Thanks to botanist and designer extraordinaire, Patrick Blanc, vertical gardening has become one of the hottest trends in gardening. Patrick has transformed what Westerners used to think of as vines climbing up a wall into a mesmerizing and sensual tapestry of plants that titillates your senses. Watch this interview to see some of Patrick’s creations [...]
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Why Teaching Inner City High School Students How To Build Sustainable Green Walls Changes Their Lives
June 2, 2012 – Posted in: Sustainable GardeningCan you imagine what might happen when you take a group of high school students from a school in the Bronx and teach them the technology and how to build sustainable green walls? One man, George Irwin, the founder of A Green Roof did just that…and changed these students lives forever. THE RESULTS FROM PILOT [...]
What Our Mothers Taught Us About Gardening and Life
December 5, 2011 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden MusingsSeveral months ago I asked a few of my gardening friends to respond to a questionnaire. They generously agreed. The subject: Our Moms. It’s about the stories they’ve told us and how they’ve lived their lives, the impact they’ve had on us both in and out of the garden, and how they helped us get [...]
Vertical Gardening: Creating A Sense of Place
March 17, 2011 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden MusingsI’m delighted that Susan Morrison and Rebecca Sweet are gracing us with their presence on Gardening Gone Wild with an in depth article on different types of vertical gardening; which is no surprise since they have just published a fantastic book on it, Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces. By the [...]
Vertical Gardening Ideas….Tube Planters
November 1, 2010 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden PlantsI was transformed into a lover and student of vertical gardening after seeing Patrick Blanc’s vertical wall designs years ago in a magazine. I’ve written about vertical gardening on GGW over the past few years. Since then, the field has continued to grow at a quick pace. The horticultural industry is focusing more and more [...]