March 10, 2014
Think of it as a sort of inverted green roof. For their low-tech, low-impact installation, Ann Ha and Behrang Behin used recycled milk crates as a framework for growing the planted surface of Living Pavilion–a curvatious environment whose interior … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Green Walls, living walls
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August 23, 2012
I spotted the the new Living Wall vertical planter from Woolly Pockets unveiled yesterday at The Independent Garden Center show–one the many new vertical systems on exhibit at the show and evidence of the steady increase in popularity of … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Edible Landscaping, Finding, Garden Design, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, No-Dig Gardening, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Green Walls, pocket gardens, sustainable design, vertical gardening, wall gardens
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March 3, 2010
Inca Wall Garden surrounds terrace
Vertical gardens and living walls are of increasing interest to urban gardeners looking to maximize their garden space for harvesting their own food or for simply beautifying their surroundings. A ‘growing’ trend, there are several … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Finding, Garden Design, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Privacy: Walls & Screens, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: living walls, modular green walls, modular vertical gardens
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September 15, 2009
The world’s biggest collection of non-nettly-looking nettles – or Urticaccae, for those in the know–as well native plants and flowers, are sprouting vertically up the exterior walls of The Athenaeum Hotel in London. The city’s humid microclimate is the perfect … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Hydroponics, Travel, Vertical Gardens
Tags: botanical architecture, herbacious, Hydroponics, living walls, organic urban architecture, sustainable gardens, urban garden, Vertical Gardens, vertical green space
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July 31, 2009
When I visited the iconic French architect Jean Novel in his Paris “atelier” (studio), I asked him about his design of the Musée du Quai Branly and of his collaboration with the eccentric botanical designer, Patrick Blanc. For the museum, … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green Walls, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
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August 15, 2019
The same innovative minds that brought us the 3D printed concrete planter bricks I gushed about a while back have now applied their technical and design expertise on a larger scale in the creation of a 3D printed dwelling.
To … Read More...
Category: Creating
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March 24, 2013
Complex and intricate living art arrangements composed of thousands of plants climb the interior walls of of Isetan Shinjuku, one of Japan’s oldest department stores.
For a recent unveiling of the store’s “Fashion Museum” botanical artist Makota Azuma’s The Art … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Tags: botanical artworks, floral art, green building, Green Walls, indoor planted walls, Japan, living walls, planted interiors
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April 24, 2019
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Many of my favorite spaces reflect a stylistic blurring of the boundaries between indoors and out–gardens with outdoor rooms designed to replicate indoor spaces and interiors that merge with the exterior.
Outdoor rooms incorporate pieces traditionally considered for indoors: … Read More...
Category: Creating
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July 19, 2016
Tuttisuperterra by Marco Ferreri for Teracrea
Consider using planted partitions to divide your garden space into distinct outdoor rooms. Backyards, patios, decks, and terraces can benefit from creating separation to establish different outdoor living spaces. Think it of it as
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Category: Creating
Tags: DIY, living walls, partitions, Vertical Gardens
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May 27, 2015
While vertical gardening may be a more recent obsession, vertical living has been going on for a long time. Both are innovative responses to maximizing the space needed to nurture living things in crowded urban areas.
Growing six tiers of … Read More...
Category: Experiencing
Tags: BOMP, concrete tile vertical garden, Essence Skyscraper, eVolo Magazine, eVolo Magazine 2015 Skyscraper Competition, Vertical Gardens
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