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reen over Grey™ is a leading North American based design firm. Our head office is in Vancouver, BC with a branch in Toronto, ON. We undertake work in Montreal and Calgary as well as across Canada and the US. We design and install living walls also known as green walls or vertical gardens. Our unique soil-free system makes it possible to transform any vertical surface into a lush and strikingly beautiful garden, either inside or out. Our goal is to create living works of art that purify the air you breathe, make life more sustainable and add some green to the grey of our cities.
W e currently live in a world where little is untouched by man. Pollution reaches the farthest corners of the planet. It is almost enough to make you want to run inside and hide! However, this may not be the best idea because according to modern scientific research, indoor environments may be as much as ten times more polluted than the outdoor environment. This is known as “Sick Building Syndrome”. The average person spends over 90% of their time indoors. We are constantly being bombarded with indoor air pollution. This includes toxic fumes such as formaldehyde, VOCs, trichloroethylene, carbon monoxide, benzene, toluene, xylene, and countless others. The good news is that all plants absorb and clean pollutants from the air. Certain tropical species are more efficient than others. At Green over Grey™ we have hundreds of different plants at our disposal. We always make sure that each of our green walls contains ample numbers of the plants which are best at improving air quality. A single potted plant removes a portion of these airborne toxins and with each additional plant this increases. A green wall can contain over a thousand plants, all of which filter air and in addition create energy-rich oxygen. If you were to have this many plants in pots you would most likely fill your whole house!
