . This is something you could altogether recreate at abode . LED lights are so energy efficient and unspoiled for plant growth that they make planting like this very practical .
Here ’s another living wall , this one of ferns . I desire one !
This spiny leaf belongs , I believe , to a begonia .
The spheres are so big that there are intact trees growing inside .
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