TYLER WOLF
Executive Director, UrbanBlooms
EXPERTISE: LIVING WALLS WOLF, A WALNUT HILLS HIGH School graduate, has a degree in environmental engineering from the Ohio State University. He honed his imagination early while assisting his father, photographer J. Miles Wolf. His passions are technology, ecology, design, sustainability, and community. Living walls are his specialty. What is one of your “wow” projects? Our irrigation-fed, living wall installation at E+O Kitchen in Hyde Park consists of nearly 400 tropical plants and is the largest living wall in Ohio to date. To achieve that “wow” factor desired by E+O, we added fragrant jasmine species along with edible calamondin to hit all five senses. What plants do well on living walls? We have done walls utilizing water-loving tropicals, drought-resistant natives, mosses, herbs, plants that come in 2-inch to 2-gallon containers, and even fruiting plants that require deep root space. It’s important to consider each species’ growth patterns so that the wall looks good well into the future. What challenges do DIYers face? Location will determine how much sun your wall receives and how quickly it dries out, which will ultimately dictate which plants will do best. Watering and lighting systems and drainage are always tough for DIY gardeners to master. We are happy to work with them on renderings, design, installation, and maintenance of any project.
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