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HYVERT comic strip fame
Another first for HYVERT; now proudly featured in a comic strip as part of a community engagement and public art initiative running across Altrincham town centre.
MoreBruntwood Scitech West Village – An epic custom installation!
40360…. this was the staggering TOTAL number of plants and trees used to help transform West One Estate in Leeds into Bruntwood Sci-Tech West Village.And we were delighted to be invited back to West Village for the official launch too.
MoreThe ROCTRI 24
Wow! We’ve just seen the images for ROC England which took place in Windermere last weekend, it looked incredible.We even made it to the top of Scafell Pike with one of our installations acting as a cairn marker!
MoreManchester Academy Plant Donations
We recently received an email from Interior Designers, Scene, enquiring if we could help with some plant donations as part of a surprise refurbishment at Manchester Academy School library.The answer was Yes!
MoreMeet our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (2) Team
Early Summer 2024, our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (2) team expanded to bring on board additional academic expertise in the fields of AI and data science and they paid a visit to IWP HQ.
MoreAltrincham in Bloom – Foundation
Ready for the judges.Foundation in the spotlight for Altrincham town centre for both the North West in Bloom and Britain in Bloom 2024.
MoreBruntwood SciTech Big Green Roadshow
Great to be invited down to Bruntwood SciTech Circle Square in Manchester recently for their 'Big Green Roadshow' event.
MoreKTP Best of the Best Awards November 2024
Our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP1) with The Manchester Metropolitan University being nominated in TWO award categories at the forthcoming 2024 Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Best of the Best Awards; ‘Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership’ AND ‘The Changing the World’ award categories and we couldn't be prouder!
MoreDutch Team-Building
In the same week as National Clean Air Day (June 20th), a day earlier we had the wonderful opportunity to tour one of our European plant suppliers in Holland.Back home in Manchester by 6pm, a little weary but this was a Wednesday exceptionally well spent!
MoreHYVERT All Saints – The Next Chapter
They say, ‘all good things must come to an end’, but when the ‘thing’ is as good as HYVERT, it simply has to be a case of repurpose and reuse - which is exactly what’s about to happen.
MoreUKREiiF 2024 Leeds
Exhibiting for the first time at the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) '24, held in Leeds is now all complete and it was amazing!
MoreGM Green City and Foundation
HYVERT in the news (again)!We’re proudly now featured on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GM Green City) website.Talking about our HYVERT installation for @Bruntwood Foundation in Altrincham and how it’s playing a part in Greater Manchester’s long-term environmental vision - to be carbon neutral by 2038.Check out the full story.
MoreHYVERT Solo joins the HYVERT family
Hot on the heels of HYVERT Surface, say hello to the latest member of the HYVERT family, HYVERT Solo.Designed for internal installation only and free from infrastructure restraints.
MoreHYVERT – Certificate of Excellence from Innovate UK
Delighted to share the news that our original Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP1) with Manchester Metropolitan University has just received a Certificate of Excellence from Innovate UK.
MoreSay Hello to HYVERT Surface
Why should walls have all the fun?Say hello to ‘HYVERT Surface’, our BRAND NEW green roof product!
MoreMedia Recognition for Foundation
Our project for Bruntwood Foundation installing a HYVERT living wall has now completed but it's wonderful to see it frequently featured in various news outlets too.
MoreAll eyes on Bruntwood West Village
Bruntwood West Village in Leeds is really starting to take shape!
MoreWe’re Exhibiting at UKREiiF
We’re looking forward to exhibiting at The UK's Real Estate & Investment Infrastructure Forum.
MoreNRB24 – Complete!
Northern Restaurant & Bar Show 2024 now all complete and and once again - it was wonderful!
MoreLatest Results – HYVERT ‘Living Lab’
Over the past 6 months our HYVERT 'Living Lab' wall at All Saints Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Morehyvert – noise abatement project
Installing a temporary HYVERT living wall system within one of Manchester’s best known nightspots, The Warehouse Project (WHP) was definitely a first for us.
MoreKTP2 is underway
We’re excited to share the news that our HYVERT research partnership with The Manchester Metropolitan University is entering the next phase - KTP2.
MoreThe Old Abbey Plant Donations
When an email enquiry came in from the Customer Support Manager at Manchester Science Park to help them support local social enterprise company, The Old Abbey, we were delighted to help.
MoreMOWGLI
Our installations create a focal point and both a subtle backdrop to a bustling restaurant experience. Sculpted californian manzanita trees and gentle fronds of moss sitting gently with the MOWGLI brand colour palette.
MoreWe’re Exhibiting at NRB
Not long to go until we return to exhibit at the Northern Restaurant & Bar Show (NRB)
MoreHYVERT Has Arrived in Crewe
These vibrant HYVERT panels will measure some 120 sqm and consist of over 11,520 carefully selected plants when combined.
MoreHYVERT – The Scientific Proof
Our HYVERT living wall invention is so much more than just a beautiful looking green wall vertical installation and last week we took an exciting step towards understanding it's carbon-reducing environmental impact.
MoreLiving Green Walls the HYVERT Way
Living green walls are the perfect way to make a building more environmentally friendly. They have been an economical and attractive solution for many architects as they can be used in both interior and exterior environments.
MoreAward Winning BLOC
MoreFIVE Reasons you NEED Plants in Your Office
You might be forgiven for thinking that plants in the office are just to pretty things up a bit and you’d be right, but there’s a few more reasons for having plants in your office. Some of them are pretty hefty reasons we think...
MoreBiophilic Interior Design in the Home
‘Biophilic Design’ is about using natural elements to mimic the outdoors inside to improve our well-being. Biophilia means a love of nature, and incorporating natural components into our surroundings is good for us both physically and mentally.
MoreThe Joshua Tree Gets A HYVERT Green Wall
We are thrilled to have been a small part of their massive project adding some more green to The Joshua Tree. We’ve installed and donated one of our HYVERT green walls outside and a selection of replica planters inside at their new purpose built centre.
MoreCiao Autunno!
For anyone who’s been to San Carlo Restaurant in Manchester City Centre, they will be familiar with the statement artificial tree that greets you.
MoreThe Not So Secret Garden
At the beginning of June we had the pleasure of transforming The Stamford Quarter in Altrincham into a wonderful new, temporary community space.
MoreFloor to Ceiling Green
If you’re looking to make Biophilic design impact internally, Live or Artificial Green Walls are hard to beat in achieving this objective. In this Blog we’ll look at the various options we can offer our clients to help them achieve a dreamy green-scape.
MoreAll The ‘B’s – BruntwoodWorks : Biodiversity : Bees
At the beginning of March at BruntwoodWorks West One workspace in Leeds, we had the fab opportunity of leading one of these Workshops - demonstrating how to create Bee-Hotels.
MoreBiophilic Design For The Workplace
Biophilic design harnesses the presence of nature in our surroundings to improve our health. There’s plenty of simple Biophilic elements to incorporate into the office: plants, natural lighting, natural materials, fresh air to name a few.
MoreNet Zero Week 17th-23rd July
Did you know we’re currently in the midst of the UK Net Zero Week 2021? It runs from 17-23 July. The week-long campaign is to raise more awareness of global warming and climate change and the measures, solutions and policies that need to be implemented to combat it going forward.
MoreKTP AWARDS 2023 – WINNER!
We're so fortunate to have Joseph (who is also a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University) on the I Want Plants team and this award recognition is extremely well deserved.
MoreMixology North21 Awards
Mix Interiors is the Magazine for UK Commercial Interior Design and each year the publication hosts two award evenings; Mixology North and Mixology London. This year we were extremely proud to learn that NINE projects that we were involved with, had been shortlisted for awards.
MoreUpgrading our Toolkits to Hilti ‘Nuron’
We’ve now been exclusively using Hilti products for all our projects since 2021. Fast forward two years and we’ve excitedly just taken a rather large delivery of new kit.
MoreMaking Headlines
Did you see our recently complete Green Infrastructure project for Client, Property Alliance Group was featured in Insider Media Ltd?
MoreOur Hospitality Clients, Focused and Resilient
March 2022 and we’re excitedly planning our Trade Stand for the forthcoming Northern Restaurant and Bar Show taking place at Manchester Central mid-month.
MoreWhat is Biophilic Design?
Biophilic design is all about human-centred space and fetching the outdoors indoors. The physical presence of nature, the visual connection with nature, good air quality, acoustic comfort, natural lighting and the inclusion of restorative spaces.
MoreThe ROC Wales Triathlon
On the most glorious of sunny days - Saturday, 14 May, THE ROC Wales took place and we couldn’t have been more excited to be one of the event sponsors.
MoreBiophilic Design For Hospitality
Our favourite subject…. ‘Biophilia’ and more specifically in this Blog, we’re looking at the part it plays in a Hospitality setting eg. a hotel lobby, restaurant or bar.
MoreNew Tree Takes Root at Cibo
This latest custom installation, bespoke tree was created to the same design template as previous ‘Cibo’ trees we’d made and installed.
MoreTreehouse Hotel Manchester
We’re delighted to share the news that we have recently been appointed by Starwood Capital Group and their Affiliate SH Hotels & Resorts to assist with the transformation of the old Renaissance Hotel on Deansgate, Manchester.
MoreBuilding Sustainability Assessment Accreditations – How We Can Help
Building Sustainability accreditations, Green Infrastructure and Biophilic Design. See how we can help you meet respective benchmarks.
MoreManchester Flower Show 2022
Running from 2-5 June, the Manchester Flower Show coincided with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend, so needless to say, it had a very patriotic/quintessentially British theme to it.
MoreCancer Research Push-Up Challenge Complete
Today was the day - our Cancer Research UK (CRUK) fund-raising (and team-building) push-up challenge. Find out more.
MoreBruntwood Foundation Altrincham
We’re very proud to officially share the news that we have been appointed by Cubic Works on behalf of Bruntwood, to assist with the transformation of the former Rackham’s building in Altrincham into ‘Foundation’.
MoreHYVERT/ MMU All Saints Latest
Our HYVERT ‘Living Lab’ site at The Manchester Metropolitan University All Saints campus has amongst other things, been designed to collect and recycle rain and wastewater with the aim of making our HYVERT living walls net zero water in operation.
MoreAir Quality News Magazine features HYVERT
Air Quality News Magazine is a UK digital magazine which is published monthly and we're delighted that this June issue is highlighting how our HYVERT living wall system
MoreHYVERT – More Scientific Progress
All Saints HYVERT remains a live experiment site which is helping us accrue additional vertical green infrastructure environmental data. Find out more.
MoreAn Academic Joins The Team
There have been quite a few new recruits joining the I Want Plants working family this year but this month heralds a first for us; Joseph Rouse from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has joined our team as Scientific Research & Development Lead.
MoreArtifical Plants & The Importance of Fire Safety Protocol
When we commence new project consultations, we are frequently questioned about the fire retardancy of our artificial products. The short answer is yes.
MorePlant Benefits in the Workplace
Numerous scientific studies have concluded without doubt that plants/green infrastructure within the workplace can provide a clear return on investment.
MoreGrand Designs with Green Infrastructure
One of our past projects features in the latest series of Grand Designs and it’s epic! Our involvement formed part of the Biophilic design requirement.
MoreBruntwood and The GM Green Summit 2022
Bruntwood hosted their GM Green Summit Fringe Event; Future Workspaces - The Sustainability Challenge, ahead of the second; The GM Green Summit which was held at The Lowry
MoreInsider North West Zero Carbon Forum
Friday 30th September, the Insider Zero Carbon Forum took place at the Clayton Hotel, Manchester and I Want Plants were one of the Event Sponsors.
MoreOur First ‘EV’ Has Arrived!
This month, we proudly took delivery of our first Electric Vehicle (EV), a Volkswagen Transporter - emblazoned with our branding, it will help us to reduce our carbon footprint.
MoreInsider North West – Constructing A Zero-Carbon Future
MoreHYVERT – It starts with Great Soil!
With so much importance placed on soil composition - before a single HYVERT shoot is even introduced, it's no surprise how abundantly HYVERT living walls grow.
MoreNet Zero Week 2-8th July
Running from 2-8 July, it's Net Zero Week. In 2019, the UK was one of the first countries to commit to reducing all greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050.
MoreAlberts Schloss and HYVERT
Early this year where we shared the news that Alberts Schloss in Manchester had installed a floral HYVERT living wall in the Ukrainian flag colours.
MoreClean Air Day 2022
Coordinated by Global Action Plan, Clean Air Day aims to educate and improve understanding on how air pollution affects public health and poses a risk to the environment.
MoreBenefits of Outdoor Living Walls
In this article we’ll look at the benefits of installing a Living Green Wall or as we know them, HYVERT living walls. Find out more.
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