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D.I.Y. artificial plant wall

We just built an amazing decked alfresco area and the boring brick wall was screaming "help me".

I have a creative spark and thought it could be a fun couple DIY project to do with my Fiancee.

We had a old temp fence sitting in the backyard, along with some Un-REAL artificial tiles and a packet of cable ties. This is all we needed to create the masterpiece!

1. Cut the temp fence or mesh into your desired size. We went for a 1.5m x 1.5m round circle.

2. Lay out the UN-REAL screening ontop making sure the whole area is coverered. This particular mesh panels click together, this is shown in one of the photos.

3. Flip the temp fence or mesh over and using cable ties attach it to the mesh panel

4. Flip it back over and cut the screening to suit the shape

5. Hang in your desired area

Our plain, boring brick wall. BEFOREAttaching to the mesh

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Victoria

Looks amazing!!!

Jason

Brilliant, well done @Nikkaz. Thanks for sharing your first project with the community. I'm sure your work will inspire others and we look forward to seeing more soon!

Welcome to the Workshop community. Please feel free to post anytime you have something to share or need a hand with a project. We have loads of members sharing inspiring creations as well as helpful advice. We're pleased you could join us.

Jason

Prawns

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/5533#Comment_5533

Great job looks fantastic:)

Thats a big improvement over looking at a plain brick wall for sure 🙂

Something like that would look awesome around a staghorn as well I reckon 🙂 (better than the wooden boards they give you lols)

glmdup

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/64895#Comment_64895

Hi
Did you get those greenery panels from bunnings?

Jason

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/95158#Comment_95158

Hi @glmdup,

Thanks for joining in the discussion on Workshop. So sorry your post didn't receive a reply during my absence from the community. I see above that @Nikkaz mentioned that he used UN-REAL panels which are certainly available at Bunnings. On this page you will find the entire range - https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/brands/u/un-real-hedge-plants

This has certainly been a very popular project with members and visitors to the site. It has already had nearly 20,000 views. Please let us know if you end up creating something similar - we would love to see it!

A very warm welcome to the community. We are sure you will find lots of inspiration and helpful information on the site from our clever and creative members. Feel free to post anytime you need assistance with a project around the house and garden or have something to share.

Jason

Nikkaz

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/95158#Comment_95158

Yes, they are from Bunnings. The good thing about these panels they are all interconnected by mesh at the back of the greenary, enabling you to choose the size and click as many as you would like together. The greenary is also detachable, so you change the overall sectioning of leaves.

Jason

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/114128#Comment_114128

Awesome, thanks so much for confirming @Nikkaz. And congrats on sharing such a popular project! We are looking forward to your next one. 🙂

Jason

Old-gal24

Hello @Nikkaz

I have to admit I have never been a fan of plastic plants or any of these plant walls, BUT and I have to say BUT, what you have done, looks great. more so as you said on this blank wall. Love the circle. 🙂

Nikkaz

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/95158#Comment_95158

Hi @glmdup Yes I did.

I used https://www.bunnings.com.au/un-real-100-x-100cm-luxury-artificial-hedge-tile-boston-fern_p0015481

My wall is about 1.5x1.5 so I had 2 of these above.

🙂

Nikkaz

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/6047#Comment_6047

Thanks very much @Old-gal24

Renz

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/114128#Comment_114128

Hi there. How do these artificial green walls fair in terms of greenery falling off, exposing the mesh? And on an outdoor wall?

MitchellMc

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/65148#Comment_65148

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Renz. It's terrific to have you join us and many thanks for your question.

Let me mention @Nikkaz so they can offer you their experience.

Are you planning on creating your own green wall? We'd love to follow along with your project and hear all the details. Please let us know if you need any assistance or would like to share it with us. I trust you'll find loads of inspiration within the community as our wonderful members are contributing their ideas here all the time.

Mitchell

Nikkaz

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/discussion/comment/125416#Comment_125416

Thanks @MitchellMc for the tag!
@Renz to be totally honest, none have fallen off. All the individual pieces of greenery are secured quite well, they clip in, and as this is out of the weather under our alfresco area its looks the same as the day we installed it.

NovicePro

Looks fabulous!! I’ll definitely be making one of these..

MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @NovicePro. It's a pleasure to have you join us, and great to see you've taken inspiration from this fantastic project.

I'm sure @Nikkaz will be keen to answer any questions you might have or assist if you get stuck.

For another option, you might also like to check out this step-by-step guide: How to build a plant wall feature.

I trust any images you can provide of your plant wall will help to inspire other members who might like to give this a go as well.

Please let us know if we can help you out with this project, as we'd be more than happy to provide guidance along the way.

Mitchell

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