What would be the impacts of growing green walls on learning and wellbeing in our school?

Students in Year 4 and year 6 carried out this funded project by the Royal Society in 2021. The aims of the project were as follows.

- Enhance skills in plant identification, diversity and innovation, including vegetables for vertical farming in school, our wider community areas and as local and global citizens.

- Collect data and evidences to compare the growth of plants in a green wall in 3 different settings within the school indoor/outdoor environment by careful observation.

- Compare the differences in growth by recording the amount of natural direct/indirect light, sunlight and water needed on the growth of plants in a green wall.

- To analyse the impacts of plants on physical well-being, including air quality, sound absorption (acoustics) and thermal comfort of the indoor and outdoor spaces.

- Through baseline questions and regular assessment measure the impacts of green walls on psychological well being and interaction in the different settings.