Green Roofs/Vertical Gardens

Verdantly Vertical - Patrick Blanc Garden .. London's Athenaeum Hotel

Athenaeum Hotel Wall Detail Blanc Design Photo © Alice Joyce

Admittedly, I’m in thrall with Vertical Gardens, like the Living Wall or Mur Vegetal created by botanist/artist/passionate plantsman, Patrick Blanc, for The Athenaeum Hotel Piccadilly, London. The garden Blanc created in 2009 for The Athenaeum had slipped past my radar, until it appeared like a vision before my eyes while riding atop one of London’s double-decker buses, my preferred mode of transport when time permits. The garden’s commanding verdant expanse wraps around a corner of the hotel building on Piccadilly Road.

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Green Roofs/Vertical Gardens

Patrick Blanc - Vertical Gardens

Living Wall Caixa Forum Museum - photo courtesy Patrick Blanc

Renowned creator of vertical gardens – an artist and scientist, Patrick Blanc will be creating a 1,700 square foot vertical garden for the new addition, an assembly wing for Drew School in San Francisco.

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