I couldn't find my photos. But here is the link to the beautiful Edmonton Calgary Airport 2-story, Living Wall. It is seriously amazing! It is the largest in North America. There are photos that show you the types of plants they planted and maybe info on lighting??

http://inhabitat.com/edmonton-...

Sansevieria trifasciata has thrived for me without bright light. Some of the varieties of Sans are so interesting ... and varied.

I talked to a gal who was doing maintenance on a huge living wall at Epcot. She said they have specific plants that they use for the wall, and they rotate them out to a greenhouse to keep the plants healthy, trim them up, get them growing again, and bring them back in to place into the wall again. I'd think some variation on this would be how you'd have to do it with the low light situation you have.

That's probably what the $1000/month maintenance people do, but they just bring you new plants every month. Not very "green" for something that's supposed to improve your environment.

Various types of Coleus are pretty good with low light, and have great colors. They start so readily from cuttings, you could keep a stream of new small plants coming pretty economically.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I was finally able to get some pictures. The pics turned out brighter that the actual environment, but I thing you can get a pretty good idea of what I'm up against.

It really does sound like we're going to have to do the plant rotation. Now, if only there were somewhere at work where I could set up a small operation. (Without everyone dumping their crap in amongst!)

I was also wondering about putting in some low-light herbs, like various forms of mint.

Rick

Yikes! That's more like no light than low light!

Don't know why they even bothered with a plant wall set up.
A simpler, easier to maintain planter box would have been better, in my opinion.

The major owner is a firm believer in form over function. And his wife works for a design firm. (Not coincidentally, the same firm that put this thing in.)

When we first heard about it going in, we were shown pictures of a much larger project, with more lighting. Well, one thing led to another (more like poor functional design) and the budget was blown. But he had to have his wall.

It looks like I'm going to have to up the pressure for someone to install some sort of lighting that can at least be turned on over night for a few hours. That may at least give this thing a fighting chance!

Don't know why they didn't put in some shielded strip lighting above the poor plants. Looks like that could have been done fairly inconspicuously.

That's very dark even for the plants that like low light. I don't think even Sans would be happy there.

The wall is pretty! With a bit more light it will thrive and be stunning! Good luck! Let us know what you end up doing with it.

Hi Rick. Thanks for the photos. It looks like the top of the "wall" is approximately 2 feet from the ceiling. Investing in a surface mounted, linear LED fixture(s) with a separate controller (timer) would open up many planting options for you. The greenhouse fixtures I've seen on the web indicate installation at 2 to 4 feet from the plants is optimal so a trim kit that allows aiming should do the trick. Best of luck.