Patent ID: 7703239

Claim:
A vertical-mounted laminar planter for supporting living plants in a vertically oriented array, comprising: one or more drainage layers of such composition as to permit substantially free passage of water and air; a wall-facing layer located at the back of said vertical-mounted laminar planter having the property of partially restricting the passage of water and air through said wall-facing layer; a front comprised of one or more plant-root retaining panels having arrayed among them one or more apertures for the growth of a living plant; securing means to securely attach said plant-root retaining panels to each other; one or more hanging means by which said vertical-mounted laminar planter may be suspended on a vertical surface, such as a wall; one or more spacing means extending from said wall-facing layer to said vertical surface when said vertical-mounted laminar planter is in its normal vertical-mounted position; and holding means by which said drainage layer, said wall-facing layer and said plant-root retaining panels, are disposed in such proximity to each other as to provide secure purchase for the roots of plants and to substantially hold in place granular growing media, interposed between and among said drainage layer, said wall-facing layer and said plant-root retaining panel, regardless of changes in the orientation of said vertical-mounted laminar planter relative to the pull of gravity.