{"id":2681,"date":"2015-08-04T16:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/vertical-gardens-the-latest-fad-or-gardening-revolution\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:26:50","slug":"vertical-gardens-the-latest-fad-or-gardening-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/vertical-gardens-the-latest-fad-or-gardening-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Gardens: The latest fad or gardening revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><!-- [if !mso]&gt;v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}&lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 626 3571 The Little House Company 29 8 4189 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Vertical gardening is ideal for maximising minimal garden space, by allowing plants to grow along an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">upright surface<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">, be it a thousand foot sky-scraper or a four-foot fence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">This concept has excited everyone from small-scale gardeners to leading botanists, architects and designers. In recent years, an increasing number of high-end <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >buildings<\/a> have been adorned\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">with interior<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0or exterior vertical gardens. Patrick Blanc is a botanist and the inventor of the vertical garden. His vertical gardens can be seen all over the world, and in <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a> he has installed a stylish interior <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com\/realisations\/europe\/london\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">vertical garden in Heathrow airport.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/media.murvegetalpatrickblanc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lists\/public\/medias\/image\/7-4-201011-58-36123.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image source: media.murvegetalpatrickblanc.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Sky Team Lounge, Heathrow<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">He applied his considerable skill and imagination to design and install a living wall on the exterior of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.athenaeumhotel.com\/about-us\/living-wall\/\">The Athenaeum Hotel London.<\/a>This impressive wall of vegetation provides a dynamic visual, and a stark contrast to the largely grey and clinical buildings nearby. Blanc says that creating a successful vertical garden relies on the diversity of the species used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">For a hanging installation in Miami, he used different species of plants for each <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Section (United States land surveying)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/section-united-states-land-surveying\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/section_united_states_land_surveying;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Section_(United_States_land_surveying);http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03j8pj;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Section_(United_States_land_surveying)\" >section<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0column to ensure they all grew at the same <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"rates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/rates-tax\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/rates_tax;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03hnzm;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Rates_(tax);http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Rates_(tax)\" >rate<\/a>, despite some receiving more sun.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 1.0cm .0001pt 1.0cm;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;I <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land use\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-use\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_use;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0flb7;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_use\" >use<\/a> many, many different species,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;Here, in Miami, I used 80 different species. Sometimes, I use up to 400. When you have so many species, it looks much more natural&#8221; &#8211; Blanc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">This relatively new style of gardening has also excited world-leading architects and designers. More and more companies are embracing the transformative impact vertical gardening\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">can have<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0on urban landscapes. Design and architecture publication Architizer, launched <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/total-housing-competition\/\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The Total Housing Competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">. This called for revolutionary, high-impact designs involving <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >housing<\/a> in high-density environments. Architect Stefano Boeri, won the competition with his design for a vertical forest\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">living out<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0of twin sky-scrapers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/assets.inhabitat.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2013\/01\/Bosco-Verticale-lead1-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Image via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos\/bosco-verticale-marco-garofalo-photo-peri-gmbh-2-2\/?extend=1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">inhabitat.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">His Bosco Verticale project is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">now nearing<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0completion, and will help reduce the CO2 levels in Milan, one of the most polluted cities in the world. The plants also reduce the need to heat\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">and cool<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0the towers apartments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/assets.inhabitat.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2013\/01\/bosco-verticale-marco-garofalo_lead-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image by Marco-Garofalo<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">While this <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Public housing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/public-housing\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/public_housing;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0184vk;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Public_housing\" >project<\/a> has a long way to go, I think it illustrates the potential for designers and architects to re-design urban environments to off-set the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Property damage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property-damage\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property_damage;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0clxv;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property_damage\" >damage<\/a> of climate change. I would love to see more <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"development\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/real-estate-development\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/real_estate_development;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.028sdw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Real_estate_development\" >developments<\/a> like this within English city centres. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">With <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog\/258\/the_eco_friendly_homes_trend_celebrities_spending_green_to_go_green\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">celebrities spending money on making their homes greener<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">, I think we all should too. Even if you have little funds and a tiny patch of garden, why not <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwallart.com\/category\/do-it-yourself\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">create your very own vertical garden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">? Not only will it be rewarding it could also help to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog\/220\/3_important_landscaping_features_that_increase_value_your_home\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">increase the value of your property<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Written by <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog?author=17\" target=\"\">Martin Stocks\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vertical gardening is ideal for maximising minimal garden space, by allowing plants to grow along an\u00a0upright surface, be it a thousand foot sky-scraper or a four-foot fence. \u00a0 This concept has excited everyone from small-scale gardeners to leading botanists, architects<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/vertical-gardens-the-latest-fad-or-gardening-revolution\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/vertical_gardens__the_latest_fad_or_gardening_revolution_","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15240,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions\/15240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}