Greening Bath Street: Enhancing Liverpool's Active Travel Corridor with Green Screens
Project overview
As part of Liverpool City Council’s Greening Liverpool strategy and supported by funding from EIT Climate-KIC’s Sustainable Cities Mobility Challenge, Meristem Design delivered the installation of 30 metres of green screens along Bath Street. Positioned adjacent to a key cycle route, these green screens transform a previously graffiti-covered retaining wall into a vibrant, plant-covered landmark – boosting biodiversity, improving air quality, and softening the urban landscape.
Goal
To rejuvenate a neglected wall along a popular active travel route by introducing green infrastructure that improves environmental quality, complements future cycle lane upgrades, and demonstrates the potential of scalable, low-maintenance urban greening.
Scope
- Deliver and install 30m of pre-grown green screens along the Bath Street cycle path
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Help reduce pollution, absorb CO₂, and create a more inviting public space
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Integrate the installation with Liverpool’s wider active travel improvements and public realm plans
Solutions
Green screens add natural beauty into urban environments while delivering many environmental and health benefits.
Visually Transformative
The planting softens and reclaims a previously hard, grey streetscape, offering a nature-based solution to graffiti while improving perceptions of the space for all users.
Air Quality and Climate Resilience
Plants help capture pollutants, sequester carbon, and release oxygen - contributing to healthier urban air along a busy cycle and pedestrian corridor.
Scalable Urban Greening
The system is modular and can be extended along more of the route. Its adaptability makes it suitable for similar high-footfall, hard-surface locations across the city.
Modular Green Screen System
Our green screens provide immediate green cover, are quick to install and allows climbing plants to develop further coverage over time.
Impact
Offered as an attractive alternative to walls and fencing, green screens contribute towards creating healthier, more breathable urban environments.
Healthier Environment
Liverpool City Council reports that the new green screens are projected to help extract over 100kg of carbon, absorb 230kg of gas, and produce over 140kg of oxygen annually, improving air quality for cyclists, pedestrians, and nearby residents.
Boost to Biodiversity
The installation supports urban biodiversity by offering shelter and habitat for pollinators and insects, contributing to Liverpool’s wider greening and ecological goals.
Improved Urban Experience
What was once a neglected, graffiti-covered wall is now a visually inviting green space - enhancing the daily experience of people commuting through the area and increasing pride in place.
Model for Green Infrastructure
This Bath Street installation offers a replicable model for greening hard urban surfaces, aligning with Liverpool’s long-term vision for sustainable and climate-resilient public infrastructure.
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