Concrete decorated with a plant

摘要

The method involves arranging granular elements in a mold having cavities allowing introduction of a cultivation substrate. A hydraulic binder i.e. water and cement mixture, is poured to form a part of granular elements emerging from the binder with the granular elements and to form binderless intergranular spaces. Concrete is dried to 80 percentage of its final resistance. Grains, spores, plant fragments or plants are applied on the dried concrete in the binderless intergranular spaces. The cultivation substrate is chosen from a group comprising gelatin, agar-agar, pectin, konjac gel, jelly, soil, surface soil, clay, sludge, potting soil, fertilizer, straw, wooden fiber, bamboo fiber and/or biodegradable support. The granular elements are chosen from a group comprising gravels, clay balls, pebbles, grits, woods, expanded polystyrene and basalts. The binder comprises additives chosen from a group comprising metal reinforcements, admixtures and fibers such as mineral fibers, organic fibers e.g. glass fibers, carbon fibers and metal fibers, and/or synthetic fibers e.g. polypropylene fibers, acrylic fibers and aramid fibers.