The Minnesota Twins are going back to green on the Target Field batter's eye.
The Living Wall has 6000 sea-green juniper plants in a unique arrangement in center field. The 14 spruce trees that were put in originally in 2010 were replaced after Twins batters claimed the trees were too distracting. It was then replaced by a number of materials that were not holding up to the weather conditions and also were not so appealing.
Thursday Twins fans got a chance to see this new Living Wall and many people that I talked to really like this new addition.
The Target Field living wall system, which at 2,280 square feet will be among the largest in the continental United States, will incorporate approximately 5,700 sea green juniper plants, individually installed and secured in a tiered, multiple-tray system attached to the existing batter’s eye wall structure,
From the Twins’ press release:
Consistent with the Minnesota Twins’ longstanding commitment to sustainability, the Target Field living wall batter’s eye will be self-irrigated via Pentair’s rainwater recycle system. The junipers will be installed each March and removed at season’s end, to be stored locally within a nursery for winter care. Manufactured by industry leader Green Living Technologies, International, out of Rochester, N.Y, the Target Field living wall system will be installed by Boston-based CityScapes.
I