Needed a Pick Me Up

I had a bad day today and needed a pick me up and I turned to a friend for some positive thoughts and she asked me about plant walls.  She's a pharmacist and as brilliant as she is looks at me like I'm talking Chinese when I get excited about plants.  I told her they are usually called living walls and then thanked her because I was pretty sure she had given me a blog topic.

I was lucky enough to see 2 living walls designed by the famous Patrick Blanc last summer on my study abroad in Italy.  One was an interior wall in the jungle section of the Genoa Aquarium and the other was on a fancy restaurant in Monte Carlo, Monaco.  Some of his most notable works have been an evolving design to match the fashion seasons on the Paris Louis Vuitton store and London’s Athenaeum Hotel near Hyde Park.  He is a native of france and has a background in science with a strong interest in design.  After exploring south american jungles wanted to create lush environments in urban areas.  

I have been a fan of his for about 5 years and was super excited to know that I stumbled across two of his works without even trying.

My Personal Photo of Patrick's work in Monaco.  The building in the background is up on a hill and it the castle of Monaco.

http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/

Just another way to express yourself using the living and built environments.