Green Roof Blocks introduces Green Wall Blocks Vegetated Retaining Wall System

Jan. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Lake St. Louis, MO - 4/1/2011 - Green Wall Blocks, a new product designed and developed by Green Roof Blocks, takes the hassle out of building retaining walls. Made of UV resistant plastic, Green Wall Blocks’ nine inch tall retaining wall blocks are lightweight, can be transported in the trunk of a car, easily carried to the job site, and allows a retaining wall to be built in a fraction of the time it takes to build a wall using heavy, concrete blocks or railroad ties. In addition, each Block provides 1/2 cubic foot planting bed with unlimited plant options.
According to Kelly Luckett, President, Green Roof Blocks, "We designed these patent pending Green Wall Blocks with a connection system that allows them to rapidly link together to form a flexible retaining wall along much tighter radiuses than any other retaining wall system. Other vegetative wall systems are heavy, difficult to install and only provide planting pockets in fifty percent of the wall. Our Green Wall Blocks contain vegetation in one hundred percent of the wall and have great plant growth, no matter which direction the wall faces".
Concrete walls can trap and radiate heat. Green Wall Blocks help to cool the ambient air around the home or commercial property, while absorbing and reducing storm water runoff. The Blocks are environmentally friendly and available for purchase at local nurseries for Spring 2011, in green or brown. The Blocks are bundled in fives, can be broken apart to fit any size project and are ideal for use to build any size wall. Once the bottom course is set on leveled ground, each subsequent course is set back nine inches, establishing a 45 degree wall profile so that even plants on the northern exposure get direct sun.
Green Wall Blocks are designed and manufactured by Green Roof Blocks of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, manufacturers of the self contained, portable modular green roof systems; Green Roof Blocks and Green Roof Paks. For further information, visit the company’s website at www.greenroofblocks.com or e-mail Kelly Luckett, LEED AP, GRP, at Kelly@greenroofblocks.com.

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About Green Wall Blocks: Green Wall Blocks are designed and manufactured by Green Roof Blocks of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, manufacturers of the self contained, portable modular green roof systems; Green Roof Blocks and Green Roof Paks.