The Digest | New Jersey Magazine
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For many, home is more than just where you hang your hat. Home is where you can be alone and enjoy it. It's where you can raise a family and develop powerful memories. But home isn't home right away. A place becomes home because you set down roots and build a world around yourself. But as much as a home is defined by personal growth, it is also a physical space and how you dwell in that space says a great deal about you, because a home's character is influenced by your own. However, in an urban area like Hudson County, nature is often something that escapes that in-home character. A great way to recapture that is to install a sustainable vertical landscape, also known as an "EcoWall." EcoWalls is a full-service firm that manufactures, designs and installs vertical landscapes for your home. These living walls are highly functional and sustainable, as well as beautiful additions to your interior space. EcoWalls analyzes the space, determining how the wall will be irrigated and the level of lighting in the environment. Once the initial assessment is complete, they sit down with their clients to discuss the colors, textures, and fragrances they may be looking for, in order to select the appropriate plants based on the environmental and aesthetic parameters. "It becomes very much a custom piece of artwork in the sense that you're employing the correct plants in the space but also your client is having their own personal living wall built so it's a personal touch," explained Michael A. Coraggio, one of the founding principals of the company. "The clients see it everyday, they take pride in it." LIVING WALLS BY SEBASTIAN KRAWIEC DESIGN & REAL ESTATE 48 www.thedigestonline.com