There are a number of videos about Patrick Blanc and his living walls available on the web. I like this one the best. Thanks to Nori of Nori's Stuff for linking to this website.
Even Patrick acknowledges the simplicity of his living wall construction. What is not so simple, however, is his incredible knowledge of the plant palette he uses to create such beautiful living tapestries. He is truly a master of his field.
The gift he gives to all of us is his sharing of how to do it. Thanks to Patrick, these living walls will become ubiquitous in the coming years. Who knows, maybe green hair will be also.
Source: www.inframe.tv
The charismatic Patrick Blanc is a French botanist and the inventor of the Vertical Garden. The Vertical Garden or le mur vegetal, is an ecological art form which has globally reinvented urban landscapes into fascinating displays of vegetation. Using a system that allows plants to grow without any soil, The Vertical Garden allows for natural living beauty in the otherwise most uninhabitable of places such as the walls of buildings both indoors or out. Watering and fertilization are automatic, so it's almost completely hassle free. Patrick, however, is not just simply a designer of Vertical Gardens, but has a highly scientific background and since 1982, has studied the many ways plants adapt to extreme situations at the CNRS, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris.
Patrick recently visited Australia to speak at the Melbourne International Design Festival and to oversee the construction and installation of his latest Vertical Garden in Melbourne Central. InFrame.tv caught up with him for a chat about his work and documented the making of his latest Vertical Wall.
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