Gardening Australia - Fact Sheet: A Blanc Canvas. Presenter: John Patrick, 23/08/2014 SERIES 25 Episode 23 John continues his series of profiles of leading landscape designers France's Patrick Blanc is the world's foremost designer of vertical gardens. Over the last 30 years he has created more than 250 - and John is visiting the latest. He's meeting up with Patrick at a twin-tower complex at the edge of Sydney's CBD which incorporates decorative panels of ornamental plants both inside and out. Blanc tells John why he's pioneered this type of planting. "For this project, with (French architect) Jean Nouvel, we tried to make a building covered by plants. John is amazed by the number of plants on the vertical frames. "I wanted mostly native species, but to have some of the colours and fragrances it was my job to mix in exotics," says Patrick.
John asks Blanc about the construction. The entire system is hydroponic and uses treated grey- and black-water from the tower blocks. John asks Blanc how he ensures some of the plants don't take over. 12 great pallet vertical gardens. The Green Wall - Educational Vertical Garden Bottle System Project. How rooftop farming will change how we eat: Mohamed Hage at TEDxUdeM. TEDxWindyCity -- Dickson Despommier -- The Vertical Farm. BIG IDEAS: Dickson Despommier's Vertical Farming. Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx.
YouTube - Patrick Blanc, Vertical Garden interview in Paris. Patrick Blanc Interview Gardening Australia. California Academy of Sciences: Patrick Blanc: The Vertical Garden. Info The Academy presents a talk by Patrick Blanc, world-renowned botanist and inventor of the vertical garden, and creator of Drew School's 'living wall' -- the largest such installation in the U.S. The talk will focus on describing his design approach and philosophy behind his incredible creations -- vertical gardens that now number over 200 throughout the world. Patrick is both a research scientist working for the French National Center for Scientific Research and an artist. He is known as the "inventor of the vertical garden" and is renowned for transforming naked city walls and homes into havens for biodiversity.
Drew School's 1,720 sq. ft. project will be his largest installation in the United States. His work is featured in places like Quai Branly Museum inaugurated by the president of France in 2006, Madrid's Caixa Forum Museum with 20,000 plants and 300 species, and Hotel Pershing Hall in Paris. © California Academy of Sciences. Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment.