Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:01 +0200 (EET)
From: Inkeri Ahonen <inkeri.ahonen@aland.net>
BRYONET
Dear Bryonetters,
I was contacted by an artist who would like to make a sculpture with
mosses growing on it. To me the project seems like quite a challenge. The
sculpture will be about 7 meters high, made out of concrete. There will be
a raised pattern representing a tree ( a relief) on one of its surfaces,
and she would like to have mosses growing on that relief. This surface
will be almost upright, so the mosses should be capable of somewhat
epiphytic growth.
So does anyone have some good advice to us:
Concrete is alkaline - what species could she use? The species should be
such that they survive in Southern Finland. Ideally, they should even grow
naturally in Finland so that they can be easily collected for planting.
How could the mosses be planted on the sculpture?
What kind of maintenance they would need?
Anything else to be considered?
With best regards,
Inkeri Ahonen
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