Big Super Trees in Singapore are Amazing

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The concepts of living wall, wall coat vegetated and plant wall describe gardens or vertical ecosystems more or less artificial, sometimes designed as aesthetic elements of decor, in the urban gardening, sometimes as works of art using the plant, or as elements of urban ecology. Walls or vegetated walls can be arranged both outside and inside buildings, with or without artificial light source. The principle relies on the fact that, without human intervention, in the presence of clean air and a sufficient humidity, any medium tends to be naturally colonized by bacteria ( biofilm ), of algae, then mosses and lichens, before the appearance of small plants, which are generally as epiphytes on trees. In the case where the wall is dry, or drier atmosphere, it can also be colonized by vines.

The ivy is particularly well suited to the greening of facades. Except in the case of masonry walls to the natural hydraulic lime or earth and would be wet enough so that the roots can live, this plant does not damage walls. To preserve the full potential greening of facades, wall must retain its irregularities, without altering the general condition of the surface. To climb the ivy on a wall which seals are damaged (sandy seals) can be damaging to the surface. Increasing biodiversity also increases the presence of birds.

Ivy can be used as ground cover or as a dressing of trees. Typically, ivy grows slower than the shaft. If this is not the case, is that the tree is sick or not found in the environment of good living conditions. Super Trees are plant covered steel frames with heights between 25 and 50 meters. They serve the breeding of rare plants. Furthermore, by means of photovoltaic electricity for lighting won and cooling systems, the rainfall to water the plants are collected and some of the trees serve as cooling towers for cooling systems in greenhouses. Two of the towers are up in the air with a Skyway. The Gardens by the Bay 18 artificial, so-called "super tree" rise, they are 25 to 50 feet high, eleven of them solar- equipped. Some trees in greenhouses ventilation channel function, or rain water collected. Two super tree skywalk bridge called up the subject. Vines cling to the trees.

Gardens by the Bay is a 101 acre park that in the central district of Singapore was created on reclaimed land. Gardens by the Bay is part of a strategy of the government of the city state of Singapore, with which the garden city into a city garden to be converted so that the quality of life of residents can be improved by green belts. This policy of the government was the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, announced on National Day 2005. The parkland along the sea and the Marina Reservoir is to be an attractive recreational area for the city's population.

Vertical farming is a concept of future technology, which a viable agriculture and mass production of plant and animal products in the metropolitan area of cities in multi-storey buildings. It is thus a special form of urban agriculture. Proponents of vertical farming argue that the traditional agricultural production is to be returned to a natural state of origin and energy costs for the transport of the producers to the consumers can be reduced thereby. In addition, the circular economy is the greenhouse effect of atmospheric hydrocarbon minimized. Critics note, however, that additional costs for artificial lighting and other operational work incurred in the vertical farming, which level the benefit effect by the proximity of production and consumption again.

Gardens by the Bay to build the idea began in 2006 with the hope of promoting Singapore as the Garden City of evolution "garden city". The park has a series of large tropical leaf-shaped design to a small garden. These small garden has its own specific landscape design, features and themes. Looking dominant wind park will set up five water inlet. The main purpose is to maximize and extend the coastline, while allowing air and water to penetrate into the garden to keep the park cool.

Marina Bay South garden is open to the public June 29, 2012. It is the largest of the three gardens, covering 54 hectares (130 acres), the main idea is to create a design of tropical horticulture and garden art display top platform.

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