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Patrick Blanc has designed the newest San Francisco landmark: a Vertical Garden : Mur Vegetal, for The Drew School. This major green wall project in noteworthy for its use of California native plant species, The new Assembly Wing building addition to Drew School is designed by project architects: ROMA Design, to feature a Living Roof by Rana Creek. Continue reading Mur Vegetal: Patrick Blanc Designs A Vertical Garden for San Francisco  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  Green Roofs/Vertical Gardens, Horticulture  Green Roofs/Living Walls, Horticulture, Patrick Blanc, Public parks, San Francisco, Vertical Gardens Outside Rome, a bit southwest of the town of Tivoli in Lazio Province, the monumental Roman ruins of Villa Adriana stand as a testament to the ambitions and fancies of Emperor Hadrian. Based upon the emperor’s design and built in the 2nd century A.D., the site presents a remarkable fusion of ostentatious architecture – a vast complex of buildings and courtyards, canals and thermal baths – cradled within hundreds of acres of green terrain. Continue reading Villa Adriana: Emperor Hadrian’s Opulent Retreat 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Garden Touring, Garden Travel, Green Roofs/Vertical Gardens, Historic Gardens, Italy Hadrian's Villa, Historic Gardens, Historic Landscapes, Italy, Villa Adriana 
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. Continue reading Verdantly Vertical – Blanc Garden at The Athenaeum Hotel 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Green Roofs/Vertical Gardens, Hotels & Inns London, Patrick Blanc, Vertical Gardens |
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