ARCHIPHYTE

The old systems are terrestrial or soil-based. Complicated and expensive layers of growth media and drainage systems try to mimic the soils of the earth on the surface of a building. Archiphyte has developed and patented a new system of living roofs and living walls that utilizes plants and other organisms that thrive without soil... There exists in nature a curious group of plants called epiphytes. They live in the forest canopy, disconnected from the ground. They derive moisture and nutrients from the air. They require no soil. Moss, lichen, and vascular epiphytes grow on the surface of trees and rocks. And they grow on the surface of buildings. Archiphyte's products are based on epiphytic life forms.

Also known as: Archiphyte LLC

Primary location: Sequim United States